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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister married young and spent MANY years of her life raising two kids.  I told her to take classes - to earn a degree - b/c once her kids were more self-sufficient, she'd benefit from a career.

guess what?  Her husband cheated on her, they divorced, and she spent years barely making it, working at some low-paying, dead end job.  She borrowed money from us, and my parents GAVE her plenty just to survive.

She still struggles and was forced to move in with her newly married daughter.

My point is this - While my sister's life is perhaps the extreme, the world is ugly.  Business is business.  There are goals to be met.  Therefore, you need qualified folks to get you there.

If it's a decision between the new graduate and a mature former SAHM with advanced degrees, the new graduate is  "cheaper" and more easily molded to fit the environment.

Unless you have your OWN trust fund that can support you through your last breath, not even the SAH can afford to drop out completely.  And that translates into taking classes, doing some consulting, and networking.

In other words, CYA.[/quote]

You do know you're on a thread about a SAHM looking for work, saying she will work for free in order to gain the necessary experience to move up. While your advice might be good for many, there are many spouses who stay home in a high HHI household, so even if they divorced, they would make more than some working couples do. OP has said she is willing to work for free, so immediate cash doesn't seem to be an issue, and like many others you are just piling on.

OP it looks like you might want to aim higher and not mention the volunteer stuff unless you can translate it into impressive numbers. You might also reformat your resume so that it's not chronological, but addresses skills and experience. Finally, have you considered doing something independent so that you are not beholden to an employer? If you consult or have your own clients then you can work as long as you like. Could you write articles about the industry or start an industry blog? Then you have an "in" for meeting people.

It's painful now, but it won't be always. GL![/quote]

Yes, I realize that.  However, as I (and others) mentioned before, it's about CURRENT skill level.  So what if OP is willing to work w/o pay?  Are her skills updated?  If not, why would I bother to take her on versus someone fresh out of college who HAS the skills required for the job?  Interning is really about sharpening skills - not learning the basics of a profession.  I interned in college years ago.  I rearranged my schedule so that I could work three full days a week.  There were many applicants applying (probably close to 100).  They hired two, of which I was one.  Even then -  with experienced future college grads competing for these slots -  earning a spot (paid in this case) was tough.

And tbh, if the SAHM DOESN'T need the job (as you mentioned in your post), I'd prefer to hire a candidate who does - especially if that candidate has student loans to pay off.  [/quote]

If you are looking for reasons not to hire someone, you can always find them.  Outside of IT jobs, there are few area where currrency of skills actually matter.  Someone who has ten years of consulting or legal skills is still going to be able to do more than a freshly minted graduate with six months of internships.  Technology is such a pervasive part of life, that gasp, even sah parents are using it on a regular basis.  The argument that sah parents can never ramp back up comes from working parents who want that to be the case, it isn't reality.  And I am another poster who went back after 5 years off to a highly sought federal legal job.[/quote]

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