The 'formidable resource' that you're missing out on…

Everyone involved in the recruitment process is missing out on a valuable resource that is right in front of them.

Writing for the Chartered Management Institute, Cilla Snowball, Group Chairwoman and Group CEO of advertising and communications group AMV BBDO, said working mums are a “formidable resource.”

She continued: “Returning mums are a formidable resource; organised, decisive, grounded.”

“In our own company we have hired and promoted pregnant and returning mums to top jobs and we will continue to do so to hang on to the best talent.