Reserve Squad designed to offer flexibility for working parents and the companies that employ them

Reserve Squad aims to keep employees attached to their companies – and available for temporary assignments and work – when they leave full-time jobs to care for children or meet other personal obligations.

THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD ADEVASTATING EFFECT ON WORKINGWOMEN.THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABORSTATISTICS REPORTS -- BYOCTOBER OF 2020, THERE WERE2-POINT-2 MILLION FEWER WOMENIN THE LABOR FORCE THAN THEREWERE IN OCTOBER OF2019.MANY OF THOSE WOMEN AREMOMS...BUT AS WCPO 9 NEWSREPORTER LUCY MAY REPORTS --THERE'S A NEW COMPANY IN TOWNTHAT IS ADVOCATING FOR BETTEROPTIONS SO MORE WOMEN CAN STAYIN THE WORKFORCE."It was really hard.

Areally, really harddecision."BRIEANA HALL MADE THEDIFFICULT DECISION TO LEAVEHER CAREER AT DATA SCIENCECOMPANY 84.51 TO STAY HOMEWITH HER KIDS IN 2019 - JUSTBEFORE HER SON WILL STARTEDKINDERGARTEN.SHE LOVES HERTIME WITH WILL AND HERDAUGHTER, ANNABELLE.

BUT SHEDIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH SHEMISSED HER WORK UNTIL TERESATANNER ASKED HALL IF SHE WOULDBE WILLING TO TAKE ON APROJECT."When I picked up my first,you know, my first project,it, it just like unlockedsomething in me of, I, it mademe realize how much I've beenmissing that, it, to the pointthat it like weirdlyfelt likesome kind ofself-care."TANNER IS THE FOUNDER AND C-E-O OF RESERVE SQUAD, WHICHCREATES INTERNAL TEMPORARYSERVICES FOREMPLOYERS."When families are faced withthis choice that someone needsto stay home, it is still mostoften falling on the woman to,to make that sacrifice in hercareer and stayhome."SHE LEFT A LEADERSHIP ROLE ATFIFTH THIRD BANK TO LAUNCHRESERVE SQUAD TO CREATE NEWOPTIONS FOR WOMEN - AND ANYONEWHO NEEDS A MORE FLEXIBLESCHEDULE - SO THEY CANCONTINUE TO WORK FOR COMPANIESWHERE THEY HAVE ESTABLISHEDTHEMSELVES."So we create a workforcewithin their company structureand we manage it from soup tonuts.

We keep these employeestrained and ready to answerthe call and to work and pluginto short-term projects withthe company.

We keep themtethered to thecompany."TANNER SAYS THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC HAS MADE THE NEEDEVENGREATER."What I already saw as a bigproblem became a humongousproblem."HALL NOW WORKS PART TIME ASRESERVE SQUAD'S DIRECTOR OFCUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - WHICHGIVES HER PLENTY OF TIME TO BETHE KIND OF MOM SHE WANTS TOBE FOR WILL ANDANNABELLE."I just really believe in themission because it's likeexactly personal to, you know,to what I was lookingfor."LUCY MAY, WCPO NINE NEWS.