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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the PP that said, while Parenting is work, it's not necessarily the kind of work that translates to the workplace. You get hired based on your past job and educational background, which is why taking time off to raise kids doesn't normally count as "work", even though it's work.

Now, I know people who are SAHPs that totally do things that should classify as "work" through various volunteer activities (not all of them charitable.....like Meetup) and I think they'd make fantastic employees using the same skills. Like, if you built a 600 member Meetup group and then ran that group over a period of several years, that's translatable to a workplace because it involves scheduling, event management, interpersonal skills, site content. It's really amazing how some people do this. But you'd have to sell it and then have a hiring manager who gets what that means. And you'd have to be applying for a job for which it was appropriate experience. You can't just list "Meetup Group Coordinator". But, maybe you should.....

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