Want to return to work after parenthood, but not sure how? Thinking about an alternative career path post parenting? Check out these resources that can help you find the career that fits your life.
The Mom Project
The Mom Project is committed to helping women remain active in the workforce in every stage of their journey. They work with employers who are committed to designing and supporting a better workplace. Define your career parameters, look for opportunities, let employers find you.
Fairygodboss
Fairygodboss is the largest career community for women. Their mission is to help the women in our community by providing free resources and a safe, inclusive environment for highly motivated women to connect with other career-minded individuals and help one another to succeed. Millions of women visit Fairygodboss for career connections, jobs, community advice, virtual events and hard-to-find intel about how companies treat women.
On-Ramps
On-Ramps is a full-service search and consulting firm that exclusively serves the social sector, working with innovative, mission-driven organizations across diverse issue areas.
Path Forward
Path Forward is on a mission to empower women and men to restart their career after taking time off for caregiving. They work with program participants and enlisting new partner companies is directly supported by your contributions.
reacHIRE
Through gender diversity returnship programs and custom cohorts tailored to meet a company's unique culture and business needs, reacHIRE delivers the highest retention rate of any return-to-work program. They use proprietary training and support tools to carefully select and prepare top female talent who voluntarily off-ramped and are ready to on-ramp into a defined returnship or permanent role, or transition their skills into new areas.
Prokanga
Prokanga is a job search and posting service designed for more flexible working arrangements. They work in two ways: 1) Project and consulting engagements (including interim leadership and parental leave coverage): 2) Permanent role (part-time and full-time) search execution: Many of their projects turn into traditional searches as a business grows and a role becomes more clearly defined.
The Second Shift
The Second Shift is looking to shift the way companies look from the inside by connecting them with exceptional women from the outside. Companies post projects, members can respond or pitch their work, companies then pick and negotiate directly with members that they want to contract with.