LinkedIn: "Voluntary departure due to motherhood"

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Anonymous wrote:I have a contact who lists "CEO and CFO of the Smith household" on her LI. And then lists duties, like carpool manager, lunchbox chef, nutrition quality engineer...

Op's example is much much better.
To the person who said high and mighty, I can see that a little, just like motherhood is doene higher calling and the rest of us slubs who are still working for a paycheck are missing the call. But I'm guessing I'm projecting my own issues there.

This is hilarious!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a contact who lists "CEO and CFO of the Smith household" on her LI. And then lists duties, like carpool manager, lunchbox chef, nutrition quality engineer...

Op's example is much much better.
To the person who said high and mighty, I can see that a little, just like motherhood is doene higher calling and the rest of us slubs who are still working for a paycheck are missing the call. But I'm guessing I'm projecting my own issues there.

This is hilarious!

Is this real? I wish I could see this profile.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

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Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

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I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

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[Anonymous]

Sorry I don't like it. I don't mention kids or motherhood on any work related sites.

I would just leave my last job title and field/specially without listing a company.

Jane Smith
Senior Accountant
Tax and Auditing

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

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Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

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I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

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If I saw this on a LinkedIN profile of an applicant, even years later, I wouldn't consider them. Sounds ridiculous and self-important.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

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Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

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I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

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If I saw this on a LinkedIN profile of an applicant, even years later, I wouldn't consider them. Sounds ridiculous and self-important.

Opposite. It would save me the time of asking the question "why do you have a 7 year gap on your resume?"

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

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Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

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I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

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If I saw this on a LinkedIN profile of an applicant, even years later, I wouldn't consider them. Sounds ridiculous and self-important.

Come on, be serious. You would reject an applicant over this? Even if he or she was a great candidate? Are you actually in a position to hire people? Do you rmanagers know how emotionally you make your hiring decisions?

[Anonymous]

Past hiring manager here. It's totally emotional. I look at the whole package, and since it's about real people, it can't always be quantitative. I've been at family friendly companies where the motherhood thing would fly and at others where it would not. If I gave my boss an application that said anything about motherhood he would throw it in the trash. If the candidate was awesome otherwise and well above the rest of the pack, I might be charitable and ask her to delete that and resubmit before I passed it to my boss. (That would also tell her upfront that it might not be a good fit for her anyway.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Past hiring manager here. It's totally emotional. I look at the whole package, and since it's about real people, it can't always be quantitative. I've been at family friendly companies where the motherhood thing would fly and at others where it would not. If I gave my boss an application that said anything about motherhood he would throw it in the trash. If the candidate was awesome otherwise and well above the rest of the pack, I might be charitable and ask her to delete that and resubmit before I passed it to my boss. (That would also tell her upfront that it might not be a good fit for her anyway.)

But this is linked in, not an application. PP, who I'm assuming isn't you, said they would reject this person for being "ridiculous and self-important."

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

+1

Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

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I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

+1

If I saw this on a LinkedIN profile of an applicant, even years later, I wouldn't consider them. Sounds ridiculous and self-important.

Come on, be serious. You would reject an applicant over this? Even if he or she was a great candidate? Are you actually in a position to hire people? Do you rmanagers know how emotionally you make your hiring decisions?

Yes, I am. And yes, what you'd call emotions and I'd call a general read of people are an important factor in hiring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Past hiring manager here. It's totally emotional. I look at the whole package, and since it's about real people, it can't always be quantitative. I've been at family friendly companies where the motherhood thing would fly and at others where it would not. If I gave my boss an application that said anything about motherhood he would throw it in the trash. If the candidate was awesome otherwise and well above the rest of the pack, I might be charitable and ask her to delete that and resubmit before I passed it to my boss. (That would also tell her upfront that it might not be a good fit for her anyway.)

Ditto, although I'm just on the management team, not in an exclusively hiring role. I took time off after my second was born and went back to work part-time a few years later. The "gap" period is blank, and if you scroll down on Linked In, you'll see volunteer activities during that time. Basically, anyone could guess what I was up to but calling it "voluntary departure due to motherhood" just feels weird, pretentious, and unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's probably using it as a networking thing, still. Some people use it like a "Facebook Lite".

Except it's not.

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Anonymous wrote:Past hiring manager here. It's totally emotional. I look at the whole package, and since it's about real people, it can't always be quantitative. I've been at family friendly companies where the motherhood thing would fly and at others where it would not. If I gave my boss an application that said anything about motherhood he would throw it in the trash. If the candidate was awesome otherwise and well above the rest of the pack, I might be charitable and ask her to delete that and resubmit before I passed it to my boss. (That would also tell her upfront that it might not be a good fit for her anyway.)

But this is linked in, not an application. PP, who I'm assuming isn't you, said they would reject this person for being "ridiculous and self-important."

In the packet I'd pass on, I'd sometimes include a printout of linked in or other pertinent stuff I found online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an aquaintance who decided to quit working after having her first baby.

On LinkedIn, her profile is still active but she listed under her most recent job "Voluntary departure due to motherhood."

Guess she isn't planning on going back (which jives with what I know of her, very "being a wife and mother is everything"). Why not just deactivate your profile?

ridiculous

No one really gives a rat's ass. And to future employers, this is joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it allows people to still contact her. She's not working; she hasn't vanished from the grid.

+1

Agree. I don't get what is obnoxious about this.

+3
I think it's worded in an adult manner.

It sounds like she is planning to go back at some point and is explaining why she is not currently employed.

+1

If I saw this on a LinkedIN profile of an applicant, even years later, I wouldn't consider them. Sounds ridiculous and self-important.

Come on, be serious. You would reject an applicant over this? Even if he or she was a great candidate? Are you actually in a position to hire people? Do you rmanagers know how emotionally you make your hiring decisions?

That statement says LOADS about the Linked In Momma.

I wouldn't hire her either.