The role of holistic career services for young mothers
Motherhood and career are often viewed as mutually exclusive. You have to pick between your career and your child. For young mothers, the choice is even more pressing. Many don’t...
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How can parents and carers support their children with career decisions?
Schools and colleges do their very best to help your child make good career choices. However, available resources may limit the extent of personal careers advice and guidance your child...
Women who take extended maternity leave face a tougher return to work
Institutional inflexibility around the still female-biased workload of parenting, a workaholic culture, and a paucity of financial and logistical family-friendly support structures, remain key hypotheses for why women leave academia....
Working Parents: Does Your Schedule Reflect Your Values?
The first step is getting clear on what's important. What are the different categories you want in your schedule and the level of achievement you're looking for? What are your...
Tips for supporting mothers returning to work after maternity leave
The return-to-work transition from maternity leave can be a stressful one. Adjusting to a new routine of drop-offs at childcare, commuting, settling back into a work environment and the emotional...
How maternity leave can hurt a woman’s career: ‘So much can change’
A recent study out of Wilfrid Laurier found that extended parental leave can hurt women’s careers. In Canada, extended leave allows parents to take off 18 months from work instead of 12...
The glass-shattering power of seeing pregnant women in the workplace
Even in 2019, a pregnancy while you have a job can be a liability. According to the Modern Family Index, in 2018, two times as many US women were scared to...
Men less likely than women to cite impact of parental leave on career
According to research by Ipsos Mori, almost three in 10 women (29%) surveyed thought that taking maternity leave had a negative impact on their career, while less than half the...
Few German Mothers Go Back To Work Full Time. These Are The Challenges They Face
Ask German women why they are lagging, and they spout one German word: Rabenmütter. The word is singularly German, a derogatory term for working mothers, and a slur — untrue, it...
Career breaks are the new norm – so why are they still stigmatized?
It can be extremely hard to jam your foot back in the door once you’ve voluntarily stepped out of it, and people have different reasons for doing so. They might...