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Anonymous
| Hi. Do you have a job that is strictly 9 to 2:30 or something thereabouts? What is it? How'd you get it? Just looking for some job ideas that are compatible with daily school schedule. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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1) Cashier at a grocery store. Good perks and flexible schedule. I'd consider this in a heartbeat -- especially Wholefoods as they are in Fortune's top 100 list of places to work.
2) Job at a school: in the office or (and don't hate me) in the cafeteria. |
Anonymous
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9-3 here, 4 days a week. I took a year and a half off after my child was born, but continued to network network network all that time.
I'm essentially a business development person in the IT space. I know a lot of people and work to massage relationships, make connections, and develop new partnerships and alliances. My skill set is pretty specific and narrowed down in the IT arena. |
Anonymous
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My job requires some specialized knowledge and skills to generate revenue for my company, and everyone was beyond accommodating when I asked for a flexible schedule. Also, my firm almost always has some part-time contract work for smart, talented people, and I would guess other companies would be in the same boat. It is cheaper for us to contract out specific projects than to attempt to find a jack-of-all-trades who is on our books FT. I would work your connections and see who might have leads on firms that need contract help of some sort.
Retail is flexible and a lot of fun if you enjoy the retail environment...but very competitive right now since so many people are competiting for retail jobs after being laid off from other sectors. In high school, I worked at a well know retail store and got amazing discounts. |
Anonymous
| Freelance copyediting/proofreading/indexing. |
Anonymous
| Consultant statistician. |
Anonymous
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PT paraprofessional at a school, e.g. ESOL assistant or special ed assistant.
Pro: When your shift is done, you're done! No planning, rare meetings, and no grading, committees, or stress. Con: Less money and creative input than a PT teacher. I'm a former teacher who went back to .5 teaching after having kids. Now I'm going to switch and go for a paraprofessional job until youngest is in K. Then my .5 will really be that. |
Anonymous
| OP - what is your skill set? Do you have a degree? Did you work beofre kids? |
Anonymous
| bump |
Anonymous
What sad options women have as theses. These are poverty wage jobs. |
Anonymous
I found my part time options to be very sad indeed. I'm also a former teacher who tried what would probably be defined as a paraprofessional position because I wasn't able to find a proper .5 teaching position nearby. For me, this was a humiliating experience. I felt completely alone in my decision to downshift for family reasons, and it bothered me immensely that the other teachers and even the parents refused to acknowledge or make use of my professional background. It did buy me some time during which the child grew a bit older, of course, but I've officially given up hope of finding dignified part time work and recently committed to a full time schedule once again. I think the lack of engaging part time options for mothers is a crying shame. |
Anonymous
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I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.
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Anonymous
I have thought about becoming a lunch lady when the kids go back to school. I don't "need" to work, but when they are in school, I don't want to sit on my butt all day. I also wanted to be able to be home when they were home. Lunch lady was one job that seemd to fit the bill. I don't see this as a sad option, even if it isn't a great wage. |
Anonymous
high school, right? |
Anonymous
What did you do before you had kids? |