Since the corona pandemic at least, more and more people, regardless of gender, are questioning the way they work: high workload, weekly hours of 50+, plus ever higher work density and information speed. At the same time, our VUCA world requires more exchange, diverse know-how and perspectives, and thus collaboration. Work in a job sharing model, in particular in complex management positions, is therefore rightly moving into focus. And with PairToShare, there is now also an end-to-end recruiting platform for this, so that companies and applicants can connect with just a few clicks.
What is job sharing all about and what do companies get out of it?
In job sharing, two people assume joint responsibility for a job, usually combined with reduced working hours (e.g. 60% each). The job sharing model is particularly suitable for more complex specialist and management positions that particularly benefit from collaboration and are difficult to work part-time. However, the aim is explicitly not to divide up tasks, but to share responsibility for all issues in tandem.
And the model is no longer a niche model, on the contrary:
- Beiersdorf more than 50 tandems
- Daimler Truck/Mercedes Benz approx. 250 tandems
- Unilever more than 40 tandems
In today's world, when crises are shaking the economy and tasks are becoming increasingly complex, timed and concentrated, job sharing promotes the innovative power and decisiveness of workers — through the high level of collaboration that is required in this model. You benefit from double know-how, can guarantee full accountability and promote knowledge transfer. And last but not least, offering flexible working models strengthens employer attractiveness both internally and externally, so that talent can be retained and completely new groups of applicants can be tapped into.
How can companies address the issue?
Many companies have long recognized this potential, but they lack the know-how to implement it or they fear increased costs for recruiting tandems. These concerns were heard: The HR tech start-up PairtoShare has been offering a recruiting and matching platform for jobs in the job sharing model since March 2023. Companies therefore have an uncomplicated end-to-end technology that makes the posting of job sharing jobs scalable and can be implemented by any company with just a few clicks.
Companies receive high-end tandem applications directly into their applicant management system or by email — and therefore only have to minimally adjust their internal processes.
And the tool is as flexible as the jobs themselves: With the recruiting tool TaReC (short for tandem recruiters), the first companies are making EVERY management position in job sharing more flexible. Others leave the decision per call for tenders to the hiring manager so that the idea can slowly mature within the company. TareC can also be activated without a career page. The concept can therefore be applied to every company with its individual requirements.
Individual tenders for tandem staffings or the search for a second tandem partner for an internal employee are also possible. So why not have a position filled in tandem via PairToShare?
If you are now curious, you can find further information at https://www.pairtoshare.com/de. Interested applicants can of course also register there — and perhaps get started in tandem soon.
Who is behind PairToShare?
Svenja and Yannic, the experienced founding team behind “The Jobsharing Hub,” a consulting firm on job sharing. The two have already worked in job sharing themselves and have been passionate about the topic ever since.
