To ask what you mums who work part time do for a job?

[MillyStar]

I've been a secretary for a company for nearly ten years now and work 16 hours per week since my maternity leave ended.

The company are moving 15 miles away down the busiest stretch of motorway for miles around so I've started to look for something else

I've sent about 80 cv's and covering letters out but I'm struggling to find part time secretarial work so I think I may have to start looking for something else

Just looking for ideas? This has been my only full time job as I'm 28 so apart from a shop I can't think of anything - not that I'm adverse to working in a shop!

I work in Marketing, 3 days per week - Monday, Tues and Friday. Perfect.

Phlebotomist- 20 hours over 5 days but regularly work more hours due to understaffing and increasing workload

Admin, mornings only, university town. Try temp agencies.

I'm a civil servant too. These answers suggest it may be easier to get part time work in the public sector.

Good luck with the job you're applying for :)

Crazynanna, what's one of those?? I see them advertised for in the paper all the time!

Everybody I know who works part time is either a TA, teacher, piano teacher, nurse, vicar or parish clerk. I must spend most of my time in a school or a church. Oddly, I do neither.

'Tis a bloodsucker Glaikit. Taking blood for testting

Same as DownstairsMixUp
Customer service assistant, 16 hours a week

PigeonPie, I do that too!, but for one parish council, very flexible.

I'm an accountant 3 day week altho rarely works out at that.

Have you looked at any of the online working? Seems very popular for PA/secretarial support. Is it called crowdsourcing or something like that? I think you put on your skills availability and a rate per hour and people hire you to do jobs for them eg. Typing from audio, proofreading, document preparation etc.

Don't know how much it's worth it. Might be worth a look.

Nurse working 75 hours / month. The NHS has a family friendly policy and employs loads of admin staff so it might be worth your while checking out NHS jobs on line?

Account manager in IT 4 flexible days (at home /office / clients) best job I have ever had

I am a practice nurse 8 miles away from home (but only about a mile away from DCs school) and my hours vary depending on practice needs, time of year and my availability. My hours are generally within the school day.

Engineer here too. Am currently interviewing for a new job, senior level and part time hours. To be negotiated yet, but am hoping they accept 2 days 8am-4.30pm and 2 days 8am-2pm, giving me 3 days where I can collect from school and 1 day off.

I am very lucky, I am able to work as an admin assistant for my Dad 1 day per week, while my Mum has the DC. However, he will retire in a couple of years, probably & by then I should be finished having DC & the youngest will be 2 & I will put them in nursery for a couple of mornings & try to get back to freelance translating from home.

What I do now works well for now, but it is certainly not my long-term plan.

Software developer. I work from home, on an hourly contract, between 15 and 25 hours a week depending on what's coming in.

I do a mix of stuff, 1 or 2 evening shifts in a local store, a commercial cleaning job which I do from 6 - 7am every day & some domestic cleaning jobs that I do during school hours. The shop work & commercial cleaning work have the benefit that I don't need to rearrange them if a DC is off school ill, & my domestic cleaning clients understand I have family commitments & are very flexible - yay!

Lawyer 3 days a week 9 til 3 and school Hols off - I am v lucky !

I work in publishing, and am director of my small department. I work three full days a week, but sometimes have to travel for big book fairs, and gain days in lieu for my extra time. Doesn't work especially well with DH's unpredictable military career but we're managing so far :)

22.5 hrs over 3 days - I'm a nurse in the community

In fact I used to do 18.5 hrs when the dc were pre - school so that was a job share 2 days one wk 3 the next. Then my job share left and I went up a day. Work are always asking if I would increase my hours but my answer is always "no thanks"!

Publishing, commissioning editor. Three days which seems just right. Worked there a long time before mat leave though

Another editor here. I work freelance and can (in theory) fit projects around childcare.

I work 30hrs a week but my employers would never recruit someone to do my role in my hours - I've had to prove I can over many years and also its a role you need specific qualifications or experience for.

However I do a daily commute similar to what you mentioned and its really not that onerous. In fact I quite enjoy that time alone listening to the radio etc. Given how hard it is to find something I would be using the enforced relocation to negotiate my with employers how to make the change work for me as best as possible - don't know your circumstances, but things like can I go from 3 short days to 2 long ones, can I increase/decrease my hours so I am not starting/leaving in the rush hr, can I get a pay rise to cover extra commuting costs etc etc

Its often worth it, if you see a job that looks interesting, but is full-time, to ask if they'd consider a job share.

In my case - the job was advertised as virtually full-time which was more than I wanted to do but I thought "What the hell, I'll apply anyway as its all experience". At the interview they said they'd decided to make it full-time but would a I consider a job share (18hrs each) - I said yes and I got the job.

(I don't really want to say what it is as it will out me but its an assistant to a significant person in an educational establishment)