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 budding employees are considered perfect as their skills and knowledge are esteemend and flexible working becomes easier to offer.

Historically women who left employment to have a child had little choice when they decided to return to employment as flexibility of hours to work in with nursery and school times was very difficult to provide. Often women would work evenings in a retail role or lately in some type of call centre, operating in a customer care environment, as these roles 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 offered a high degree of flexibility and the capacity to Work From Home.

There has always been a demand for extra retail cover, especially in the lead up to Christmas and this again has been a place where women returning to work after having children have found opportunities, predominantly over the last 20 years as evening shopping and Sunday shopping has become the custom. But even with decent employers such as the ones named so far the flexible roles on offer until recently have not been career type ones. They have been simply a way of adding extra income to the family bank account and have offered women with a moderately static role.

With the enhancement of technology and the arrival of the Internet Business all this is now altering. We see the large companies such as Barclays and Morgan Stanley actually making a definite effort to enlist mothers back into the workplace and not only that, but the roles on offer are at a much higher level than those seen before.

This form of development is due in part to the arrival of broadband, giving very quick download speeds to the majority of the country which in turn has allowed remote working to become a possibility. The opportunity to work from home or at a satellite office near to home rather than travel into the city is a big benefit for a lot of women with child care to consider. 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 picture that has provided 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 workers are able to work from home on Online Jobs using all the online technologies available and being developed.

It is therefore obvious 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 operational. It will be interesting to see if some of the SME’s start to appreciate this potential too and take advantage when the job vacancy numbers rise following the countries pull away from recession.

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