Case studies
Here are just a few stories of women and employers who have benefited from using Women Like Us' services.
Robert Postlethwaite owns Postlethwaite and Co., a small but growing specialist law firm in Covent Garden. When Robert needed an experienced lawyer to join him part-time, we found one for him – and it all started with a Women Like Us poster pinned to the gates of a North London school.
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Energy Design Studio was struggling to find an experienced marketer who wanted to work part-time. Their usual word-of-mouth approach had not worked. They contacted Women Like Us with a brief to look for a former high-level marketing professional who wanted to mix a senior role with flexible hours. In no time, they’d found their woman.
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Donor Conception Network wanted to employ a part-time professional to help them with their database overhaul programme. Despite this being an ideal part-time role, high-calibre candidates appeared to be thin on the ground. Where other networking attempts had failed, Women Like Us found a professional database manager who had kept her IT skills sharp by freelancing on her career break.
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A unique partnership with financial services organisation, Towry Law, has enabled a new career opportunity to be matched with the right candidates: experienced women looking to return to work.
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When Dee Wright’s business The Hairforce began expanding, she figured that women looking to get back to work would be experienced, reliable, committed and flexible. She was right. Through the Women Like Us school gates network, and using the website, she found what she needed: women like her to help build her business.
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Nick Pelmont runs a growing legal practice. He wants to employ part-time to suit his workload and his budget, but he needs experienced professionals for the roles. His decision to tap into the vast career experience of women returners has proved successful and he argues the case for looking no further than the school gates.
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When KD Partnership were looking to grow, they wanted to employ local people who could work part-time and grow with them. Having decided against regular recruitment agencies who they felt oversold their candidates, they used the Women Like Us local network who found the them the right match, right on their doorstep.
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Rachael resigned from her role as a personal assistant 15 years ago, so she could raise her three children and enjoy their early years. She came to Women Like Us fearing that she’d never be able to work again… but we proved her wrong!
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Jo and Bernice both applied for a position as Project and Memberships Manager, which they saw on the Women Like Us jobs board. The role could clearly split in two, so the employer offered it on a jobshare basis - one side dealing with project management and the other with HR matters.
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On benefits and in a violent relationship, Serena once had a fear of stepping outside her own home. Now she has a job as a receptionist, after support from Women Like Us helped her get her confidence back.
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Anita didn’t believe that ‘senior’ and ‘part-time’ could go hand in hand. Through Women Like Us she found a position as Director of Partnerships at an organisation committed to urban regeneration.
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When Malika’s children reached the ages of 11 and 4, she decided the time was right to get back to work. But it had to be part-time, and close to home so she could manage the school run.
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When the career gaps in Janet’s CV kept letting her down at interviews, Women Like Us coached her into focusing on selling her achievements rather than a career chronology. Armed with an altogether more powerful CV and whole new attitude, Janet’s skills now stood out a lot more than her four-year break.
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