Who would hire a SAHM these days?
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Anonymous
Seriously? Who the hell buys Mary Kay? that stuff is such junk for old house frows, not hte modern woman who spends good money on her appearance. MK is going the way of bananna clips and blue eyeliner. |
Anonymous
But how does that SHOW they are responsible and committed to a prospective employer? It doesn't... Since the other person posted a follow up - of course they can do it with family money, being European, and starting a business. None of those 3 things were posted in the original question - the question posed was if it was taking a year off to travel vs SAHM would it be considered the same by an employer. It absolutely would, they both count against you (unless with travel you were straight out of college). |
Anonymous
I feel sorry for your kid. |
Anonymous
Firs, nobody said they're European. Second, we're talking about the poster who assumed they don't have money to raise a child when they come back. The talk about comparing traveling vs SAHM was left on page 1. If you want to discuss please keep track of the responses. |
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I'm a SAHM who plans to return to work full time in the next couple years. In the 3 years I've been a mom, I've done PT consulting work to keep my network and skills up to date. Most SAHM's I know have also kept their networks current to make the future job search easier. Unless you are entry level (and sometimes even if you are), having a strong network is key to getting your resume in front of, and reviewed by, the right people. I made a career change 2 years prior to having kids and the philosophy was the same for that process as well.
In reading this thread, I'm struck by the responses to the traveling question. Dh and I traveled for 6 mos after our wedding. We were both 31 at the time and well established in our respective companies/fields. I negotiated a leave of absence from my employer, with no guarantee that a job would be waiting for me. Dh had to resign from his company, but was contacted about an open position 6 weeks before we returned, so jumped right in a week after we got home. A position, with a promotion and salary increase, opened up for me with my company about 6 weeks after we returned. Unless you plan to stay at the Ritz and only travel first class, there are very economical ways to travel. We rented our condo so our mortage was covered. A friend served as our landlord in exchange for using and insuring our car while we were gone. We spent about $35K, saw 14 countries and had experiences of a lifetime. We could have spent even less, but chose to splurge on some things. Friends of ours did similar trips for 12 months. Never met an employer or network contact who saw this experience as a negative in any way. To OP, good luck. Try to find networking events to broaden your list of contacts. Most schools have strong alumni clubs in the area with frequent social events. You never know when you'll meet someone who can help you. Set up informational interviews to learn more about the field you want to try. Get yourself out there. |
Anonymous
You are an idiot -- this question was asked specifically as an analog to the SAHM question, and abandoning the aspect of that that overlaps with the SAHM original topic would just mean this is incredibly irrelevant. P.S. It IS incredibly irrelevant, anyway. To the PP who originally posted it, REALLY? You really want to know if a couple with family money, not based in the US (i.e. not limited to our economy), and who want go entrepreneur (not back to employers) after travel will be ok? REALLY?! Because, if so, you are an idiot. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't hire you as a lawyer, but in an administrative position, sure. |
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OP,
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/190409.page#1812639 this was an interesting discussion a few weeks ago. Put your DCUM armor on and steel yourself for the rampant snarky comments and prejudice you will see between the lines of some of the discussion's turns, however (as usual). There are some interesting insights. Good luck! |
Anonymous
You sound awful and short sighted. You would want a trained lawyer to be your admin. rather than maximize her education and expertise? If yhat is the case, you clearly aren't a very good manager of human capital. Your attitude suggests low self-esteem and a lack of leadership qualities. For ex., your desire to take this SAHM- lawyer down a peg rather than to maximize her contribution tells me you have no business as part of the hiring committe at any decent corp or law firm. No doubt the op can and will find a more clever and innovative boss than you. |
Anonymous
It's House Fraus actually. And I don't know about MK, but I love myself some Avon. |
Anonymous
People who sell Mary Kay buy Mary Kay. It's a borderline pyramid scheme. |
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It's House Fraus actually. And I don't know about MK, but I love myself some Avon. The correct term is Hausfrauen. |
Anonymous
It's House Fraus actually. And I don't know about MK, but I love myself some Avon. The correct term is Hausfrauen. Who cares? But I suppose it takes one to know one? |
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But I suppose it takes one to know one? I wish, but I have to work for my $$$. No biggie! It has something to do with education, PP. You should check it out. You might like it. 
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But I suppose it takes one to know one? I wish, but I have to work for my $$$. No biggie! It has something to do with education, PP. You should check it out. You might like it.
This is the kind of education an professional "frump" gets! She knows the proper terminology to describe her outward appearance. |