How to Translate Your Parenting Skills to Professional Skills

Are you a parent returning to work after taking time off?

Contrary to popular belief, parenthood is actually the perfect training ground for the workplace, yet parents often overlook – or don’t showcase – the skills they have gained when communicating their value.

Amri Kibbler

Amri is a mom of two and the Co-Founder & Chief Community Officer of HeyMama, a social and professional network that provides community, connections, tools and resources for working moms.

Previously, she spent more than 10 years as an editor and stylist creating content for major women’s publications including Glamour Magazine and Cosmopolitan.

Her passion is helping mothers to find fulfillment at work and at home. HeyMama developed the Motherhood on the Resume® campaign to address the stigmas, bias and motherhood penalty that women face when growing both a career and a family.

Join this conversation with Amri Kibbler, Co-Founder and Chief Community Officer at HeyMama, as she dives deeper into how to position yourself for a successful job search as a parent. During this chat, you’ll learn how to put your real-life parenting experiences on your resume, and talk about them with confidence in an interview that will help land you that job.

During this chat, we’ll talk about:

Naming the transferable skills parenthood cultivates
Translating those skills to the workplace
Communicating those skills on your resume and in an interview