“If the [careers after babies] report did one thing it proved that 85% of us can’t make full time working in the office work alongside having young children.”

This week our guest is Jessica Heagren, ex Financial Services Director, mother of four and the CEO and Founder of That Works For Me, a platform connecting skilled professionals with flexible work.

Jessica is also the author of the groundbreaking Careers After Babies Report which presents stark research on what really happens to women's careers after they have children.

Host Verena Hefti MBE and Jessica discuss:

• The findings of the Career After Babies Report
• Why it's so hard to combine a big career and children
• What the report identifies as the crux of the issue
• Why objectives and contribution to the team matter more than time
• Why so many women are leaving middle management jobs
• The positive impact of flexibility on working parents    

Download the Careers After Babies Report here.

Connect with Jessica Heagren on LinkedIn.

Show notes:

Two resources that came up in the conversation between Verena and Jess.

• Episode 99 – Dr. Christian Busch – How to Create Your Own Good Luck & Cultivate Serendipity
• The Equal Parent, by Paul Morgan-Bentley

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