Jobshare Revolution: Flexible Work for Work-Life Balance

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What if you could eliminate the guilt of putting family or work first, the overwhelm of all the things, and the stress of disintegrating boundaries—while breaking the glass ceiling in whatever shoes you choose? Job sharing is a partnership between two people to share the responsibilities of one full-time position. Whether you’re looking to work differently for true work-life balance or an employer looking to retain and recruit diverse talent, you’re in the right place.Melissa Nicholson, former corporate job sharer turned founder of Work Muse the first U.S. job share company, breaks down how job sharing works with actionable advice and expert interviews with professionals who’ve leveled up in their careers by sharing roles to navigate career transition and take the reigns of their careers and lives. Tune in, get inspired, and get ready to discover how the best-kept flexible work secret can be your game-changer. Whether you’re an employer, parent, caring for aging parents, near retirement, pursuing a side hustle or advanced degree, or simply want a life not bound by your job, each episode is designed to help you take action to reap the massive benefits of job sharing. Settle in and join our community of go-getters ready to live life + slay work! You're officially part of the job share revolution!Photography by: Sarah Bork PhotographyGraphics by: Mike Nicholson, Picturebox

  1. 5d ago

    Best Of: Job Sharing vs Part-Time Work: 3 Key Differences That Change Everything

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! "Isn't job sharing just fancy part-time work with a new name?" If you've ever wondered this, you're not alone—and this episode is for you. Here's the truth: While job sharers do work part-time schedules, job sharing is fundamentally different from traditional part-time work. Understanding these differences could be the key to unlocking career-life balance without sacrificing professional growth. The reality? Traditional part-time work often becomes a career trap, especially for working parents. But job sharing can actually accelerate your career while giving you the life you want. In this episode, you'll discover: The 3 crucial differences that determine whether you'll thrive or just surviveWhy 71% of job share teams get promoted together (versus career stagnation in most part-time roles)How job sharers avoid the "part-time penalty" and stay on leadership tracksWhy job share teams are up to  30% more productive than full-time employeesAs one job sharer told me: "We would get more done in our three days each than most people get done in five days." 🙌🙌 If you're a driven professional who wants meaningful work, competitive compensation, and career growth alongside true work-life balance, job sharing might be your answer.  Resources & Links Mentioned: The Job Share Project Key FindingsJoin Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Facebook Community ✅Grab The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing  ✅Leave me a voice memo on the podcast app!!...or DM me: Melissa Nicholson LinkedInEpisode Website: workmuse.com/71 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: Job Sharing vs Part-Time Work: 3 Key Differences That Change Everything

  2. Jun 30

    Best Of: A Pep Talk And My 4-Step Process to Get Unstuck

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! A pep talk and my 4-step process to help you get unstuck and get into action to make your big moves and achieve your goals. Inspired by the advice my dad gave me early on when I was pursuing an acting career and the dual sandwich caregiving challenges I've faced over the past several years, this episode's pep talk with practical advice is intended to inspire you to move through your fears to take the actions to achieve your goals. So settle in and listen up this episode for my good old-fashioned pep talk and how to apply this 4-step process to get unstuck, do it faster, and do it scared... ✔️  Why you deserve a life of your own design — and how to release the guilt of not having hit your goals yet, especially given everything the last several years have thrown at us.✔️  The tipping point we're at — and why committing to daily action now will prevent you from sputtering out and walking away from your goals entirely.✔️  Melissa's simple 4-step daily action process for achieving any career goal — getting a raise, switching careers, relaunching from a career break, or creating your job share.✔️  Why you should start before you're ready — and the one thing you can do right now to fuel your momentum, get unstuck, and make your big moves.Episode Website: workmuse.com/70 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: A Pep Talk And My 4-Step Process to Get Unstuck

  3. Jun 16

    Best Of: 7 Job Share Myths Debunked

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! 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 Episode 7, 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 to job sharing you'll likely face when proposing a job share. Resources & Links mentioned: The Job Share Project Key FindingsFREE Cheat Sheet: 3 Keys to Job Share Success & 3 Steps to Get the Job Share Green LightJoin Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Facebook Community Sign up for Job Share Academy Waitlist Episode Website: workmuse.com/69 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: 7 Job Share Myths Debunked

