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Dads: Practical tips and advice for supporting your partner at home
9:07pm Sunday 15 August 2010 - CareerMums Keeping your relationship strong in the early years of parenting can be challenging. In a landmark Australian study about families in the early stages of parenthood, it was found that by the time their babies were 18 months old, almost a quarter of the new parents reported that their marriage was in [...] | View Full Article  |
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CareerMums Q&A on negotiating flexibility
12:52pm Thursday 29 July 2010 - CareerMums This week,a CareerMums user emailed me with the following question (specific details have been changed to protect privacy):"I require some assistance to negotiate flexibility when returning to work in a few weeks. I am a Sales Manager and would like to work 3 days in the office, 2 days from home as [...] | View Full Article |
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Recruiters - make way for talent!
3:02pm Monday 26 July 2010 - CareerMums Unfortunately I spoke to yet another talented and experienced parent who was turned away from one of the large recruitment firms because she had taken time out of the workplace to do a job that is harder than any job going in the workplace - being a parent. The recruiter simply told her that her cli [...] | View Full Article |
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Applying for a new role - having the 'flexibility' conversation
10:19am Thursday 01 July 2010 - CareerMums - Know YOUR story - Before having the conversation, be confident in your skills and abilities. Know what you are worth, what you want to do, and know what you are goods at. Employers like motivated and confident candidates. - Do some research - Google the employer. Find out if they are aflexible emp [...] | View Full Article |
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It must be acknowledged - Prime Minister Gillard
11:46am Thursday 24 June 2010 - CareerMums Congratulations to Julia Gillard on becoming the first female Prime Minister of Australia. Put politics aside and celebrate a wonderful milestone in our country's history. Talk to your children about the importance of this occasion and reinforce gender equality.Read Natasha Stott Despoja's article o [...] | View Full Article |
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Start owning the role of being a parent
9:15pm Wednesday 23 June 2010 - CareerMums Raising and caring for the future of Australia can attract strange comments and inuendo at times. Apparently we don't take work seriously anymore, we shouldn't be working now because we have children, and while at home we are having coffee with friends all day.What a load of crap. Personally, I have [...] | View Full Article |
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Returning to work after 10 years
1:57pm Friday 18 June 2010 - CareerMums Louise's story is inspiring. After 10 years caring for her 2 children, Louise took on another challenge - returning to work. Eventually, she found a great role and wishes she returned years ago."I am currently working for a building inspection company. I am based in the office managing the diary and [...] | View Full Article |
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CareerMums Webinars
4:32pm Sunday 06 June 2010 - CareerMums CareerMums understands the challenges you face as a working parent. We are dedicated to helping mums return to the workforce with confidence. How do you start building that confidence? With the best information.This week, we have 2 webinars:Webinar 1: Adjusting to motherhoodTime: 8.00pm-9.00pm | Dat [...] | View Full Article |
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Believing in yourself
9:11pm Wednesday 26 May 2010 - CareerMums Today I spoke to two separate women on the issue of self confidence. The first woman I spoke has been out of the workplace for 16 years. She called to talk to me about how to re-skill herself to get back to work again. We spoke about the issue of self confidence and she acknowledged that this was he [...] | View Full Article |
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Career resilience
9:11pm Wednesday 26 May 2010 - CareerMums Today I spoke to two separate women on the issue of self confidence. Their stories are very different bur what was similar was that their self confidence was damaged and they are finding a way to re-build it. More examples of career and personal resilience! The first woman I spoke has been out of th [...] | View Full Article |
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