Saturday 19 February 2011

Job Clubs for Parents

Places where parents cluster for parenting matters - schools, nurseries, Sure Start, etc may be the kind of places at which facilitators might either offer typical services that job club members need or recruit new members.

The book "Working mothers - An essential guide" (see Book review) does not give details of the importance of the role of job clubs to mothers and fathers who want to return to work or work for the first-time.

Of course, if niche job clubs are created for say mothers, bankers, surveyors etc, wanting to work it could be argued that the unique worth of an all-comers job club might be lost. An essential feature of many, if not all job clubs, is the members' diversity of experience, age range and knowledge and skills which can be utilised for the mutual benefit of members. This might be absent in a niche club.

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