have been sahm for nearly nine years, ds will be nine in November.
Before I had ds I worked in a couple of different jobs, secretarial/customer services and most recently as a finance manager in the public sector (managing budgets for research etc).
Since having ds I have thought about going back to work, but realistically finding work that fits in with school hours/holidays is virtually impossible.
I have however done voluntary work, have helped out in school/listened to children read/have been chair of governors at ds' school which in itself has involved experience of recruitment (of ht) interviewing (of ht/other members of staff) involvement in the setting up of a children's centre attached to the school etc.
Last year I seriously looked into the idea of starting my own business, but for various reasons it wasn't viable. It didn't fail, I didn't invest any money into it, it just couldn't work for various reasons (as many business ideas do).
Now we are moving away because of dh's job, so I will be giving up all the voluntary stuff here, and I've decided that realistically now is a good time to start thinking about going back into paid employment.
In the beginning I was very enthusiastic, confident that I would find something even though I didn't really know what kind of work I wanted to do, I don't think I want to go and sit in a call centre though, I do want to work, but financially we can afford for me not to so don't have to settle for a job just because it's a job iyswim.
But since then I have had various people telling me I am deluding myself. There are no jobs/the jobs that are out there have hundreds of applicants/I have no qualifications/I haven't worked for nine years/I don't have childcare (we are moving away from family) so holidays etc become a consideration.
I will also add at this point (so as not to make it ibu by stealth) that as I am visually impaired I am slightly limited in terms of my prospects (although not so much as once was the case), but I couldn't, for instance, get a job that involved being able to drive, or become a TA as this would involve being able to read white boards/children's work etc. My "disability" doesn't limit me, but there are some limitations in that area iyswim.
I have gone from confidently telling people that I am going back to work to thinking that actually, they're all right, and that realistically, being a sahm for this length of time has actually made me unemployable and perhaps it would be better if I don't even try.
are they right?
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to think that I need to be realistic and that I am unlikely to be able to find a job?
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wannaBe · 14/06/2011 11:48
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