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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Part-time work that pays?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are there viable part-time options for professional working parents who want to continue their career AND stay at home with their children?
The dilemma has played out in the lives of millions of families throughout the world.
Should a woman continue to work a full time job once she becomes a mother, or should she stay at home with the children?
Regardless of your personal feelings on the issue, the fact of the matter is, this ‘choice’ is a luxury that not all women have.
Today’s reality dictates that many families do require two incomes to stay afloat but don’t rush to judgment! These are not necessarily poor families.
Many parents have college degrees and come from middle class backgrounds. They are people you know; your neighbors, friends, coworkers.
It’s logical to assert that part-time jobs, job sharing or work from home opportunities are ideal solutions. But in many cases, these opportunities truly don’t exist.
Work place constraints, company policy or the industry itself is not set up to allow for such a choice.
More and more, working parents find themselves searching for a work/life solution that continues to elude them: Part-time job opportunities that carry an equal professional status as their full-time counterparts.
Why are companies not doing more to capitalize on the talents of these well-qualified working parents?
