Allison Venditti - Moms at Work

Allison Venditti

I am the founder of Moms at Work, mama to three boys and the secret weapon for moms looking to create careers they love.

Pay Transparency Toolkit

Pay Transparency Toolkit

Scripts, tools and facts to support pay transparency.

Returnships are everything that is wrong with corporate's relationship with women

Returnships are everything that is wrong with corporate's relationship with women

By creating a program that only helps a very small subset of women – those with technical degrees or skills, how are we really making an impact? Have you asked women what they need in order to return to the workforce?

Doing it differently

Doing it differently

We need to start talking about the women in the world who are showing up and doing it differently. We need to make "heros" out of the women who are saying no to working 80 hours a week. Who are getting angry and trying something new. Who are not building

PolicyMe co-founder Laura McKay with her daughter Maisie.

Video: Life insurance basics for parents with PolicyMe

If life insurance has been on your to-do list or just seems overwhelming or confusing, this video is for you.

The discussion about the new world of work can not just be about working from home

The discussion about the new world of work can not just be about working from home

For the very small percentage of the global workforce - working from home is another great benefit they can brag about on their Instagram account. But the pandemic proved to us once again that the people keeping us going are not the ones sitting behind computers. They are the caregivers,

I am not burnt out, I just don't want to do that

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I am not burnt out, I just don't want to do that

By Allison Venditti [www.thisismomsatwork.com] Advocates get asked to do all sorts of things. People see you doing good work and assume that you can take on every mission, every problem, every issue. Women get asked to do all sorts of things. Maybe you have helped someone before, organized

The new crisis for working mothers

The new crisis for working mothers

We have talked about all the women who left the workforce but we are not talking about all the caregivers who stayed.

Top 10 reasons why companies don’t share the salary (hint they are not good reasons)

Top 10 reasons why companies don’t share the salary (hint they are not good reasons)

I have worked in Human Resources for almost 20 years now. I have seen a lot of things. I have hired thousands of people, helped them return from work, fired people, negotiated salaries, broke up a near fist fight and had to sift through a 45 page letter from an

Pitch contests and other things female entrepreneurs do not want

Pitch contests and other things female entrepreneurs do not want

I googled pitch contests for male entrepreneurs - not a thing. Then I googled female entrepreneur contest and it blew up. As a female who runs my own company, I do not want to compete with other women for a sweater and a thousand dollars. I don't want you to

Thank you for not believing in me

Thank you for not believing in me

In 2015 I suffered a traumatic brain injury [moms-at-work.ghost.io/and-then-it-hit-me/]. I still can not functionally read. I still can not use my left arm and hand properly. I still use earplugs. I still do speech therapy - regularly. I still love my neurologist. No, I am not better.

And then it hit me

And then it hit me

On January 25th my life was forever changed. The sun was just coming up when my three-year-old bounced into our room, onto our bed, and then flung his body and his head backward – into my face. I only remember the cracking sound. After that, I don’t remember much. I

Your corporate return-to-office-plan is bad

Your corporate return-to-office-plan is bad

Hello! Hi, it's me, your resident return-to-work expert (yes actual expert with over 20 years of return-to-work planning including SARS, natural disasters, outbreaks and more!) Much of the return to work planning I have seen from major corporations over the next few months is this: * We will be returning to

Allison Venditti earns a Report on Business Magazine Changemakers Award from The Globe and Mail

Allison Venditti earns a Report on Business Magazine Changemakers Award from The Globe and Mail

So, here's the deal. I didn't want to share this. I didn't want to write this because well this is amazing but do I deserve to be next to these other people? (Check us out here [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-emerging-business-leaders-innovation-canada/] .) I don't love awards where you have

The top 7 things hiring managers need to change

The top 7 things hiring managers need to change

Let me begin by saying that there are many common practices in the recruiting and hiring process that waste time, energy and are not needed. Let me also say that I have been hiring and interviewing for over 15 years in almost every industry and many of these things I

The wage gap is real but we can fix it

The wage gap is real but we can fix it

As the founder of Canada's largest community dedicated to supporting working mothers [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MomsAtWork1/], I refuse to recruit for companies that do not disclose the salary upfront. And I don’t share job advertisements online without posted salaries ranges, simply because keeping salaries secret reinforces discrimination.

How she got a 30% pay increase

How she got a 30% pay increase

This is a story about a woman. Let's call her Sarah. In fact, it is the story of many women I work with. Sarah had asked for a raise and was told that there was no money. She even put together a PowerPoint presentation to show that she was worth

When you can't stop, but you can't go on

When you can't stop, but you can't go on

We have homeschooled, taken walks, taken more walks. We have shushed our kids while on Zoom. Handed them a device. We have cried for the loss of childhood. The loss of life. The loss of time. The loss of space. We have stared numbly at screens, at walls and have

Three things you can negotiate in addition to salary

Three things you can negotiate in addition to salary

Money is such an important part of the job offer, but is it everything? Absolutely not! When I work with people on salary negotiation I make sure that we look at the "whole offer" everything from vacation time, work hours, termination clauses, and benefits. In 2021, Moms at Work helped

Five things you need to know about LinkedIn - and I don't use the word optimize once!

Five things you need to know about LinkedIn - and I don't use the word optimize once!

1. Linkedin IS NOT a resume. Please do not list your accomplishments and how many widgets you sold last year - it is UNNECESSARY. I need to know what your job is/was and why you were the best at it. So here is an example: Sales Manager (cotton apparel

10 reasons people hate interviewing at your company

10 reasons people hate interviewing at your company

Now to start — I am a Career Coach & HR expert. People pay me money to help improve their hiring processes, create an interview process that makes people WANT to work for their company and basically tell them what to do. But this list is yours for free — and are the

You are doing salary negotiation wrong

You are doing salary negotiation wrong

I say this to you with love. I say this to you with over 15 years of both working for employers and with women on how to Ask For More. And you know what that has shown me? You absolutely deserve more. So much more. And that is what I

Women don’t need exposure they need to be paid

Women don’t need exposure they need to be paid

When I started my business I joined a lot of women’s groups. I listened and learned and conformed. It was a normal thing to ask speakers to chat with groups for free, do a presentation and more in order to gain access to “audience” and “engagement” I did it

Introducing Canada's first professional association for working mothers

Introducing Canada's first professional association for working mothers

In 2018, Moms at Work was created to fill a gap for professional women. It was designed to bring together mid and senior level career women. Women who were leaders, women who were returning to work after a career break and entrepreneurs. We crossed industries, areas of expertise and shared