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Working Moms Want Time With Kids for Mother's Day

TheLadders.com Survey Finds that Executive Mothers Cite Moms as Greatest Influence <Back

NEW YORK (May 11, 2006) - The most prized Mother's Day gift among working moms is still spending time with their kids, according to a national survey conducted by TheLadders.com, the world's leading online service for $100,000+ jobs. The survey also discovered that working mothers cite their own mothers - over bosses, coworkers, mentors or spouses - as having the greatest influence on shaping who they are today.

Although moms cherish the time spent with their kids, female executives would still rather work than stay at home full time. Survey findings also indicate that more than 75% of working moms would continue to work even if money were no object. When asked to rate the importance of particular items in a job, an astounding 70% of women ranked "enjoying what you do" as the most important.

When asked, "Do you feel your employer is sensitive to the needs of working parents?", only 39% of working moms answered "yes" to this question. However, working mothers have strong ideas on how to create a better work-life balance. Over 70% of the working mothers said flexible schedules and opportunities to work from home are the greatest benefits that employers can provide.

"The best employers stay competitive and retain the best talent by addressing the needs of their workers," said Marc Cenedella, president and CEO of TheLadders.com. "Creative use of flexible scheduling and telecommuting can go a long way to help working moms find a better work-life balance and keep this vital part of our workforce engaged."

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Headquartered in New York, TheLadders.com, Inc. is a privately held company offering online job search services to recruiters and job seekers in the $100k+ employment market. Ex-HotJobs.com executive Marc Cenedella founded TheLadders.com in 2003 to address the unique job seeking and recruiting requirements in this market sector. Investors include leading venture capital firm Matrix Partners and prominent private investors such as Kevin Ryan, CEO, DoubleClick, Tom Matlack, Megunticook Management, and Robert Chefitz, NJTC Venture Fund.

In addition to its primary member-based site, the Company operates vertical job search Web sites for sales, marketing, finance, human resources, law, technology, and operations. All sites feature daily job updates as well as industry-specific weekly e-newsletters. For corporate and executive recruiters, TheLadders.com delivers the same highly personalized experience. TheLadders for Recruiters (www.recruitladder.com) enables them to easily post $100k+ job openings at no charge. The Company further differentiates itself from other online job boards that fall prey to fraudulent job postings by implementing human mediated search, ensuring all job postings are fully qualified before being published to members.

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