Job sharing is becoming increasingly prevalent, especially in the post-COVID world, where employees seek flexible work solutions. But how can you share a job with another person? How do you find someone as brilliant as you and make your partnership successful?
In this episode, we have an informative chat on job sharing with Hannah and Rachel, co-founders of the Job Share Pair. The Job Share Pair aims to maximise job share partnerships through tailored coaching, helping forward-thinking organisations implement embedded job sharing, and providing flexible working solutions.
In this session, Hannah and Rachel share the inspiration behind their job-share consultancy, how to choose roles based on your strengths, how to make your job share successful, and how to find your match. We dive deep into applying for jobs with your sharing partner using joint CVs and how to end the partnership if you transition to a full-time job.
Key Highlights
[01:01] Background of the Job Share Pair Co-founders and how they met
[05:25] The inspiration behind the Job Share Pair
[07:02] How to split the roles
[09:40] The best pieces about job sharing
[12:43] The worst piece about job sharing
[15:00] How open employers are to job sharing and its financial viability
[18:32] Three things to make a job share successful
[19:54] Finding a job-sharing partner
[23:31] Applying for roles together with your job-sharing partner
[27:44] About the Job Share Pair consultancy
[30:37] How to connect with the Job Share Pair team
[32:03] Whether job sharing lends itself well to any functionalities or certain departments
[34:56] Transitioning from job sharing to full-time jobs
[36:50] Most high-profile job sharers
Notable Quotes
- Preparation is the most important thing you can do when you’re looking for a job. You need to pick your role and give your boss or employee the confidence that you have everything in hand.
- If you get the partnership right, you can have so much fun and learn from each other.
- When you employ a job-share couple, they are 30% more productive.
- If you have more than 15% of women on your board, you are 50% more profitable.
- Your partnership and the way you work will constantly evolve as you grasp that way of working.
- About 50% of people know their job-sharing partner before starting the partnership.
- When you start the partnership, be open and honest about how you might end it and what factors might prompt you to do so.
- The average job-share life cycle is about 2.5 years.
Enjoyed this conversation? Then check out our Work It Like A Mum podcast interview with The Job Share Pair to learn more about job-sharing!
Resources
To connect with Job Share Pair
To connect with Hannah Hall
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-hall-turner/
To connect with Rachel Maguire
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-maguire-80215137/