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Switching to freelancing from management

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RitaMorenoMuppetShow · 14/08/2019 11:27

After I returned to maternity leave (senior management role in charity) my work were very accommodating in that they let me come back p/t and from home. The role was a fixed term contract and is about to end. I'm now ready to make the jump to freelancing, which I've wanted to do for a while.

I've now been offered a regular freelance contract at a lovely, well-respected organisation paying about the same day rate as I was getting at my old job. So far, so good.

But the new job is officer/coordinator level and I've been management, am I wrecking my CV by taking a step back? Would this ring alarm bells if you were a recruiter? Any advice would be great, I'm new to this!

For what it's worth, I do have other current freelance work (more creative type stuff) so was planning put this new job on my CV as "self employed: clients include" sort of thing. Hoping to look for bits of higher level consultancy too.

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EssentialHummus · 14/08/2019 11:33

It depends on your long term goals imo, as to whether it’s negative for your CV. It doesn’t need to be if this is the position/kind of work you plan on continuing to do.

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