to challenge myself and do something new spoke rutuma a digital and content expert who started flexible working via flexibees the company prides itself on an allwoman team most of whom are mothers and returning professionals our selection process focuses more on skills that she needs to perform the job the positive attitude and support that she will need rather than the gap and adds to the confidence of women who undergo it while we place them on roles matched with clients across sectors globally and in india shares rashmi coo flexibeesthe webinar on preparing for interviews after a career break featured pranoti and ruchika senior members of the flexibees selection team who coached the women returnees and answered common questions on how to prepare for the returnship journey be confident and dont apologize for the break own your break and indicate your readiness to come back advised pranoti focus more on the expertise and the skills that you are getting on the table for the client which matches with their objectives and growth added ruchikathe virtuous cycle confidence and agencyproving that flexible jobs are as fulfilling and ambitious as fulltime jobs several women have carved an alternative career path for themselves on their terms most of the clients of flexibees are startups and they give you a lot of opportunities to learn i help startups enter new markets across the globe coming from an it background if you had told me five years back that this would be my specialization i would have never believed it shared trishi a business development and strategy expert who started flexible working via flexibees i can focus on areas where i am not good at and gives me time to think on how i can improve myself added rutumaapart from career progression flexible work helps women become financially independent further enhancing their confidence recent market research validated that women who worked flexibly had higher confidence selfimage and agency in the family community than those who could not despite wanting to balanced lifethese women also reap the benefits of living a balanced and fulfilling life being able to give time to the things and people that matter to thembeing around my son has given him confidence and i can see that he is growing up as a happy child quipped trishiflexible working enables me to pursue my passions like running cooking and meditation added pranotisupporting the journeyfor a woman to continue after she lands a job the support of the family is so important it is an earnest endeavour which is for her fulfilment her work is important to her and the family has to see and support that said deepa cofounder flexibeesin conclusion as every mothers day comes and goes we hope to see a significant shift in the way we support them as a society a mother can nurture her family by taking a career break and she can also nurture it by returning to work after a career