June

Once you know what you want, it’s time to good address how you’ll handle child and elder care.  You may want to assess your career options, update your skills with a course or volunteer work, and update your resume. Then you can choose a strategy to look for jobs that are actually described as flexible or to target the full-time jobs in your selected job market.

The key to successful networking is determining what you want to do. What would make you wake up in the morning and want to go to work.? It may be what you used to do or it may not be.  What are the most enjoyable accomplishments in your professional and personal life? What are your interests and values? What’s your preferred style of working?  Follow your curiosity.  What are some news items that pique your […]

So why is it still so difficult for parents to find flexible work arrangements? While these companies offer flextime to employees, they don’t necessarily advertise openings as flextime.  Some of the advertised positions may be able to be performed flexibly, but they often look like traditional full-time jobs when advertised. And, many jobs (full- or part-time) are never advertised or listed with recruitment or employment agencies. Although it seems easier to answer ads, directly mail […]

One company at the forefront of the flextime option is Johnson & Johnson, the large pharmaceutical and consumer goods company with headquarters in Langhorne, PA and a large staff in New Brunswick, NJ.  They have 75% of their employees on flex time and offer a phase-back program with reduced hours for recent mothers.  Across the country, employers, large and small, offering a vast array of services and products, report high participation rates in flex time […]