Top Career Resource Picks for Moms
In case y’all didn’t know, we love LinkedIn. We are making great connections on the platform. Recently, we ran across Meg Applegate~ Meg is an award-winning resume writer who connects high-achieving women to career advancement under her boutique resume writing and coaching firm, Hinge Resume Collaborative. She also pens interesting articles. She recently created a collaborative post on LinkedIn that is pulling together some amazing career resources for moms.
The article is so chock full of great tips we just had to share it! So…here ya go…
Top Career Resource Picks for Moms ~ by, Meg Applegate
If you don’t know it yet, motherhood is an all-out, hands-on, messy course in leadership. From the stork’s arrival to beyond the empty nest, moms enroll in the most-character building (and trying) boot camp there is: Raising children.
91% agree. According to Bright Horizons’ recent Modern Family Index, Moms bring a unique (and much needed) combination of skills to the workplace, compared to working fathers and employees without kids, like:
- A Listening ear
- Diplomacy
- Calm in crisis
- Team-orientation
89% of the participants in Kelton Research’s study maintain that working moms bring out the best in their employees. So when we saw 4.2 million women exit paid work in droves due to the impact of COVID-19, one of the greatest workforce superpowers went missing – MOMS!
The rise of maternal support and flexible work arrangements is a bright light in the wake of the public health crisis. LinkedIn released stay-at-home parent job titles in their work experience section and professional network, HeyMama, encouraged the add of “Mother” on your resume both touting that unpaid skill development is equally as valuable as those attained on payroll.
YOUR CAREER RESOURCE BOUQUET
Mother’s Day’s flowers have faded and fallen by this time, but career longevity lasts a lifetime. Our ode to moms is more than fresh flowers, but a career resource bouquet to grow with the seasons.
From returning to work and leaning in to downshifting, we need each other (and expert resources) to bloom over the long haul.
RETURN-TO-WORK
iRelaunch – https://www.irelaunch.com
Learning Motherhood – https://learningmotherhood.co/for-families
Pathforward – https://www.pathforward.org
Parents Pivot – https://www.parentspivot.com
Prepare to Launch U – https://preparetolaunchu.com/
ReacHire – https://www.reachire.com/
STEM Re-Entry Task Force – https://reentry.swe.org/
The Mom Project – https://themomproject.com
The Second Shift – https://www.thesecondshift.com/
ONLINE RESOURCES / JOB BOARDS
Bus Stop Mamas – https://www.busstopmamas.com/jobopportunity
Fairygodboss – https://fairygodboss.com
Flexjobs – https://www.flexjobs.com/
Inhersight – https://www.inhersight.com
Remote.co – https://remote.co/
COMMUNITY
Ellevate – https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/
Boss Mom Crew – https://bossmomcrew.com/
Hey Mama – https://heymama.co/
Pass The Torch for Women – https://passthetorchforwomen.org
Working Christian Mom – http://www.workingchristianmom.com/
Working Momkind – https://workingmomkind.com/
BOARD RESOURCES
ACE Board Training for Women – https://www.acellc.consulting
BoardRooms – http://broadrooms.com
Catalyst Women on Board – https://www.catalyst.org/catalyst-women-on-board/
CEOX – https://projectceox.com/
Forté Connect – http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=women_boards
Women In The Board Room – https://womenintheboardroom.com
5050 Women On Boards – https://5050wob.com/
PODCASTS
Called & Equipped – https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/called-and-equipped-jessica-hernandez-zKJkdwFpSNG/
iRelaunch – https://www.irelaunch.com/podcast
MomsTown365 – https://momstown365.com
Ready Pause Go – https://readypausego.com/about/
Working Christian Mom – https://www.workingchristianmom.com/blog/
BOOKS / BLOGS
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back From Your Next Raise Promotion Or Job, By: Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith – http://www.howwomenrise.com
Working Moms Against Guilt – https://www.workingmomsagainstguilt.com/
This article was inspired by a LinkedIn post in May 2021. See original post and comments by visiting Meg Applegate’s profile – and be sure to tell her Mary & Heather say, “Hi!~”