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I chose this Best Of episode because myths are the #1 reason people who’ve heard of job sharing and thought about it never follow through to create one. Before you can walk into a proposal conversation with confidence, you need the facts — and this episode gives you all of them. If you’ve ever heard (or thought) ‘it won’t work in my field,’ this one is required listening.

Debunking these 7 job share myths is key before proposing a job share to your employer.

Don’t let other people’s misconceptions stand in your way of job sharing.

These commonly held beliefs hold a majority of people who’ve heard of and thought about job sharing, from ever following through to create their job shares. Similarly, the same misinformed beliefs are why most employers turn down a job share, losing out on the productivity, engagement, and solution-driven results job sharing can bring.

In this episode, I first break down which of your stakeholders need to understand the realities of job sharing. Then, I unveil how knowing these truths will help you implement 3 key essentials to putting your job share plan into place. Finally, I guide you through a deep dive into each of the seven myths to debunk each, myth by myth, based on research from the most comprehensive study to date. With nearly a decade of hands-on experience in job sharing and the same working with future to current job sharers and employers, I can confidently confirm that these myths and realities hold.

There’s one thing I know for sure: being prepared with facts will help you overcome many of the objections you’ll likely face when proposing a job share. It will enable you to get beneath the facts by asking questions to expose what they feel and what they believe about flexible work practices like job sharing to be better positioned to win approval of your job share arrangement.

So settle in and get ready for some deep listening as I give you the powerful antidote to a sea of “It won’t work in _____” statements. Trust me, you’ll want to bookmark this episode to come back to.

In Episode 69, You’ll Discover:

• ✔️  Who needs to understand the realities of job sharing — and the 3 key essentials that knowing these myths will help you put into place when building your job share plan.
• ✔️  The #1 thing both employers and employees struggle to wrap their heads around — and why, ironically, the two things managers fear most are actually job sharers’ greatest superpowers.
• ✔️  Why some job shares last a few years while others last for decades (Myth #2) — and why job sharing is flexible on more than one level (Myth #3).
• ✔️  The surprising truth about which jobs work well for job sharing — plus two statistics that will blow your mind and your boss’s, and empower you to advance your career while sharing a role (Myth #4).
• ✔️  Why part-time stigma runs higher in the U.S., particularly for men — and the real data on commitment levels that flips the narrative entirely (Myth #5).
• ✔️  The key considerations for finding a job share partner — and how important it really is to already know the person you want to share with (Myths #6 & #7).
  Listen in because the time to make your next bold move for your career and life is now! Your job share is just waiting to transform your life.

Resources & Links mentioned:

• The Job Share Project Key Findings
• Grab your FREE Cheat Sheet: 3 Keys to Job Share Success & 3 Steps to Get the Job Share Green Light ✅

• Join Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Facebook Community ✅
• Sign up for Job Share Academy Waitlist for first-in pricing and details ✅

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