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[quote=Anonymous]If she’s the main parent  she probably can’t work in restaurants because it’s nights and weekends and doesn’t make sense to pay a sitter.

OP, can you contact your kids former private school and see if they need a Finance Director or could work with their CFO or in development ?  Speak to people you used to volunteer with and see if they have any ideas.  What were your roles on Boards?  Put them on your resume because they matter.

Leave off your dates of graduation for your degrees and network.  If you focused on education look at education non profits, foundations, private schools, universities.  Look at development, fundraising  or advancement roles.  Spin your time on boards with making money/ relationships with donors.  That with your MBA might help you.  Look at even temporary or leave replacement roles so you can get your foot in the door.

Look at temp agencies!  I knew two people who went from temps to FT employees granted this was a couple years ago.

If people offer to introduce you do it.  If you need to hire a sitter do it.  Two friends were laid off.  One was laid off almost two years ago now.  I offered to connect them with someone in my network who would have interviewed them.  They weren’t interested because they lucked into a tech role and made $200s and this role paid only mid $100s. They didn’t have a degree and basically were lucky to get that high paying job.  Last I heard they were working odd hour roles because they were determined to only work at Google, Apple, or Microsoft and that didn’t pan out.

This happened again with another friend who refuses to go for another lower than an AVP even though they were at a lower level before.  If people offer to help or connect you do it.  Doesn’t mean you have yo take the job but connecting with people and practice interviewing is always good!

Lastly, when you get a new role you gotta work hard.  A previous post said something about how someone couldn’t work late or attend functions because of your kid.  I’m a mom and that’s not an excuse.  Especially when you’re new back to the workforce.  If you want to move up you’ll have to work late or attend some of these functions once in awhile.  I don’t mean every night but coming in at 9 and leaving at 4 won’t make you shine.  If you’re offline from 3 onwards we know it’s because you don’t have afterschool
child care.

You will have to now focus on your work for  to make a name for yourself.  You were lucky to spend so much time at home with your child, now for your future you will need to make a name for yourself.  [/quote]

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