Top Career Resource Picks for Moms in 2021
Your Go-To list Through the Seasons: return-to-work, career change and Board Leadership
May is the month of the mother.
If you don’t know it yet, motherhood is an all-out, hands-on, messy course in leadership. From the stork’s arrival to beyond the empty nest, moms enroll in the most-character building (and trying) boot camp there is: Raising children.
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91% agree. According to Bright Horizons’ recent Modern Family Index, Moms bring a unique (and much needed) combination of skills to the workplace, compared to working fathers and employees without kids, like:
A Listening ear
Diplomacy
Calm in crisis
Team-orientation
89% of the participants in Kelton Research’s study maintain that working moms bring out the best in their employees. So when we saw 4.2 million women exit paid work in droves due to the impact of COVID-19, one of the greatest workforce superpowers went missing – MOMS!
The rise of maternal support and flexible work arrangements is a bright light in the wake of the public health crisis. LinkedIn released stay-at-home parent job titles in their work experience section and professional network, HeyMama, encouraged the add of “Mother” on your resume both touting that unpaid skill development is equally as valuable as those attained on payroll.
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Your Career Resource Bouquet
Mother’s Days flowers have faded and fallen by this time, but career longevity lasts a lifetime. Our ode to moms is more than fresh flowers, but a career resource bouquet to grow with the seasons.
From returning to work and leaning in to downshifting, we need each other (and expert resources) to bloom over the long haul.
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RETURN-TO-WORK
iRelaunch - https://www.irelaunch.com
Learning Motherhood - https://learningmotherhood.co/for-families
Pathforward - https://www.pathforward.org
Parents Pivot - https://www.parentspivot.com
Prepare to Launch U - https://preparetolaunchu.com/
ReacHire - https://www.reachire.com/
STEM Re-Entry Task Force - https://reentry.swe.org/
The Mom Project - https://themomproject.com
The Second Shift - https://www.thesecondshift.com/
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ONLINE RESOURCES / JOB BOARDS
Bust Stop Mamas - https://www.busstopmamas.com/jobopportunity
Fairygodboss - https://fairygodboss.com
Flexjobs - https://www.flexjobs.com/
Inhersight - https://www.inhersight.com
Remote.co - https://remote.co/
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COMMUNITY
Ellevate - https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/
Boss Mom Crew - https://bossmomcrew.com/
Hey Mama - https://heymama.co/
Pass The Torch for Women - https://passthetorchforwomen.org
Working Christian Mom - http://www.workingchristianmom.com/
Working Momkind - https://workingmomkind.com/
Working Mom Notes - https://www.workingmomnotes.com
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BOARD RESOURCES
ACE Board Training for Women - https://www.acellc.consulting
BoardRooms - http://broadrooms.com
Catalyst Women on Board - https://www.catalyst.org/catalyst-women-on-board/
CEOX - https://projectceox.com/
Forté Connect - http://www.fortefoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=women_boards
Women In The Board Room - https://womenintheboardroom.com
5050 Women On Boards - https://5050wob.com/
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PODCASTS
Called & Equipped - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/called-and-equipped-jessica-hernandez-zKJkdwFpSNG/
iRelaunch - https://www.irelaunch.com/podcast
MomsTown365 - https://momstown365.com
Motherhood & Career Collide - https://motherhoodandcareercollide.buzzsprout.com/?fbclid=IwAR19_2kyY-ojsyurLHzyFk-OPaSrMovy2830xfq2Ep2ZUQw0MpPjkPYDtXg
Ready Pause Go - https://readypausego.com/about/
Working Christian Mom - https://www.workingchristianmom.com/blog/
BOOKS / BLOGS
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back From Your Next Raise Promotion Or Job, By: Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith - http://www.howwomenrise.com
Working Moms Against Guilt - https://www.workingmomsagainstguilt.com/
WMAG Top Blogs list
This is an ever-evolving bouquet of resources. Please share your top pick via the form below and we will review it for our list.
This article was inspired by a LinkedIn post in May 2021. See original post and comments here.