by Marisa Rijpkema | Career, Working Life
What’s wrong with being good at working? In her penultimate episode, Marisa explains why she is not happy for this to be her super power. Learning the Job I’ve had my new job for a couple of months now and everything is going relatively well. I know that the...
by Marisa Rijpkema | Career, Working Life
In her 25th – and last – account of the ups and downs of balancing work with parenting, Marisa looks back on the key experiences that she has shared during this fascinating series. Five years ago, I started looking for work in the Netherlands and...
by Marisa Rijpkema | Career, Working Life
Returning to work after having a baby? For Marisa, believing that you can do it is crucial when job hunting, and it’s a lot like breastfeeding. Read on to find out how she got on with both. Nursing and Job Hunting Are Kind of the Same I knew it was coming....
by Marisa Rijpkema | Career, Working Life
Marisa reflects on her experience of moving to the Netherlands from a foreign country and asks: is going with the flow necessarily a bad thing? Find out what she decided below. A few weeks ago I had a job interview. It was really intense. We covered...
by Robyn Grafton | Career, The Mamas Recommend, Working Life
Amsterdam Mamas is bursting with freelancers and entrepreneurs, many of whom work from home. But sometimes working mums need a change of scenery and someone to serve them for a change! Robyn Grafton consulted our Facebook group to uncover some of...
by Deborah Nicholls-Lee | Career, Mental Health, The Mamas Recommend
The challenge of balancing home and work, away from your usual support network, can sometimes be too much. For some of our Mamas, a diagnosis of Burnout was the wake-up call they needed to reorder their priorities and finally ask for help....