The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace building bridges to help women ramp on and off the workforce as they choose. They work with companies of all sizes to create opportunities that range from freelance to permanent, entry-level to executive-level, on-site to remote.
The Mom Project is elevating the voices of moms and showing companies the benefits of embracing this amazing talent pool. They believe women shouldn’t have to hide the fact that their moms – just look at their company name!
In this episode you’ll hear:
- Why freelance project opportunities are crucial to both employees and employers.
- How the need to backfill parental leave is creating new opportunities.
- How Colleen went from a user of The Mom Project to their Director of Marketing—at 7.5 months pregnant.
- Which industries The Mom Project is currently focusing on.
- How having a diverse and inclusive culture is good for business.
- How they use Flex Factors to allow women to say up front what they need out of a job.
- About the Women’s Work Initiative to bring 1000 moms back to work in 2019.
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