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Danielle Batist is an experienced freelance journalist, founder of Journopreneur and co-founder of the Constructive Journalism Project. She lived and worked all around the globe and covered global and local stories of poverty, exclusion and injustice. Increasingly, she moved beyond ‘problem-reporting’ to include stories about the solutions she found. She witnessed the birth of the new nation of South Sudan and interviewed the Dalai Lama. She reported for Al Jazeera, BBC and the Guardian and regularly advises independent media organisations on innovation and sustainability. She loves bringing stories to the world and finding the appropriate platforms to do so. The transformation of traditional media fascinates rather than scares her. While both the medium and the message are changing, she believes the need for good storytelling remains.
How Being a Mum Could Look On Your CV
This isn’t so much a story but an idea to share. According to the people who came up with it, it is an idea you should share with many, including “your mom, your mom’s mom, your friend’s mom, friends who are moms, friends who are about to become moms, anyone with a mom and everyone who loves moms.”
It is a campaign, launched in the US by a creative agency, and it offers a solution to a very real problem for many women: how to explain maternity leave on their CV.
There now is an answer, at least on LinkedIn. You can officially list your job as ‘Mom’ at ‘The Pregnancy Pause’ for the duration of your maternity leave. The campaigners suggest this unique experience gives you a skill set that is worth boasting about to your entire network, including future employers. There is even a free, downloadable toolkit that includes CV templates and sample cover letters.
It is one of those real issues I never considered much before becoming a parent myself, and now feel passionate about resolving. The only thing I’d add to the campaign is that I would say the same thing goes for fathers who take paternity leave. These periods should not be regarded ‘away from work’ and be seen from what they really are: hugely skilled, highly demanding life experiences for all involved. And worth a mention at least as much as any other job out there.
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