Large corporate businesses such as KPMG and Morgan Stanley are now looking for women who left their careers to have a family and who are now considering re joining the labour force. These prospective employees are considered perfect as their skills and knowledge are valued and flexible working becomes easier to deliver.
Historically women who left employment to have a child had little choice when they decided to return to the workplace as flexibility of hours to tie in with nursery and school times was very hard to deal with. Often women would work evenings in a retail setting or latterly in some type of call centre, operating in a customer care environment, as these jobs were the main ones with flexibility. Opportunities were also available in the “party selling” type roles with the likes of Avon and Tupperware. Again these were attractive to returning mums as they permitted a high degree of flexibility and the ability to Work From Home.
There has always been a call for extra retail cover, especially in the lead up to Christmas and this again has been a sector where women returning to work after having children have found opportunities, particularly over the last 20 years as evening shopping and Sunday shopping has become the rule. But even with respectable employers such as the ones named so far the flexible jobs on offer until recently have not been career type ones. They have been merely a way of adding extra income to the family reserves and have given women with a moderately static role.
With the enhancement of technology and the arrival of the Internet Business all this is now shifting. We see the large businesses such as Barclays and Morgan Stanley actually making a conscious effort to recruit mothers back into the workplace and not only that, but the jobs on offer are at a much higher level than those offered before.
This type of development is due in part to the advent of broadband, providing very quick download speeds to the majority of the country which in turn has allowed remote working to become an option. The opportunity to work from home or at a satellite office close to home rather than travel into the city is a big plus for a lot of women with child care to deal with. Local school runs can still be dealt with and the travelling time to an office is cut out altogether meaning that the daily time spent “at work” is completely constructive and there is more time for family life.
Another aspect of the changing business scene that has given opportunities for mothers to return to work in high flying jobs is the progression of many internet businesses. These usually operate without a definite physical base and the majority of employees are able to work from home on Online Jobs using all the online technologies available and being developed.
It is therefore evident why the larger organizations are tapping into this rich seam of talent, as it offers them with the opportunity to get hold of individuals with a high skill level who require no more than some refresher training to be fully functional. It will be interesting to see if some of the SME’s start to recognise this potential too and take advantage when the job vacancy numbers rise following the countries pull away from recession.
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