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jobsharing.co.nz founder Kate McCleery with her son's Conor (6) and Dominic (4)


Hi there,  I'm Kate,  Founder of Job Sharing and mother of two.


The idea for this website came about a few years ago, when I started to look at returning to work. 


I wanted to progress my career while having enough time to spend with my family.  I found that part-time opportunities were limited in the type of roles I was looking for, but there were plenty of opportunities if I were able to go back full-time. Job sharing seemed like a natural choice, all I needed was to find a job share partner.

So I did the traditional thing; networked, spoke with recruiters, all the while I was struck by the fact that I couldn't find a simple online solution to "finding my perfect work partner". When I started chatting to friends, it struck me that many of them were in the same position, they were:

    • parents or carers (who would prefer to work fewer hours, but would like to retain a 'chunky' role), or
    • nearing retirement (who were looking to step back a bit without stepping off), or
    • busy in another aspect of their lives (students, small business owners, sportspeople, NFP volunteers) who would like to tailor their hours while working a typically full-time role.


So, I set up Job Sharing to help people take the first step on the job sharing journey -  to connect with others who also want to job share. A dating site for work so to speak!

I have gone out to a number of companies to understand if they are open to hiring job sharers – and the resounding answer is – yes. For the right candidates, organisations are getting more productivity and loyalty and they are absolutely willing to hire. 

It also became apparent that people wanted a place (a repository of sorts) to find out more about job sharing. So I've been working on creating toolkits for interested parties to use.

I hope you find the site useful. I hope you find others who you may want to job share with, so you too can get that dream job and work/life balance.


Kate McCleery
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