How This Start-Up Is Helping Mothers Find Flexible Careers. South Africa is one of the most unequal; countries in the world in terms of race and class. It is also very unequal it terms of gender has men are more likely to get jobs than women and are paid more than women even if they are doing the same job. Women have also been discriminated against in that once they have children most companies retrench them or demote them. Many institutions have come up with ideas that seek to address this matter and one of these institutions is Recruit My Mom.
Recruit My Mom was started in 2012 by founder and CEO, Phillipa Geard, who is a mother of two, when she noticed that many skilled mothers were forced to leave their jobs due to inflexible work practices. She understood what the women were going through and wanted to find a solution to stop this from happening. The solution she came up with was to find employers who would be able to provide the environment and flexibility that these women would need.
It is a South African award winning recruitment agency based focusing on women and enabling gender advancement. It is aimed at forward thinking employers who want to employ professional, motivated and skilled women who are looking for meaningful careers in office or from home.
This company aims to empower women with families to achieve better work-life integration by offering positions with varying degrees of flexibility or part-time hours, both in an office, remotely or a combination of the two. It is a BEE level concern that has been operating since 2012 with various candidates available nationwide.
This company is not only helping women to find employment in South Africa but it has successfully recruited for organisations in international countries like the UK and USA. It is also listed as one of the most successful business ideas in South Africa by Entrepreneur Magazine.
