The new world of work: how the industry can support working mothers, and the latest exciting job opportunities

This week we want to share with you a new opinion piece on the If You Could Jobs Journal.

Every month we’ll be inviting creative professionals to share their thoughts on a topic they care about from the world of work. This month, studio Templo’s co-founder and managing director Anoushka Rodda dives into the vital discussion of how the creative industry can support and enable working mothers to thrive in the workplace.

Here’s three key learnings from the article:

• Flexible working is the way forward. Anoushka advises that the industry needs to “Genuinely embrace the benefits of flexible working that the pandemic has made feasible. This way of working can’t be a ‘flash in the pan’ moment in time, it is the new industry standard and is here to stay.”
• Employers need to value productivity over time. “There is literally no one more efficient than a working mum. I thought I was organised before I had kids but what I can now achieve in two hours could have easily taken me an entire day when I didn’t have the deadline of a school pick up looming over me.”
• Commitment contracts are key. “If you’re concerned about women not returning after you’ve forked out for their maternity leave you simply need to draw up a contract of commitment, which protects both parties and is standard practice in most industries. So many design agencies don’t do this and that’s where things go wrong.”

You can read the full article over on the If You Could Jobs Journal here.

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