I’m Cheney Hamilton, CEO and founder of Find Your Flex. I founded MummyJobs.co.uk and Daddyjobs.co.uk in 2017, born out of the need for flexibility that wasn’t there when my second child was born.

My eldest daughter was born with a medical condition which meant that she spent her first 15 months in a full-body cast and had multiple surgeries on her hips. I received the best support and flexibility from my employer when I needed it but by the time my second child arrived and my eldest was perfectly healthy, my request to return to work with flexible hours was rejected. I found myself faced, like many other parents, with the conflicting pull of wanting to return to work but the flexibility not being there.

Within weeks of launch we were overwhelmed with the number of people who got in touch to ask if they could apply for advertised jobs if they weren’t parents. More than 1.27 million people got in touch over 10 days! The seeds for Find Your Flex and flexible working for all had been sown.

Challenging Times Force Change

But some were already prepared. Over the course of the last 3 turbulent years, we have worked tirelessly with over 300 employers. All of whom have agreed that flexible working is both a benefit to their employees and to their businesses. Thus making them more dynamic and more prepared to weather the storms of climate change, Brexit & Covid-19 along with anything else our future has in store.

So What About The Future Of Flexible Working?

We are on a mission to bring true flexible working into every organisation. For inclusivity to be standard practice, were no single person is turned away from a role they can do because of their gender, race, sexuality, religion or any other factor. We want businesses to realise what diversity can bring to the table.

There are many low birth years coming down the pike. This could lead to enforced retraining, to fill skills gaps left by a reduced ‘young’ career force. Midlife career changers will become the norm. As the age of first time parents also climbs to the early thirties, we are going to see these career changers looking for flex to balance their home life with work life. 

Midlife apprenticeships are already one of the most sought after opportunities across our flex platform and the returnship programmes we carry are finally offering more than a ‘full time’ programme. Businesses are finally understanding that LIFE for many is just as important as WORK.

The Future Of Work for many is already here. And my amazing team and I are here to make sure employers are ready for the future of work and learn to flex.

Happy Flex Work Searching!