About this episode
The episode discusses how job sharing can enhance careers and improve work-life balance, featuring insights from women in Switzerland and the UK.
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women in Switzerland and the UK about how job sharing can boost a career and bring many benefits to both work and home life. Irenka Krone-Germann is Swiss and has written several books about job-sharing and part-time working. She co-founded the information platform, Go4jobsharing.ch and We Jobshare, an online platform which helps people find a job or topshare partner. Irenka has job partners, both female and male, in several different senior roles. Charlotte Cherry and Alix Ainsley have been job sharing in the UK for 14 years. They've worked in senior HR roles for a number of different companies including General Electric, Lloyds Banking Group and currently work for Virgin. They've recently set up a consultancy, Daring Two. Charlotte says job sharing has enabled her and Alix to take on much more challenging and fulfilling positions, has accelerated their careers further than working solo part-time would have done, and at the same time to balance time with their families. Produced by Jane Thurlow (Image: (L) Charlotte Cherry, courtesy Charlotte Cherry. (R) Irenka Krone-Germann, credit Keren Bisaz.)
People in this episode
Host: Ella Al-Shamahi
Guests: Irenka Krone-Germann, Charlotte Cherry, Alix Ainsley
Topics covered
- job sharing
- career development
- work-life balance
- women in leadership
- consultancy
Keywords
- job sharing
- career
- work-life balance
- women
- consultancy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Go4jobsharing.ch, We Jobshare, General Electric, Lloyds Banking Group, Virgin, Daring Two
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