Should I work full time?

[MrsSnape]

After months of intense job searching I have finally got a job interview bad news is that its a full time job, I only meant to apply for part time.

But really there is nothing stopping me working full time, I'm a single parent but I could put the kids in the school's kids club and will get help to pay for it...only reason I wanted part time is because I havn't worked for 7 years so might find it difficult to go straight into full time....plus there's the problem of school holidays too but as I'm finding it impossible to find work should I take this opportunity?

I assume we'd be much better off finatially if I worked full time than part time?

So should I grab the opportunity and just work full time (hoping of course that I actually get the job)?

Or should I let it go and hope I find something part time to start off with?

[RubySlippers]

go for it!

do you like the sound of the job, is interesting, could it lead to other things?

if you can sort your childcare out then that is a big issue out of the way

You have been working for seven years BTW

[nonanny]

Hi

I wonder if you could start full-time and see how it goes. if your children are young you have the right to request flexible working remember. It depends what the job is and what your home circumstances are, because it can be hard to work flexibly if this means after the kids have gone to bed and you are exhausted. But you can arrange to do things like start half an hour earlier or have a very short lunch break.
School kids clubs can be great fun, by the way, my daughter loves hers, but they can get tired if they go every day i should think. Maybe you can do a deal with one of her friends families and offer them something back like weekend respite if they helped you in the week?

Some firms have policies that you can cut down your job to part-time or go onto a job share register and therefore go part-time.