  4. Jun 2

    Best Of: Job Sharing: Safeguard Your Job, Switch Careers, and Find Flexibility in a Tough Job Market

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! A proactive approach to safeguard your job to prevent a layoff, switch careers, or even navigate a tough job market more easily while finding flexibility for real work-life balance. This episode is Part II of a two-part series inspired by concerns about return-to-work mandates, low morale, looming layoff rumors, or worse, actual layoffs by my Ladies of Brilliance tribe, our Work Muse community, and clients. In Episode 19, I share my best advice for how to keep your goals on track, despite a less-than-supportive environment.  In this episode, I dive deep into three specific innovative strategies to prevent being laid off or to navigate a tricky job search in a tough job market while building in your flexibility with job sharing. You might even find yourself amazed by how job sharing could simplify this whole tricky job time. Links Mentioned: FREE Guide: The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing: The Step-by-Step Blueprint to Creating a Successful Job ShareEp 19: How to Handle Work Instability to Keep Your Career Goals on TrackFacebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay WorkWork Muse LinkedInMelissa Nicholson LinkedInEpisode Website: workmuse.com/68 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: Job Sharing: Safeguard Your Job, Switch Careers, and Find Flexibility in a Tough Job Market

  5. May 19

    Best Of: GX2: A Superteam's Advice to Future Job Sharers

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! Best of the Best: A 10+ year job share SuperTeam dish their best advice for women interested in job sharing. They thought about it for years—corporate turned entrepreneurial job share team Gabriela Mercado and Gabriela Proctor open up about how they persisted for their job share's approval and what they'd do differently today, so you don't have to.  You might be surprised to learn how job sharing can positively impact your career and income. Tapping into one another's strengths gave the duo the "perfect formula" for career success so much so that, unbelievably, the minute GX2 (their job share nickname)  began job sharing, not only did they make more income than working full-time, but the job itself became a fun adventure.   In episode 67, GX2 shares how they took their job share from the corporate world into their entrepreneurial journey. The duo expands upon how job sharing impacted their household labor and Mental Load while allowing them to lean into the parts of parenting they enjoyed most but were previously unable to do, like volunteering for field trips once they found themselves able to "move through both worlds fully and more intentionally." GX2's message to you: Educate yourself, create a plan to job share, but don't wait—instead, go for it. Links mentioned: Work Muse Job Share Project Case Study VideosEpisode Website: workmuse.com/67 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: GX2: A Superteam's Advice to Future Job Sharers

  6. May 5

    Best Of: How to Give Up Control: Turn Job Sharing Fear into a Let Them Theory Superpower

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! Is Giving Up Control Holding You Back from Job Sharing? This Mindset Shift Changes Everything If you’ve ever said, “I love the idea of job sharing... but I don’t think I could give up control,” this episode was made for you. One of the biggest fears I hear from my high-achieving, big-hearted clients is the worry that they won’t be able to let go enough to be a good job share partner. The truth? That fear doesn’t disqualify you. It’s actually a sign you’d be great at it. In this episode, we’re flipping the script on control and turning it into your job share superpower—with help from Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory. I’m sharing what I learned from my own journey of letting go (especially in my second job share when it didn’t come easily), and how my biggest fear turned into my greatest growth. You’ll also hear a powerful story from job sharers Amber and Kimberly about how their own letting go moment deepened their trust and teamwork. So whether you’re feeling skeptical or just need a little permission to loosen your grip, today’s episode is your invitation to breathe, trust, and discover the freedom job sharing can bring. Here’s What You’ll Learn: Why “control freak” energy isn’t a dealbreaker—it’s a strength in disguiseHow to use The Let Them Theory to reframe your job share fearsMy personal story of control, fear, and finally letting goA case study from real job sharers who’ve been there too3 mindset shifts that will help you trust more and stress lessLinks Mentioned: The Let Them Theory by Mel RobbinsSign up for Job Share Academy Waitlist  ✅Grab The Work Muse Guide to Job Sharing  ✅Join Work Muse Facebook Community: Job Share Live Life + Slay Work ✅DM me on LinkedInEpisode Website: workmuse.com/66 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Reading Playlist 📚 HERE   your perfect beach reading material to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: How to Give Up Control: Turn Job Sharing Fear into a Let Them Theory Superpower

  7. Apr 21

    Best of: A Visualization Exercise: What's It Really Like To Job Share?

