Comments on: Credit crunch: will flexible working opportunities increase or not? http://www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk/2008/11/20/credit-crunch-will-flexible-working-opportunities-increase-or-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=credit-crunch-will-flexible-working-opportunities-increase-or-not Advice, news and ideas for working parents Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:56:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Charles Lloyd http://www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk/2008/11/20/credit-crunch-will-flexible-working-opportunities-increase-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Charles Lloyd Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:20:44 +0000 http://www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk/acatalog/blog/?p=289#comment-51 I think we are seeing a growth in family friendly working, as companies see the opportunity of offering part time working contracts as a way of managing business downturns. With workers on part time hours they can staff up to meet the peaks of business activity and scale down to manage lulls. Many of the UK's job boards are reporting that the keywords 'part time' are becoming a top two monthly search term. Indeed we've recently seen a growth of specialist part time job boards only, such as www.myparttimejob.co.uk which are helping employers engage with part time workers I think we are seeing a growth in family friendly working, as companies see the opportunity of offering part time working contracts as a way of managing business downturns.

With workers on part time hours they can staff up to meet the peaks of business activity and scale down to manage lulls. Many of the UK’s job boards are reporting that the keywords ‘part time’ are becoming a top two monthly search term. Indeed we’ve recently seen a growth of specialist part time job boards only, such as http://www.myparttimejob.co.uk which are helping employers engage with part time workers

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