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"It's a job." LinkedIn add stay at home mum & dad as a job description

LinkedIn the professional networking social media site is adding 'stay at home mum' and 'stay at ...

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08.56 8 Apr 2021


"It's a job." LinkedIn add stay at home mum & dad as a job description


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08.56 8 Apr 2021


LinkedIn the professional networking social media site is adding 'stay at home mum' and 'stay at home dad' as a job description.

A gap in one's employment history can be hard to explain when stay at home mums and dads try to re-enter the job market after raising a family. Especially when many of us left the workforce during the pandemic to look after our kids. Our reporter Henry McKean spoke to stay at home parents and asked is it about time the work they do at home is recognised?

 

With contributions from Green Party Senator Pauline O'Reilly, founder of The Stay at Home Parents Association Ireland.

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