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! This powerful visualization exercise will help you envision what it's like to work in a job share in under 15 minutes. There are several barriers to job sharing that those interested in sharing roles need to overcome, but the hardest barrier to overcome might be you. It takes people a while to wrap their heads around job sharing. After all, there are two people, meaning two personalities bringing two sets of ideas into one full-time position. They're sharing their income, profession, and personal lives, even. It can seem brilliant but tricky to pull off successfully until you've experienced job sharing firsthand. So before you come across any outside obstacles or barriers to creating your job share, I need you to make sure you are not standing in your way. Visualizing the day-to-day life of one week as a job sharer with this powerful exercise will enable you to slip into the job share mindset and embrace what it's like to job share in less than 15 minutes. Links mentioned: FREE Guided Audio Visualization Exercise (to accompany Episode 65)Work Muse Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work Facebook GroupEpisode Website: workmuse.com/65 Transcript here. Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best of: A Visualization Exercise: What's It Really Like To Job Share?

  8. Apr 7

    Best Of: 9 Years, 4 Roles, 1 Promotion: A Finance Leader's Job Share Story

    📣 Jobshare Revolution is getting a Glow Up! While we build fresh new episodes, enjoy our Best Of series — hand-picked mindset, lesson, and interview episodes with a new intro, chosen to help you implement your job share sooner. Stay tuned! Finance leader Liz Stapleton Zerella's moxie landed her a rare senior job share arrangement at Clorox with partner Michelle Shalauta. What the duo did next is remarkable. If you're wondering if job sharing will negatively impact your career progression, not only does research prove the opposite—According to The Job Share Project, over 70% of job share teams who apply are promoted together—but Liz and her job share partner Michelle successfully navigated a nine-year partnership in four roles while also winning promotion as a job share. As if that weren't impressive enough, they worked in a predominantly male division of Clorox in finance where job sharing was unheard of.  So friend, take that to heart. Both are possible for you too. 🫶 We had this phone meeting before this podcast was even a thing, and I think you'll find our conversation unique and special—like being a fly on the wall for two former job sharers who’ve finally connected as part of a secret society of job sharers to dish on what it was really like. I hope you enjoy it!  Links mentioned: Fast Company article: Is Job Sharing the Solution to Our Flexible Work Problems?Episode Website: workmuse.com/64 Transcript here Send Melissa a Text Message. >> Grab your Summertime Video Playlist 📹 HERE  your perfect beach viewing to learn from REAL job share teams to kickstart your job share plan! 👙☀️🏖  While everyone else is checking out for summer and abandoning their goals, you'll be ready to make your BIG moves come back-to-school time! 📈👩🏽‍💻 RATE, REVIEW & FOLLOW ON APPLE PODCASTS Thank you for supporting my bootstrapped social good company and mission!  “I love Melissa and Jobshare Revolution.” – If that sounds like you, please consider leaving me a 5⭐ rating and review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5⭐ , and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the podcast. This helps me support more people—just like you—to find TRUE work-life balance. 🙌🙌

    Best Of: 9 Years, 4 Roles, 1 Promotion: A Finance Leader's Job Share Story
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What if you could eliminate the guilt of putting family or work first, the overwhelm of all the things, and the stress of disintegrating boundaries—while breaking the glass ceiling in whatever shoes you choose? Job sharing is a partnership between two people to share the responsibilities of one full-time position. Whether you’re looking to work differently for true work-life balance or an employer looking to retain and recruit diverse talent, you’re in the right place.Melissa Nicholson, former corporate job sharer turned founder of Work Muse the first U.S. job share company, breaks down how job sharing works with actionable advice and expert interviews with professionals who’ve leveled up in their careers by sharing roles to navigate career transition and take the reigns of their careers and lives. Tune in, get inspired, and get ready to discover how the best-kept flexible work secret can be your game-changer. Whether you’re an employer, parent, caring for aging parents, near retirement, pursuing a side hustle or advanced degree, or simply want a life not bound by your job, each episode is designed to help you take action to reap the massive benefits of job sharing. Settle in and join our community of go-getters ready to live life + slay work! You're officially part of the job share revolution!Photography by: Sarah Bork PhotographyGraphics by: Mike Nicholson, Picturebox

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