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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is a good reminder to all SAHMs, and everyone else, to keep up their contacts.  One way to avoid the pitfalls of people making hasty judgments in interviews based on perceptions (or misperceptions) about your views or work ethic/capabilities is to have someone at the organization you're applying to who can vouch for you.  I'm a SAHM and go for a meal/coffee/walk with a former colleague/classmate/client about once a week.  I don't chat about kids, or husbands, or household issues.  Instead, I use the time to find out what's going on with them and their projects, to discuss books, articles, etc., or (with a subset of these people) to talk politics.  It's a good break for me from the mom group I hang out with with the kids, and I it's a nice way to stay on the radar.  Over the past year and a half, I've been asked by three of the people I've been in touch with whether I'd like a job (two firm offers and one initial discussion).

I do agree with one point about volunteering, though.  If you're going to invest significant time volunteering for your kids' school, be on the board if you can, not one of the people (inevitably moms) running the auction.  I personally think the auction moms do a lot of good work, and I'm grateful for it.  There does seem to be a stigma attached to it, though, and board members are taken much more seriously, especially at well-known schools.  [/quote]

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