I am looking for a job with flexible hours.
These can be awkward words in a job interview. But Mom Corps takes the awkwardness off the table. How? Mom Corps is a niche staffing service that links employers who are offering non-traditional employment opportunities, with qualified candidates who just so happen to be moms looking for fulfilling work with flexible schedules.
In other words, the employers who list jobs with Mom Corps already know that the potential candidates are looking for flexibility. Likewise, the candidates researching jobs through Mom Corps already know that the listing employers are indeed offering flexible jobs.
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Mom Corps, the website founded by Allison O’Kelly in 2005, actually emerged from the informal job matching service that O'Kelly had been providing for friends for about a year and a half prior to the launch of Mom Corps. O’Kelly, a successful accountant and Toys R' Us executive, began seeking out contract and other flexible work after she had her first child. It turns out there was a lot of work to be had and O’Kelly started parsing it out to her other mom friends. Employers were interested in just where O’Kelly was finding so many talented women for the flexible work they were offering, and since the answer was usually “playgroups” and “the local park”, O’Kelly knew she was onto something. O'Kelley's informal job matching service evolved into Mom Corps, which, since its launch in 2005, has worked with hundreds of employers and now has over 37,000 registered members.
For job candidates, it is free to register with Mom Corps and post your resume. With your free membership, you will have access to job listings as well as to the Mom Corps Blog, entitled "Mom"ents, a resource for issues including career advice and work life balance. (There are fees for additional services such as expert career coaching or to register your resume as a "featured" listing, ensuring that it will pop up first on a list of equally qualified candidates.)
Mom Corps has won many accolades in the short time since its 2005 launch, including 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Business Winner and a 2006 Working Mother Entrepeneur Moms Award.
What’s next for Mom Corps? O'Kelly says that from the get go she has had high aspirations for Mom Corps. Not surprisingly then, she has franchised Mom Corps in several locations and is interested in more franchises, including in New York. (Although Mom Corps does have New York job listings and a presence in New York already.) O'Kelly explains that the franchise model allows Mom Corps to reach more people in more areas, with local experts on the ground helping to match candidates with employers. More information regarding a Mom Corps franchise opportunity in New York can be found on the website.
For more information about Mom Corps and to sign up to Mom Corps for free, click here.
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