The labour market is booming and, if the number of spots at after school care is anything to go by, women are returning to work after being hit hard by the pandemic. According to statistics from WGEA and ABS women’s participation rate in the workforce has increased from 61.4% in February 2021 to 62.1% in […] Read more…
Sorry you haven’t heard from me for a while. We are entering our sixth week of lockdown here in Greater Sydney and Wollongong and, like a lot of working parents, I am struggling to keep my head above water. I know I’m not the only one. Lately I have heard from clients who are putting […] Read more…
I know a lot of people who are unhappy in their job. What makes me sad is that most of those people will remain unhappily in their job. Living for the weekend, for their holidays, for their long service leave. They may go on parental leave and assume that everything will be different after that. […] Read more…
Two months of 2020 have already flown by and many of us will be turning our thoughts to Easter. For some of us this means making plans for Easter school holidays, which seems ludicrous because it feels like the kids have only just gone back to school after Christmas. I don’t know about you, but […] Read more…
I recently surveyed mums on what they were looking for in their career and the number one thing was not more pay, promotion prospects or intellectual stimulation, but flexibility. Flexibility is the holy grail of work for busy mums. We all want it, yet it seems so elusive. And for those of us who have […] Read more…
“I really want to change career but as a busy working mum I just don’t have the time. Can you give me any time saving tips or hacks? I’m a bit busy at the moment what with xmas and end of term but if you can give me some ideas I will put them into […] Read more…