Timing is everything, it seems. The Mom Corps hits the scene September '06 hoping that corporate America would see the 'non-linear career' light. And it appears they have!
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Sue Shellenbarger 2/9 entitled "Employers Step Up Efforts to Lure Stay-at-Home Mothers Back to Work". This article reinforces all things 'Mom Corps'.
"Booz Allen Hamilton, Lehman Brothers, Deloitte & Touche and Merrill Lynch, among others, are working to lower the barriers with targeted recruitment, special training, mentoring, and new kinds of employment relationships designed to keep ex-employees tied to the firms."
"A need for skilled employees, particularly in accounting, consulting and finance, is leading big employers in these fields to get creative” Hallelujah!
Some tactics employers are using to lure at-home moms back to work:
Offering paid at-home work projects, providing training and career planning, assigning mentors to help stay in touch, issuing invitation to office parties and meetings, sponsoring mothers’ networks for current and former employees, and assigning internal recruiters to match skills with openings.
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