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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a working mom and a feminist. I have always been friendly to the idea of helping women get back in the workforce. But... as a hiring manager, I've gotten badly bitten by hiring SAH moms returning to work. First, they often have very inflated sense of value because, understandably, they once did have good salaries and a lot of interesting work. They forget that they often had those high salaries and responsibilities because their primary focus was often their job, not their families. It's understandable that they want to focus on their families, but that is not always compatible with high salary.

Second, they have been far out of date in terms of technology, computer applications and so forth. This is not that easy to teach and it can really undermine productivity. For instance, if you have digital contract files, it's not easy to explain the system to someone who's used to a paper file system. If you do a lot of work in Excel, it's not that easy to find time to sit down and train someone on how to use formulas, pivot tables, insert a chart, etc.

I'm now looking for a PT grantwriter. I've gotten some resumes from people phasing down (retired from primary jobs but interested in having some cash coming in) and some resumes from graduate students and some resumes from SAH moms. I hate to say it, but I'm tempted to delete the resumes from the SAH moms. I've just had so many negative experiences.

Any thoughts?[/quote]

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