In short, nothing was beneath her. This case is a superb example of how the professional Mom, happy to work temporarily, can keep a department running while long-term hiring decisions are sorted out. The HR Director for a small manufacturing firm was due to take maternity leave in 2 months. Because she was a stand-alone department, there was nobody qualified to cover in her absence, and having no coverage was out of the question. A meeting with Flexible Resources was soon planned.
Maternity leave coverage is one of our strengths.
In this scenario, as in many, we placed an ideally qualified candidate who could easily handle the workload and who brought complementary skills and style to the job. The plan was to have our candidate overlap with the Director for one month, cover for her four month leave and then, well, nobody was really sure. The two found they worked so well together that they transitioned, effortlessly, into a job-share. But, because it was already essentially in-place, the President agreed enthusiastically.