Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 01:26     Subject: Job Advice - former teacher

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you have solid MS office and Google workspace skills maybe temp? You’ll get your feet wet that way. Lots of different settings hospitals, offices, etc. 20 years is a long time though and the technology has changed a lot. Maybe summer camp counselor stuff? Substitute teaching or other schools admin work?


Are you posting from 2007? Most elementary kids are pretty proficient at MS office and Google workspace, that would be kind of embarrassing to include as your primary skills.

She’s a mom, I’m sure she has used office a lot, that’s just table stakes.


Are you illiterate? She says she hasn’t worked in 20 years. I’m sure she can find the excel icon. Questionable if she can run a pivot table or do a vlookup on some hefty data … or even knows what those are?? I’m sure she’s seen PowerPoint. Questionable if she can build a 20 slide exec summary deck with appropriate graphics without heavy coaching and guidance. She has been out of the workforce …why would she know anything about google worksheets and integrations?