Australian-born, London-based Alana Sorokin is the founder of Joseph & Alexander, a quirky, sustainable, durable fashion brand, laced with imagination. Having previously worked in estate and property at Knight Frank London, Sorokin credits elements of real estate specifically landscapes, architecture and interiors that she has drawn from and used as inspiration within the launch of…
How companies can welcome back mums
Parenthood is exciting, life-changing, and transformational to the core – personally and professionally. It is an experience every woman looks forward to with much joy and anticipation beyond compare. Not entirely the case though for working expectant moms, who start having unwanted anxious feelings looming around this happiness, and soon become inherent to what’s supposed…
How to become a Travel Counsellor
Family-friendly job opportunities for mums aren’t that easy to come by in the UAE but there is a brilliant opportunity for anyone who fancies being a Travel Counsellor with flexible working hours around your family…Travel Counsellors allows mums to have a flexible work-life balance and launch their own business in the dynamic and interesting world of travel. …
5 powerful lessons from a CEO mums
If you want good advice, ask your mum. If you want specific tactics for managing numerous aspects of professional and family life while attempting to have some semblance of social life and maintaining your mental well-being, ask a mum who also happens to be a CEO! These women are true bosses in every sense of…
Training to be the best version of yourself
“Success is a journey, not a destination, and to enjoy the journey of entrepreneurship is the biggest gift you can give yourself”. The life of a mother, wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, and entrepreneur is an extremely motivating and rewarding one. …
Mums returning to work in the Education Sector
Women@Work team spent the afternoon with Olivia Russell, The Coordinator of The Staff Room, the only substitute teacher placement service, taking the region by storm. Here Olivia tells us more about the digital platform and how it can benefit women looking to return to the education sector in a stress-free, flexible manner. 1. Hi Olivia,…
Laura Thompson | Food Box | Marvellous Mums
Women@Work team have been chatting with the lovely Laura Thompson, mother of 2 beautiful daughters and co-owner of the Food Box , the weekly box of healthy recipes, bagged up and delivered straight to your door! A savior for busy mums, who, like us all, find balancing family commitments and career a hard act to juggle. …
Holly McCann, Travel Counsellors | Marvellous Mums
Women@Work team have been chatting with the lovely Holly McCann who is a Recruitment & Sales Manager at Travel Counsellors. We all know how life as a working mum can be a juggling act between work and family life. Holly tells us how her typical day is and how Travel Counsellor allows her to work…
Looking to work part-time in the UAE?
Starting a business requires capital. And, unless you’ve got oodles of cash lying around, you’re going to need access to money which will support you through those first tough months until you start turning a profit. For many entrepreneurs, one straightforward option here is to ‘moonlight’ on the side of your main job until you…
3 easy ways to improve workplace flexibility
Recent research suggests that 4:00 a.m. is the most productive hour of the day. Your typical over-achiever gets up around this hour, tackles a few personal things and gets cranking on work responsibilities. Tech titan Tim Cook is known to start his morning routine at 3:45 a.m. and be the first in the office. That…