Marketer @ Salesforce | Award-winning Storyteller | Nonprofit Board Director | Mom 3x
I was curious what my resume would look like if I rewrote it with ONLY the skills I’ve learned as a new mother. Here's what I wrote. Like many others, I am unbelievably shook by how the pandemic is devastating working women—particularly mothers. My Mom Resume isn’t unique. I have no doubt that the Moms within the 156,000 women who left the workforce in December hold many, many more of the evasive skills we look for in our teams, colleagues, and leaders. Something is fundamentally, catastrophically broken if we are letting this type of talent leave the workforce. Perhaps if we shift the way we evaluate, prioritize, develop, and protect the skills we learn outside of the office, Moms would have a fighting chance. #MomSkills
Paula Filipe
6mo
I was a full-time mother from 2002 to 2010. It was the most challenging and enriching personal project of my life and I loved every minute of being able to taking care and watch my children grow.
Brilliant, and spot on. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring!
Love this! 🙌🏻
LOVE this
Being a new mum, working full time and managing a business with no maternity leave, this hits very close to home, and is difficult to remind ourselves of. 100% what every working mum (parent) needs to remind themselves they're capable of - thanks for bringing this to the attention of all the incredible mamas out there!
Hue N.
2y
Spot on. Thank you for sharing. Brooke Elser Lisa Guillaume
Vicky Strand
2y
A simple-Thank you for this!
So true. Thanks for sharing.
MBA l Strategic, Collaborative & Consultative Leader I Innovation I High-performer that produces solutions-focused partnerships and revenue impact
1yI absolutely love this (Thanks for sharing, Allison Harris-Turk, CMP, DES)! I'm not a new mom, but at 15, 19 and 21...I'm still constantly adapting and learning how to be a mom by best supporting my children as they enter into young-adulthood and begin their journey to become fully independent and contributing members of our society who desire to make a difference in the world. This means modeling the type of person we encourage them to be which is someone who gives back to the community, someone who values mental, physical and emotional health for themselves and others, someone who values the importance of hard work and commitment, but not at the cost of NOT being available to your family when they really need you. I've worked for great employers like Cox Communications, Cox Media, Zovio, and The University of Arizona Global Campus who value, encourage, and most importantly support a balanced work and non-work lifestyle which I'm forever grateful for as I continue my journey as a hard working professional and mom. Let's face it...the day will come when I retire from my "career" but my work as mom will never end.