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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.
An Unemployed Mother Becomes an Independent Financial Adviser
How do some women seem so focused and clear in their decisions? How do they turn their lives around and turn the worse situation into a...
80 of the Best Tips for Working Moms
Whether you are a new mom just heading back to the work force or a mom that has been back for years, you probably have found that it’s...
Part-time Vs Full-time Working – Your Rights to Equal Treatment
How much holiday are you entitled to when you work part-time, and what about bankholidays? Find out what your main rights are as a part-time...
Renegotiating the Domestic Contract
You will no doubt be familiar with the situation: you and your partner are settled on the routine at home and have a good idea of who does what...
How to creatively craft a new flexible role
Are you struggling to work out how your role could be more flexible? Is there a flexible job out there for you? Could you return to your...
Returning to Work – Preparing for a Smooth Transition
Returning to the work place after a career break is a prospect that can bring out a varied range of emotions. Whilst some of us will be...
Shall I return to work or not? Ambivalence and transitions
Back to school and back to blogging... During the last few weeks of the summer holidays I've felt a real pull between wanting to enjoy the good...
More mums are successfully earning from home – and watching the kids
When becoming a mother women are all too often faced with a hard reality of putting their career temporarily on the shelf to focus on their...
Brilliant infographic for using Social Media for your jobsearch, by Gumtree
Brilliant infographic for using Social Media for your jobsearch, by Gumtree. It summarizes the do's and don'ts for using Social Media, and...
What is the Best Way to Build a Successful Career as a Busy Mum?
How can you build a successful career as a busy mum? Making the decision to return to work can be a daunting one for mums. The idea of being...
Best tips for Business Travel for Working Mothers
At last week's City Mothers event Freshfields partner Kathleen Healy shared what she learned from her 9 month posting to Hong Kong with 2...