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[quote=Anonymous]I've hired SAHM's entering the workforce.  Generally, they anticipated the job hunt, and took on a volunteer role, or went to networking events for their field, or registered for a course, or found some side work that generated some resume items and a reference or two.  Something that would result in someone in the field being able to vouch for them.

And whatever you do, please don't put your time SAH on your resume as a job, especially in the silly manner done above.  One thing I need to see is that you can separate your personal from your professional life.  A resume with time gaps, accompanied by a cover letter that simply says that you took time away because of family responsibilities, and that you're eager to get back is fine.

Finally, when you do interview, if you're feeling sadness or having mixed feelings about returning to work, or if there are aspects of returning to work you haven't figured out don't tell me about them.  I'm a mom, and I'm happy to have a "one thing I worry about is snow days.  What do you do with your kid when that happens, can you bring them in?" conversation with you 2 minutes after I made a job offer, but asking me that in an interview is entirely inappropriate, and tells me you have no boundaries.  [/quote]

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