SAHM Reentering the Work Force - What not to do
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Anonymous
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Please do not submit a resume with a 10+ year gap and then tell me in your cover letter that you were off rearing children. That does not help you at all. Explain what you have done to keep up your knowledge in your profession. Tell me why I should hire you instead of the other 100 people who applied for the same job.
Rant over |
Anonymous
| and please do not say anything about your children other than you have childcare covered. |
Anonymous
why?? double standard, right? |
Anonymous
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Do not say in the interview or in the workplace:
"My family comes first." "I don't trust child care." "I wouldn't trade any thing for the time I spent with my children." |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
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Do not say "I didn't want to split my focus between my kids and my career"
um, did your kids die? Also, please show up on your first day of work. |
Anonymous
to the infinity. |
Anonymous
Who the f--k would say this stuff, really? Have you really had SAHMs interview for positions and spout this ridiculous stuff? Or is this just hypothetical (and another mean-spirited attack). |
Anonymous
| PP again...I meant specifically...who would say this stuff in an interview??? |
Anonymous
I interviewed someone who said she similar things in an interview. She actually made the "split my focus" comment too. She was being interviewed by two women with small infants. Idiot. |
Anonymous
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"Who the f--k would say this stuff, really? Have you really had SAHMs interview for positions and spout this ridiculous stuff? Or is this just hypothetical (and another mean-spirited attack). "
Happens a lot. |
Anonymous
No. I don't want to hear from any interview candidates, male or female, previously SAH or not, anything about their children during an interview. |
Anonymous
I've had candidates say both the first and third things to me either in an interview or in a phone call to set up an interview. |
Anonymous
I'll tell you why this happens a lot. A woman who SAH for 10 years is justifiably proud of her commitment to her children, and she's spent all that time talking to family and friends, who give her positive feedback for that. Often, she hasn't made the mental switch that an interview is a hard core work event where she should be selling herself for what she can do for the employer, not be seeking back pats as is common in social chitchat. |
Anonymous
Well, that's just weird. I've heard interesting things from people in interviews about their kids, or really, about how parenting has taught them things etc. I wouldn't say the subject should be taboo, but it needs to be relevant. Then again, if the interviewer doesn't have kids they're not going to understand what you're saying or they might find you annoying. Do you have kids? |