Close to 59% of unemployed parents who want to return to work will experience difficulty in finding roles that fit around their childcare routines, a recent YouGov poll of 457 parents found.
With around two million parents in the UK without a job, Travelodge has launched a recruitment programme to help them back into work, including flexible hotel and head office roles that fit around their childcare routines.
As part of its plans to recruit up to 3,000 more people over the next five years, it is targeting parents by offering flexible roles of varying seniority in hotel receptions, restaurants, housekeeping, as well as head office positions.
"We are preparing in earnest for post-Brexit Britain. With thousands of new jobs to fill, we need more new colleagues than ever. We see vast untapped potential in parents who want to return to work," said Travelodge chief executive Peter Gowers.
"YouGov research shows that many parents want to get back into a job, especially one that can lead to a career, and the first step is often the hardest. We've based our new programme on making it easier than ever for mums and dads to work around the school run and climb the career ladder whilst raising their family."
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