Remote/Work From Home Moms At Work by Careerlove is hiring Moms at Work is an organization committed to education, support, advocacy and more –for working mothers. Founded by Allison Venditti, Career Coach, HR expert and pay transparency advocate we are now Canada’s largest community for working mothers. My 2021 motto is Ask for Help – […]
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This is why your networking isn’t working!
Do you have a network? A bunch of people who you can call on if you need an introduction to a new job? People who would jump at the chance to support you? Help you grow your new business? Because let’s be honest – social media and posters isn’t going to grow it – but […]
These 4 words will change your life
Before the pandemic I never realized how much I felt the need to make excuses for my choices. Why I ran my own business. Why I had 3 kids. Why I do all sorts of things. This is what it sounded like – PERSON A: Wow you seem like you are working so hard – […]
Top 10 books: Women, Work and Motherhood (for everyone)
by Allison Venditti – Career Coach @careerlove.ca I am an information absorber. I feel stronger and more empowered the more I know about topics that I previously knew nothing about but one constant since I started having kids 9 years ago has been work + motherhood and all that is in between. I have read […]
What is Moms At Work Insiders? (answers to your questions)
Three years ago I started a community called Moms at Work. For the longest time there were about 200 people. Our community is built on kindness, building our professional network, sharing, building and growing. In May 2020 the group hit 4000 people. It is strong, it is amazing, it is kind. BUT – I saw […]
Do you actually want to support small business? Read on…
This pandemic has made us look at a lot of things differently. We have learned to appreciate our front line workers, our bus drivers, nurses, doctors and everyone who keeps our food supply going. We have looked around our neighbourhood and have seen that the people who make our towns and cities unique – small […]
You are not a toaster (aka why pay transparency matters)
Tell….us….how…much…the…salary…is. Why is this so difficult? I have been doing HR for over 10 years now and I have YET to have been provided with a compelling reason for not posting salary ranges. I HAVE seen first hand how it impacts female candidates. How it forces the gender pay gap to widen. I refuse to […]
My word for 2020
Grateful. That’s my word. I have heard people talking about their “2020” word. Success, NO, open – all sorts of words. But mine will be grateful. But guess what. That was my word in 2017, 18 and 19. So I felt like I may as well keep it going. January 2020 will be my 3rd […]
Can we stop with the white papers and surveys?
In 2018 I read twenty eight white papers about women in the workforce. Sixteen about how to support mothers in the workplace. This year more came out. Surveys and round tables and endless often UNPAID female time answering the same questions. What do you need? What can we improve? At first, I even filled some […]
Maybe we should move
The conversations that start after kids Maybe we should move.I miss being near the ocean.I want my kids to have XYZ Along with struggles in your career – things change and feel different post kids. Including the seemingly never ending conversation about where to settle. I am no different. I feel the pull to “home” […]