Something in the water?

By Kristin Kiltz

With Mother's Day around the corner, I thought what a perfect time to share some good news here at Engage PR! We are very excited that we have two great colleagues expecting their first babies this summer. In a company with just over 20 employees, when two people are pregnant and due within 2 weeks of one another, you have to ask "Is there something in the water?" I'm very excited to have these two colleagues join the world of mommy hood. Right now, moms are the in the minority, so it will be nice to have some more company.

It got me thinking about working moms, their challenges and rewards, how working moms affect their organizations, and so on. Here are some interesting statistics about women in the workplace.

• Companies with women in top jobs see 35 percent higher returns than those without women.
• 74 percent of female executives have a spouse who’s employed full time. 75 percent of male executives have a spouse who’s not employed.
• 26 million - The number of jobs that would become vacant overnight if all moms stopped working tomorrow.
• $476 billion - The amount of money working mothers contribute, as a whole, to U.S. household incomes, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Best of luck to our mommies-to-be! We look forward to being a part of your new lives. I'll leave with a great and very true quote: "Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."