Are you a working parent? Is job-sharing the answer to your prayers?

If you can match your needs to those of your employer busy parents striving to strike a life balance may find a solution in job-sharing, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

SHE’S a working parent, heading into a typical week. At the office, she has to finalise a project, prepare a line-up of speakers for a conference and meet with a tricky client.

The home diary’s just as full: parent-teacher meeting, dental checks for two of the kids and the usual homework monitoring, ferrying to after-school activities, and running a home.