bring women back into the workforce

As a routine, Yolanda Jacobs drops off her daughter at her workplace. The SME accepts that its employees come to work with its children. Yolanda Jacobs does it on days when she has no one to pick up her daughter from school. “It really helps to know that my boss is flexible, that’s why I’m staying“, she says. Childcare is an issue that her boss, herself a single mother, understands. “In my last salaried job, my boss once told me if I was going to leave early to pick up my child, I was going to be fired. I wondered how, as an SME, I could offer flexible solutions to my employees“, explains Stephanie Synclair.

In the USA, 10 million jobs do not find takers, especially women. Since the pandemic, a third of mothers have quit their job or considered doing so. In California, Cisco’s Director of Engineering Operations, Sonali Natarajan launched a plan to reassure the candidates. “We are very flexible“. Regain confidence in the evening, this is what Akraya, organization to get women back to work. CV assistance, training workshops: some women say they come from afar. “You have to bring your women back into the world of work, if you want to maintain growth”, believes the founder of the organization.