Mothers 'miss out' on career advice ? This Is Guernsey

Most mothers looking for work have not had any career advice since leaving education, according to new research.

A study among 1,200 members of the Women Like Us social enterprise group found that 71% have either never received career advice or last had it at school or university

Nearly half said the last career advice they received was now ?out of kilter? with their life, and most believed their work decisions had changed since having children.

The group?s founder, Emma Stewart, said: ?It is short sighted that as a society we target the national careers service primarily towards school and college leavers, whilst jobcentres are primarily geared towards guiding the unemployed back to work.

?It means women returning to work after having children are falling through the gap for professional careers support. Being neither students nor unemployed where do these women go?

?Returning to work after having children is probably the only time in adult life, when a woman might contemplate changing career or looking for a new kind of job, and yet most feel like there?s a black hole in place of advice or support.?

Only a third of the women polled had returned, or intended to go back to the job they had before having children.

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