Posted by Nathalia Lopes on 09 Mai, 2022
Dismissal after returning from maternity leave, embarrassing questions about children in job interviews and lack of growth opportunities after being mothers are just some of the challenges women still face in the labor market.
According to a survey conducted by the site Vagas.com, about 20% of women report having suffered dismissal after maternity leave - despite the labor law veto dismissal without just cause during pregnancy and up to 5 months after delivery.
Data from IBGE also indicate that only 54.6% of mothers aged 25 to 49 who have children aged up to three are employed. In the case of black maternity, the number is even lower, and falls to 49.7%.
These numbers reaffirm that many corporate environments are still burdened with obstacles when it comes to motherhood and career. But what we need to bring to the table is that the arrival of a child, who brings so much beauty and joy to the world, is also a process of developing powerful skills for the job.
Want to know what they are? Then continue reading!
5 skills desired by the market that are developed in motherhood
Mothers who recognize their potential are able to position themselves better in the labor market. And this "competitive advantage" is precisely due to the skills developed during motherhood. After all, many of them are among the most sought-after skills by recruiters.
Next, let’s list five of these key skills, check it out.
1. Administration of time
You may have heard that "mothers are multitaskers" and it’s true. With the need to reconcile different routines and activities, they learn to better manage their time in a much more objective and pragmatic way. Thus, they can be more productive during the workday.
2. Creativity
Children also help bring lightness and breath to the mothers' minds and get them to take the focus off work for a while. It may not seem like it, but this is an important stimulus for the development of creativity.
After all, most innovative ideas arise when the professional is doing something totally different from the work. Moreover, living with children alone already stimulates creativity.
Because they are curious individuals and present totally different demands, living with the little ones can favor a spirit of innovation in professionals.
In this way, motherhood helps women "get out of the box," and makes them think much more creatively when they go back to work.
3. The real extent of the difficulties
Motherhood makes women leave their comfort zone and deal with new situations in life. In this way, they see problems as they really are. After all, what is a small work task near the arduous challenge of calming a crying baby uninterruptedly?
This change of perspective brings much more focus to what really matters and makes the collaborators stop overvaluing the severity of small problems and can deal with them in a much more agile and objective way.
4. Flexibility and emotional intelligence
Dealing with the personality of children requires a lot of emotional intelligence and waist play. And these qualities are also important for interpersonal relationships in the workplace.
In addition, mothers are easier to communicate efficiently and can deal with different people and personalities with greater flexibility.
5. Ability to listen
Finally, another soft Kill that is refined in women who are mothers is listening, a precious skill, and rare, in the labor market. By developing the ability to listen to the needs and desires of children during motherhood, women are able to bring this competence into their routine.
They listen actively to what colleagues have to say and act in a much more empathetic way and attentive to the needs of other professionals and even clients. Because of this, mothers tend to be better leaders, who guide a team always thinking about the well-being of everyone.
The perspective of the recruiter
It is critical that recruiters recalculate their perspectives on motherhood and the labor market. Although subjectivity and challenges rooted in society, it is up to HR professionals to take a differentiated view of the potential that mothers have to aggregate to companies.
But how to make this analysis more tangible and objective? A good tip is to apply behavioral profiling to candidates and collaborators. With it, it is possible to identify the skills and competencies prevailing in each person, as well as important factors in relation to behavior and its reactions to different situations.
With this information, HR can act in a more targeted way, putting the right person in the right place. All this valuing the unique experiences and characteristics of each professional and ensuring a management of people much more personalized, empathetic and human.
Completion
As we have seen, motherhood adds skills and potential to a woman’s professional career. That is why organizations that identify, value and offer opportunities for mothers to contribute with all to the growth of teams, people and businesses are one step ahead.
Source: https://blog.solides.com.br/habilidades-da-maternidade/