Wow, Cautious! That’s a brilliant track record of entrepreneurship, teamwork and crisis handling, because kids are never straightforward.
Firstly, get together a CV of the last 10 years. Then you can say, “previously I worked as/ran my own childcare business”. But if the last ten years is patchy, include all the experience. Remember not just the doing of the business (child care, nutrition, client management etc) but also the running of the business- tax, regulation compliance, payroll, accounts, reports to companies house (if you did that) etc.
No need for any contact information except mobile and email but make sure it’s not something like Silly.Lurker@gmail, it first name.lastname@gmail (or wherever).
Add a three paragraph statement summarising what you’re good at and what you’re looking for, e.g. Experienced entrepreneur looking for research work in the childcare sector. Add in key skills as a bullet list.
Don’t worry if this is overwhelming. Write all your experience in detail in a document. Don’t worry about getting the words right. Then upload it to ChatGPT and ask it write a CV for you, pulling out key skills for the list and a three paragraph summary at the top for speculative enquiries for the type of work you’re looking for. It can make stuff up, so check what it says.
You can also ask it to suggest what kind of roles you might be suitable and how much they might pay.
you can ask it questions about the kinds of thing you might like to do before you get as far as the CV stage. I’m happy to have a look at it, or take this conversation offline if you want xx