Working with young children can be both challenging and demanding, but is also very rewarding. Unfortunately it’s an industry with a bit of an...
Career & Work
Explore practical tools, inspiring advice, and empowering insights to grow your career, return to work after a break, or relaunch your professional journey with confidence.
The Rise of Returnships for Women returning to work
Good news for women going back to work. Returnships are now becoming a trend in the UK as well with companies such as Credit Suisse and Morgan...
What To Include on Your CV – The Basics
John Willis and Christine Healey of Career Development Associates make some suggestions for what to include on your CV. Your CV is a very...
How To Write Your CV – Flexi Mum
If you are job searching and applying for jobs, having an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) is essential. Even if the jobs you are applying for...
Why Work Needs to be Energising as well as Family-friendly: Nicola’s story
We always advise women returners to target roles that will be energising and motivating for them and not to solely focus on finding a job that...
Returning to work after becoming a Mum
When we have children we are all faced with the choice of whether to go back to work afterwards or not and many of us make that decision based...
All Your Parents’ Rights in One Article
Parents have a myriad of rights to leave to care for their children. It can get very confusing, and won’t get any clearer when the rather...
Are You Worrying too much about Returning to Work?
Some people thinking about returning to work find they are consumed by worries. These often start with 'What if...?' What if .... I can't do...
Recruiting for MLM – Where to advertise
I have not been a network marketer for long, but I have found it to be one of the best and most fulfilling roles I have ever had. Many of you...
Using your instincts in career decision-making
"I'm thinking about applying for corporate jobs again and have been approached about a part-time Marketing Director job. I know it would be a...
How ‘The Portfolio Career’ Can Suit A Working Mum
Guest post by Tessa Armstrong. Imagine a career that combines your skills and interests and provides you with a work-life balance… As a working...
Pregnancy Discrimination
Campaigning organisation Maternity Action estimate that 60000 women lose their jobs because of pregnancy or maternity discrimination every...