This is the third and final in a series of linked blogs covering the key steps to getting a flexible job. In the first we looked at how to craft a winning CV; in the second we considered how you can establish a great working relationship with your recruitment consultant and in this final blog I look at how to smash the interview.

Recently I’ve read a lot of articles on ‘Mum Guilt’. A lot of them tend to talk about guilt in the context of mums going out to work, and the guilt of juggling family time with working life. One even described it as a rucksack that we carry on our backs - I quite liked this analogy

3 Steps to getting a flexible job: 2 working with your recruitment consultant

This is the second in a series of three linked blogs covering the key steps to getting a flexible job. In the first I offered advice on how to craft a winning CV; and this second considers how to create a successful working relationship with your recruitment consultant.

Job-hunting after an extended career break can knock the stuffing out of even the most self-assured professionals.

Many would-be returnees convince themselves that the long period away has somehow magically erased their skills.

One of the main reasons I handed in my notice 12 years ago and set up as an interim can be summed up in one word – flexibility.  I didn’t have children so had no right to request flexible working.   I don’t think it would be overly critical to say the legal sector I worked in at the time was not as progressive as it could have been in this area.  It was a key consideration in making the move.    

We have been working ‘together’ as a successful job share partnership for 10 years.  As we look back over this time, we feel proud of achieving this milestone, but never for a second thought the journey together would last quite so long.

OK - a hand grenade of a question but it’s one that’s often thrown about. I think the more interesting question, if it is true (and for me personally it was), is why?

This is the first of three linked blogs discussing the key steps to getting a flexible job. Since everything starts with your CV today’s blog considers how you can make yours a winning one.

Everyone has them – the golden tips they pass on to friends and colleagues – and I mean everyone for it’s not just parents. Everyone is juggling something and we can all learn from each other. I’m betting as you read you’re already thinking about yours.

Since they have traditionally shouldered the burden of caring responsibilities the quest for work-life balance has been seen as a women’s issue. Increasingly, however, as the expectations of younger fathers change, men are also facing challenges in balancing work and family life.