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Salary.com Survey Finds Businesses Value Mom Skills Honed at Home
(this is US based research, but interesting just the same, and probably not too far from the mark for Australia either)

Salary.com Inc., a leading provider of on-demand compensations management solutions, today announced the results of its 7th annual Mom Salary Survey for working and stay-at-home moms. If paid the salary of the equivalent jobs moms performs, stay-at-home moms would earn USD$138,095 and working moms would earn USD$85,939 per year. At some point, many stay-at-home moms will seek to re-enter the workforce. This year, Salary.com's survey also highlights those skills moms have honed that employers value and provides tips to help moms make their stay-at-home time attractive to prospective employers-defining the "Marketable Mom".

Skills Employers Believe Mother's Excel At
Multi-Tasking Capabilities 58.8%
Compassion/Empathy 48.5%
Dependability 44.3%
Work Ethic 39.2%
Relevant Life Experience 36.1%
Management and People Skills 24.7%

The proof is in the hiring. Salary.com found that over 95 percent of employers do hire former stay-at-home moms and over 80 percent are actively recruiting moms re-entering the workforce. As the available talent pool shrinks, employers are finding increasing value in the transferable skills mothers can bring to the workforce... read on...

Have you looked at this demographic given their font of experience?
If not, why not?