The MetroWest Daily News:
Jessica Mencunas was three months pregnant last fall when she was laid off. She had not yet disclosed her pregnancy, and she found herself unemployed at a time when it’s traditionally difficult for women to change jobs.
“I actively looked for work during my pregnancy,” said the 36-year-old Smithfield, R.I., resident, “but it became more difficult as I got bigger and bigger.”
Enter Mom Corps, a nontraditional headhunter that specializes in flexible, family-friendly work for at-home moms. Marketing, human resources and accounting jobs are the agency’s niche as it places clients in part-time and telecommuting positions. Three years old, Mom Corps is based out of Atlanta, but has branches across the United States, including Boston.
Mencunas landed a contract position at LFI, a Smithfield medical device and aeronautics manufacturing company. Beginning four weeks before her baby was born, she worked part-time as a human resources professional. She returned to the same position after her maternity leave, and recently became the company’s director of human resources.
Mencunas works 20 hours over four days each week. Two of those days, she works from home. In retrospect, she said, losing her job last year turned out to be a good thing.
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