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Professional women who have children 'forced to accept low-paid and unskilled roles'
Just 3% of jobs paying more than £20,000 per year were advertised for part-time workers
Mothers face 'career choke' - unskilled jobs or unemployment
By Rob Cooper
Published: 09:01 EDT, 14 March 2012
Working mother: professional women are forced to accept low-skilled jobs after having a child because of a lack of full-time posts
Professional women who choose not to work full-time after having children are being forced to take low-paid and unskilled jobs, a study has claimed.
Just three per cent of posts paying more than £20,000 per year were for part-time positions, according to a study of more than 1,000 vacancies.
The research was published as official figures revealed the number of out-of-work women hit 1.13million after rising by 22,000 between November and January.
Although new mothers are often able to return to their existing jobs part-time they are unable to move on because so few companies advertise for anything other than full-time workers.
When a part-time worker leaves, employers often recruit a full-time replacement even if the arrangement was successful.
Emma Stewart, co-founder of Women Like Us, who carried out the study with the Joseph Rowntree foundation, said mothers are forced to lower their expectations in the job market.
'Thousands of mothers, who need part time work to fit with family face a "career choke" - the dead end choice between trading down on their skills and experiences to accept a role beneath their level of worth, and not working at all.
'The lack of quality part time jobs has a particular impact on lower skilled mothers who face intense competition from higher skilled women competing for the same jobs.'
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The study looked at part-time jobs where the equivalent full-time salary was at least £20,000.
There are now almost 2.7million unemployed people - with a 1.3million people unable to find full-time work.
However, the study suggests that the majority of the part-time posts created are for low-skilled workers.
One in ten of the companies who had only advertised for full-time workers said it was 'against their policy' to allow more flexible working.
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It was suspected at many others that an unspoken policy applied.
David Frost, former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said encouraging more people to work part-time could bolster the economy.
'Flexible working has clear business benefits: employers who set out to hire part time candidates for roles with more responsibility give themselves the edge, opening themselves up to some of the best and most cost effective talent on the market,' he said.
'Our flexible labour market has long been acknowledged as a significant competitive advantage and a driver of investment and growth in this country – it's time we made best use of it.'
Deidrie Bounds, a former travel company boss who employed 60 workers, said she found it 'challenging' to create part-time posts for everyone who wanted them.
'I found it difficult to shoehorn full-time staff into part-time positions when they came back from maternity leave,' she told The Times.
'They became very demanding and obsessed by their rights and it was difficult to accommodate all their requests.
'Ultimately, they were less committed. What was good for them was not good for the business. I think it should swing both ways.'
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