Completely stuck, no one will hire me.

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I have been a SAHM for four years. I had my son quite young so didn't have that much experience before become a SAHM, although worked for nearly two years as an admin assistant.

For nearly a year I've been applying for admin jobs and I don't even get to the interview stage. Obviously due to the amount of time I haven't worked for and the lack of experience. The longer I'm out of work the worse it looks.

How am I ever supposed to find a job? This is really getting me down now

Have you had anyone give you advice over your CV? It may look a bit sparse as you think you don't have much experience, but you may have lots of skills that might not necessarily apply directly to a job role but an employer might love. Include things like people skills and being self-motivated.
Have a think about some of the things you've learned whilst being a SAHM such as organisational skills. Your CV is all about selling yourself. I think there might be a CV reviewing service at Job Centres but I could be wrong, might be worth investigating though.

Thanks. I think I have stretched my skills are far as they will go but I could be wrong so will look into it

Could you look at doing some admin work for a small local charity/ organisation to get some current experience? CVs always benefit from a second pair of eyes so would second that. Randomly I also used to do some freelance writing up of local events for absolute peanuts which always impressed people reading my cv tremendously, despite it literally being the school fete etc. Keep trying, you will get there! Good luck!

nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx this website is really good, they have advisors in some job centres.

I have mentioned them a few times but if you are in reach of London these people have really good careers and CV courses and looks like they have quite a lot of online help now
www.womenlikeus.org.uk/careers-advice/

Voluntary work and get someone with a professional background to look over your CV.

Less and less admin roles around so there are loads of applicants and they will be choosing people who have recent relevant experience.

I'm a PA, have been for a long time and I really wouldn't recommend going that route now. There are so few admins within companies now and workloads are stupid.

Can you do anything else?

It's really hard OP. It took me 6 months to find work again after my divorce despite a pretty extensive CV and lots of skills. Like you, I wasn't even getting interviews. I did get some good (free!) advice from the job centre on my CV which definitely helped. In the end I got a job with a friend's company but before that got a number of interviews after rewriting my CV. The other advice they gave me, which you can try if you're willing, is to sign up with a temping agency. It will boost your CV and skills and make it much easier for you to find a permanent position after a few months. Good luck.

Could you register with an agency for temp work?

I second registering with an agency or two - they will have lots of contracts for basic admin that will help build up your CV and make it more current. Good luck OP, it's really tough going back!