Apr 10, 2011
More mums returning to work
Trend buoyed by groups catering for such job seekers, and flexible work options
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Mums@Work founder Sher-li Torrey, 34, with her two-year-old daughter Clarissa. Mums@Work and online job portal Careermums will organise a networking session for about 100 mothers with some 25 employers on April 29. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG
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MORE mothers are going back to work as companies are increasingly more willing to allow flexi-options for them.
In all, the Women's Development Secretariat has helped about 9,400 women return to the workforce since 2007. Later this month, stay-at-home mums looking for professional-level jobs have a job fair catered specially for them.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times today.
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Flexibility pays
'It makes no business sense to release staff just because they cannot commit themselves to the regular working hours. It is more beneficial to the employers to make some changes to the work arrangements rather than to lose a contributing employee.'
MR JOSH GOH, assistant director of corporate services at recruitment firm The GMP Group
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More mums returning to work
Trend buoyed by groups catering for such job seekers, and flexible work options
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MORE mothers are going back to work as companies are increasingly more willing to allow flexi-options for them.
In all, the Women's Development Secretariat has helped about 9,400 women return to the workforce since 2007. Later this month, stay-at-home mums looking for professional-level jobs have a job fair catered specially for them.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times today.
[email protected]
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Flexibility pays
'It makes no business sense to release staff just because they cannot commit themselves to the regular working hours. It is more beneficial to the employers to make some changes to the work arrangements rather than to lose a contributing employee.'
MR JOSH GOH, assistant director of corporate services at recruitment firm The GMP Group
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