Hiring a SAHM
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Anonymous
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I left full-time employment last year and started my own consulting company. Business is good but I need to hire some part-time support. The gig would be perfect for a SAHM who is looking to dip their toe back into the workforce and make a little extra money. The work is mostly administrative, note-taking, writing that kind of stuff. It's not a huge time commitment at the moment 3-6 hours a week, but it could increase in the coming months, probably maximum 10 hours a week.
I'm going to ask around but where would be a good place to start looking for someone? I gotta imagine there are a lot of burned out moms who are looking to do a little something on the side... |
Anonymous
| I would love to find something like this. I'm ready to dip my toes back in but kid #2 isn't gone until 9, and we're off to multiple sports/activities starting at 3pm. That doesn't leave me much time unless a job is flexible. Anyhow, I just mention because to a SAHM, the particular hours matter. |
Anonymous
I think you'd do better to hire a teen or a retiree. |
Anonymous
Or a college student at a local university. |
Anonymous
| Tis whole thread screams of employment discrimination. You can't go looking for a particular category of people: SAHM or student or retiree. You need to post your needs (X skills, Y hours) and then hire the best, regardless of whether they are a mom or older or younger or whatever. |
Anonymous
| A man once tried to hire me only if I didn't have a boyfriend. It was for a normal job but he didn't want me to have outside distractions. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| Jeff ought to start an employment division or thread |
Anonymous
Post it in a neighborhood moms group. |
Anonymous
Why? I'd much rather get a mid-career person than try to train a teenager for this kind of work. I wouldn't be opposed to a retiree but I'm betting a SAHM who was trying to get back into the workforce would be more motivated because they aren't just looking for cash but also an on-ramp to more work. |
Anonymous
Because most adults are not AT ALL looking for that kind of job. 3-6 hours a week is just a half bowl of nothing soup. You can't possibly pay enough to make it worthwhile. |
Anonymous
| As a SAHM, I am not working and wouldn't have any interest in a low paying 3-6 hour job. You'd have to pay a LOT of money for me to b interested. |
Anonymous
I am mid-career but working PT as a freelancer so that I can be home with my kid (in school during the day). I'd take this job under the right circumstances. My normal rate is probably way too high (100/hr) but since my projects are variable, I could see taking a more admin-focused position for the regular hours to supplement and smooth out my income over the course of the year. Though given the low hours, I'd need a minimum of $35/hr and probably higher depending on the type of admin work or writing. I'd also want a minimum so that I could depend on it. I would not agree to a job where I might get 1 hr of work one week but 9 hours the next, because it's not enough consistent work for me to turn down other freelance gigs in order to keep the time open. |
Anonymous
Dude, you are asking for charity. Nobody is going out of their way to prop up your business for $100 a week. That's just foolish. |
Anonymous
| I think it will be difficult to find someone for so few hours. I have hired several part time assistants this year (student roles) and found I got better applicants if I post the job as 10-20 hours/week and then work with the top candidate(s) to make the work demands match their preferred hours. If you have enough work and the budget space, definitely consider posting "up to 20 hours/week" (whatever the top of your budget for the position is) or "flexible, 10-20 hours per week" - you'll get more/better options. |