Elizabeth Willetts - Recruiter turned Mum and Entrepreneur (leading the charge for part-time and flexible working and creating a job board specifically for these vacancies)

What a guest and discussion I have in store for you this week! I'm joined by Elizabeth Willetts who started her career in recruitment but left the agency world as she didn't feel it was conducive to starting a family. Instead she wanted a job that would offer flexibility and could fit in around life and the demands of having young children. Unfortunately things didn't go to plan and Liz and her husband struggled to conceive. Ironically her new career ended up becoming more of a burden than a help with people constantly questioning when she would be having kids, unbeknownst to them how much they were compounding the pressure she felt to fall pregnant.Liz returned to the fast-paced world of recruitment and ended up in an internal role. Thankfully they welcomed their two children into the world during this period and she was also able to transition to part-time working. However, during COVID her position was made redundant and Liz faced constant frustration and discrimination when trying to find another role that would offer part-time hours or flexibility.Feeling like she had nowhere to turn, Liz took matters into her own hands and launched a job board (www.investinginwomen.co.uk) which focuses exclusively on vacancies offering flexible and part-time working. She also runs a Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/386475498981570) and regularly hosts LinkedIn Live sessions covering a range of topics with expert guest speakers.Liz is absolutely leading the charge when it comes to the views on mums, female worker rights, flexible working, and the benefits that organisations can gain when being more open minded in attitudes to working arrangements.I loved having her as a guest and am 100% on-board with everything she is doing. I hope you enjoy listening to our discussion.Support the show