Looking for a job while caring for young children
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Anonymous
| Has anyone done this successfully and if so - can you offer advice? Or more importantly, encouragement? |
Anonymous
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Uh yea. How much do you charge to watch kids and are you naeyc accredited?
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Anonymous
| Please clarify. Do you mean at home work or out of the home and needing child care during phone calls and interviews? What fields are you looking in? |
Anonymous
| I'm not looking for a job in child care, PP. Or maybe you were joking? |
Anonymous
| To clarify PP, I mean the latter. Does the field make a difference for the advice you would give? |
Anonymous
| You could ask in the post in the careers section but you beeyatches probably ran that poster off. |
Anonymous
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OP here. This thread (which is locked) is the closest I could find to what I'm trying to do.
Anyone else a SAHM, but not by choice? http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/114399.page#959776 |
Anonymous
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Yes! I feel your pain. I am a physician and decided I may be better off working one week/mo (by doing locums) while DH and DD fend for themselves. I feel guilty, but the cost of living + student loans = mom must work. What type of career do you have? There may be ways to work from home and hire a mother's helper (esp in the summer when HS students are off). I did that for one summer when I had to study for my boards. My DD was too young for camp at the time, and I actually hired a school teacher to watch her for 3 hrs/day while I studied fervently. Don't worry, keep trying and enjoy your days with your child. Focus on finding a job after s/he goes to bed. You may also want to post your resume on a reputable website. Also, consider joining linkedin to search for people in the same career field. Maybe you can work temporarily for their company as an independent contractor.
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Anonymous
| It was a spin off of another SAHM thread. It is s/o inspiration or something. |