Kat Jennings - Tax Recruiter Inside Look At Hiring Pregnant Women

For more than three decades, I have worked with organizations which have interviewed and hired pregnant women. I have also worked with companies who quietly declined to hire women who are pregnant but gave other reasons for not hiring them. As an executive search professional, who has placed thousands of tax professionals, you often see behind the scenes how pregnant women are interviewed and handled. This post discusses my personal experience and observations in how companies handled pregnant women in the field of tax.

As an expert in executive tax search with a long list of clients, I have experienced a wide range of scenarios in the hiring process. What is always interesting to me is the hiring of pregnant women. For the record, my three sons are 25, 25, 26 so my child bearing years are behind me. However, my tax executive search practice was so busy when I had my sons there was no way I would stop working. I took two weeks off after my first son and one month after my identical twins. I was on the phone helping clients even from my hospital bed. It is in my DNA to work hard and after years of raising three sons, I am still a hard driving producer of work for clients searching for tax expertise. Some people are born out of the womb with incredible drive.

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