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Working for Parents - Working with Employers to Create a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Working for Parents is a Jobs Board for Parents and Carers (Men and Women) who require Employment with Flexible, Family Friendly Employers.

For many Job Seekers, flexible working is the most impactful and sought after benefit an employer can offer. Flexible working is Gender and Age neutral, it increases work life balance and is becoming recognised as a modern, successful and cost effective business strategy.

Some of the benefits of being a flexible employer include reduced employee absenteeism and stress levels and an increase in employee loyalty. Even more traditional roles in places such as Barristers Chambers are adopting Flexible Working policies!

Working for Parents hopes to see increased Equal Opportunities for men and women in sharing work and caring responsibilities. We believe it should be as acceptable for a man to take time out of the workplace to be a carer as it is for a woman. With fathers being granted an additional 26 weeks paternity leave from April 2011 this is likely to become a reality.

With an increasingly ageing population, many people are becoming carers of adults and children. Therefore, many will need support in combining their roles as carer and employee.

Working for parent’s will showcase jobs which allow for flexible working, including part time job vacancies, working full time, home based working, work at home business and many more opportunities.

Working for parents will help parents and carers in Scotland find work from home, part time jobs, full time jobs and flexible jobs.  We will promote, source and advertise flexible jobs for mums, dads and carers.

Working for parents launches in Scotland in November 2010 to help parents and carers find they type of employment which suits their individual lifesyle, whether that be full time employment or part time employment.  We help parents and carers generate income through work from home jobs, part time jobs, full time jobs and flexible jobs.

Working for parents offers a range of flexible job posting packages to employers in Scotland looking for good quality candidates.

Flexible Working takes many forms, these include:

• Flexible Location - Home Working, Mobile Working and virtual teleworking.
• New Flexible Technologies - Technologies these days can turn many positions into flexible working positions.
• Flexible Contracts - Temporary Agency Workers, Part-Time working and Job Share.
• Flexible Offices - More and more options are being provided to flexible employers. Innovation is changing workplace design.

*Please read our Resource section for further information regarding flexible working practices.

Working for Parents offers support to both employers and candidates with a number of services taylored to the needs of both. Employers can use the Jobs Board to find talented and qualified candidates for their positions. Candidates can register and apply for flexible vacancies in just a few clicks. Job Seekers can also take advantage of our Career Toolkits and Resource sections.

Employers Features:

1. Post a free profile about your business.
2. Post a job position in a few clicks: Fill out a simple form with key criteria, enter your job description and submit!
3. Reach qualified candidates who are keen to work.
4. Manage candidates online: Use Working for Parent's free CV management tools to manage, contact, and track candidates online.
5. Use our powerful CV search tool to find the right person with the skills you are looking for!

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Candidate Features:

1. Search Jobs Posted by Employers.
2. Apply online to parent friendly employers.
3. Post your CV on our site so employers can find you! Creating and storing your CV on Working for Parents lets you apply for jobs quickly and easily. And…employers search CV's on Working for Parents every day to find the perfect match for their job opportunities.

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Working for Parents aim to make this job site easy to navigate with useful and relevant content.  If you have any suggestions for future content and changes to the sites structure, please don't hesitate to contact us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it