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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, so here's my question. I have a pretty long history in high tech on the westcoast (sillicon valley), where I have had no problems finding a job. I am also a mother with a working spouse, so I've adopted a policy of being upfront about my needs --- try to be home for dinner, occasionally have to leave earlier, will regularly add hours after bedtime, from home, am usually available to start super early, but need some heads up to sync up with spouse on the home front. Crunch time is crunch time, and I'm usually in there with the team however long it takes. But as a manager, I'm also wise to busy work and never get my team in a glorious sacrifice situation just to show off.

Never had much of an issue with the approach, and have always felt I was giving them fair information they needed in order to make an appropriate hiring decision. After taking the job, I rarely ran into any problem. Stressful and difficult? Yes. Worth it? yes. I love my job.

Since moving to DC, I held one job, which I got with the above caveats -- lasted all of one year, with everyone up in arms whenever I headed through the door at 5;30, or signed up online at 8;30 rather than 6;30.

Now when I interview, I tend to have an excellent conversation, up to the moment when expectations come into play. I never get a call back after a luke-warm 'interesting" response to my expectations. Again, this is not about skills -- that part always clears pretty quickly.

How do other working moms handle interviews / workload when they are looking for a full time corporate position in high tech around here?

As a recruiter, what do you expect?

I feel like I'm committing some cultural faux-pas in this area, by being open about my expectations. Again --- not looking to work less, but expecting to discuss some flexibility right from the start.

Thanks![/quote]

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