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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would the question in the interview be? "Explain the gap in your resume?" , "Tell me about the past ten years?" Or would the interviewer simply ask about her latest office related experience?

I can't see how she could phrase an answer without referring to her children with the first two questions.[/quote]

I can give you an example.  My sister was a SAHM.  During that time, however, she volunteered at a nonprofit and then sat on the board of one of her kids' pre-schools.  She stayed at home fully for three years.  She recently want back to work, and if this question was posed to her, she could answer (assuming she didn't put all of her volunteer work on her resume, but she did, so she actually didn't have a gap.):
[b]"I was raising my children, [/b]and during that time I volunteered at XYZ, spearheaded and managed their ABC program which included a fundraiser A and gala B.  I produced all of their marketing materials for these events as well as coordinated and managed all of the other volunteer efforts. Under my marketing strategy, our fundraiser was covered in This publication and showcased on This television program.  The gala was spotlighted on That television show and appeared in 10 publications. Under my direction, these efforts raised $xyz.  As a board member, I spearheaded 4 fundraising efforts, including....."
You get the point.
No one cares about your children.  They care about whether they want to hire you for a job.[/quote]
The "I was raising my children" part is where you would lose me.  We all raise our children.  Are you implying that the interviewer wasn't because she was working?[/quote]

Oh Jesus Christ.  No.  Phrase it however you want for crying out loud.  The focus was the rest of the post.  There was no social commentary in that statement.[/quote]

Since we are being all judgy and everything today,  I don't judge SAHMs.  [b]I do, however, judge those SAHMs who spend an "excess" amount of time on volunteer activities.[/b]  Phew, there I said it.

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Of course. If the SAHM is raising money for your school so the kids can have extras or organizing and running extracurriculars, or bringing meals to elderly neighbors, the best thing to do is to spit in her face for it. You must truly hate your job.[/quote]

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