Employed mothers looking for home working
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
Mobile working is an important factor for mothers, according to new research.
A poll from Workingmums.co.uk, a jobs website dedicated to working mothers, found that 79 per cent of respondents said they need jobs with some degree of flexibility.
Over half of those mothers surveyed said they wanted some form of home working from their employer, while 85 per cent claimed that offering home working for full time jobs made for a "family friendly employer".
Gillian Nissim, founder of Workingmums.co.uk, said the results show that "flexible working is top of working mums' agenda and will no go away".
"It is the key issue that employers must grapple with if they want to retain the kind of skills offered by working mums," she added.
"The recession has not reduced the urgency of this issue for working parents and employers who want to be prepared for the eventual upturn in the economy would do well to listen to their voices rather than risk losing them to more forward-thinking rivals."
Peter Gradwell, managing director of internet service provider Gradwell, recently claimed that modern IT technologies such as business broadband, Voice-over Internet Protocol communication, video conferencing and hosted exchange provide solutions that have helped to overcome some barriers to home working.
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