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3 October 2007
Working mothers have their place in the workplace too There is a misplaced misconception that working mothers are not all useful in the workplace, that they should be relegated to second-rung postings – even if they were top executives before they become mothers. This is according to Karen Geldenhuys, newly-appointed MD of IT recruitment company, Abacus Recruitment. Geldenhuys, a co-founder of Abacus Recruitment, recently returned to the corporate world after a year in “part-time mode”. “With the skills shortage facing this country I feel employers are losing out on a pool of resources out there – working mothers. Just because a woman might have children, doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the necessary skills.” By failing to offer flexible working conditions, employers are losing out, she said. A recent survey by www.workingmums.co.uk showed that the majority of working mothers placed flexibility in the workplace as their top priority. The survey reported that an “astounding” 90 percent felt it was difficult to find the flexibility they needed , with 83 percent saying that it is hard to find flexible work that utilizes their skills. The survey was conducted to find out what working women felt about returning to work after having a baby. Abacus Recruitment also runs a disabled recruitment division and currently boasts one of the biggest disabled databases in the country. |