Credentialed Flex Work Grows for Educated Working Moms

RedTracker| With names like Momentum Resources, 10 Til 2, On-Ramps and Flexforce Professionals, growing numbers of placement firms are helping working moms.

The benefits tend to come for the entire company, writes The Washington Post. For Mark Madigan, CEO of software engineering firm IT Cadre, ‘smart moms’ are now 10 percent of his workforce.

Flexibility usually comes with tradeoffs in benefits, long-term job security and promotions. The benefits are that busy moms take control of their schedules and — most important to them — they are doing very interesting work that can build credentials on a resume.

Studies show that new mothers with MBAs abandon the workforce at levels higher than other advanced degrees. These new placement firms arrange ‘telecommuting time for lawyers, work-from-home days for consultants or part-time for project managers that end when the school bus arrives.’

In a terrible market, we’re proving that flexibility really is good for both business and working families,” said (Jennifer)Folsom, 36, who starts her workday at 5 a.m. before her children wake and often works in the evening after they’re in bed so she can spend afternoons with them. “How and when work gets done is somewhat irrelevant as we’re moving to a more results-oriented workforce. Face time is so five years ago.