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Jobsharing And Beyond


Apr 17, 2021

I am delighted to introduce Sher-li Torrey today! Her own experience about becoming a mother inspired her to start up Mums@Work in Singapore in 2010 and Career Navigators in 2016.

In our conversation, Sher-li talked about her decade-long focus on creating flexible work opportunities and back-to-work initiatives for returning professionals with companies who are focused on work-life integration.

She also shared examples of events for her 40,000 member strong community of moms from workshops, career fairs, her portal, and more.

It was very interesting to learn how covid19 has influenced unpaid care work and dads’ involvement in Singapore.

Sher-li and I also spoke about job sharing and why it has not really taken off in Singapore. I appreciated her honest feedback which will help you, our listener when setting up job sharing in your own organization or becoming a job sharer.

Other topics included transferable skills from unpaid care work as well as how younger generations will influence the job market going forward.

 

How to contact Sher-li:

Website: https://www.mumsatwork.net/about

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherlitorrey/

 

What we talked about:

3:15 Why did Sher-li start Mums@Work?

7:10 How did she get companies involved?

17:34 Paternal leave in Singapore

33:56 Job Sharing

46:08 Transferable skills from unpaid care work

 

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/ 

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