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"OUR INDUSTRY IS FEMALE-LED, YET WE LAG BEHIND OTHERS IN FLEXIBLE WORKING'
Jane Johnson, founder and executive director of FEEL Communications, went from a senior job-share role to setting up her own consultancy with a specialist focus on recruitment for comms professionals seeking part-time roles.
Three years ago, I had my son and I was lucky to be offered a job share at director level when I returned to my role in internal comms at HSBC. I wasn’t sure if I could make a job-share work – I’m a bit of a control freak and was used to managing my own projects, and I hadn’t even met my job-share colleague until the day I started. But, all credit to our line manager’s judgement, we...
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