This is a common problem for parents that choose to sacrifice their careers for some years while raising their children. When returning to the work force, once the children start attending day care or school regularly, it is not easy to find a job that will provide flexible hours. These parents still need to be able to pick up their children and drop them off at school at the proper times. These times are not usually easy to juggle with work hours too, rarely are they compatible.
A major problem for these parents is that they want to be able to join the work force and pursue their careers again, along with their responsibilities of parenthood. It is so difficult to find the flexible hours needed without jeopardizing their careers. This is where you come to their rescue, create a staffing agency to help these parents get back into the workforce, with the hours they need.
Find businesses that are looking for responsible people and are willing to offer hours that are more flexible. Reassure the businesses that by agreeing to be more flexible they will be able to tap into a great source of expertise in the work place that is not being used to its maximum potential. Emphasize to them that employees that are also parents tend to take their responsibilities at work more seriously. Their work performance is critical in providing their children with what they would like to give them.
You may also research in your area for companies that provide childcare for their employees in close proximity to each other. These companies realize the workforce possibilities and are happy to offer alternatives such as these to their employees. By finding employees for them, you will have a good base to work from for many of your placements with the staffing agency. The more companies that you are able to work with that offer these benefits, the more placement possibilities you will have.
Don't forget to contact small companies too. Many times, they will prefer part-time workers or be willing to let two people 'job share'. You may be able to work with many companies at changing some of their work requirement guidelines too, if they see a benefit in doing it.
You will be able to charge the businesses about 20% of the fees. This is a good profitable type of 'business idea' to look into. If you choose to give it a try, make sure you acquire a reliable accountant, discuss the business you want to create and start from there. You may very well find a working parent/accountant that would love doing this type of work for you.
Resources:
http://www.zoomjobs.com/site.pages/pro-job_market_women.html
http://www.zoomjobs.com/site.pages/pro-find_jobs.html
http://www.vault.com/nr/newsmain.jsp?nr_page=3&ch_id=402&article_id=18920&cat_id=1101
http://www.careerpharm.com/seeker/resources/flexible-schedule.cfm
December 14, 2008
