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I think I’d be hesitant to hire a person who has been a sahm for 10 years part time. I’d assume they don’t share responsibilities equal with their husband (hence the part time) and would always be asking off work / being late / constant sick appointments. Full time I think it would be different.


+1. As an employer I prefer someone who has zero learning curve with Outlook, Zoom, project management software, etc. I don't want to spend 3 months training you on how to work in an office again after a decade long absence, when there's a relatively high risk that you're going to back to your comfortable SAH life.


How hard it is to learn outlook and zoom?

Not hard if you've been been working and are used to technology. More difficult if all you've managed for 10 years is gmail. But really the issue is: Is the person a problem solver or not? I've hired people who don't know how to schedule a meeting or add an email signature. The successful ones figure it out quickly on their own. The ones who will quit in less than a year demand meetings with IT or their supervisor to be walked through it. As an employer, you need to suss that kind of thing out in the interview process.

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Anonymous wrote:See op is proof that this job market is not hot.

Part time remote flexible is limiting no matter what.

Anonymous wrote: I've hired people who don't know how to schedule a meeting or add an email signature. The successful ones figure it out quickly on their own. The ones who will quit in less than a year demand meetings with IT or their supervisor to be walked through it. As an employer, you need to suss that kind of thing out in the interview process.

I think I’d be hesitant to hire a person who has been a sahm for 10 years part time. I’d assume they don’t share responsibilities equal with their husband (hence the part time) and would always be asking off work / being late / constant sick appointments. Full time I think it would be different.


+1. As an employer I prefer someone who has zero learning curve with Outlook, Zoom, project management software, etc. I don't want to spend 3 months training you on how to work in an office again after a decade long absence, when there's a relatively high risk that you're going to back to your comfortable SAH life.


How hard it is to learn outlook and zoom?

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I think I’d be hesitant to hire a person who has been a sahm for 10 years part time. I’d assume they don’t share responsibilities equal with their husband (hence the part time) and would always be asking off work / being late / constant sick appointments. Full time I think it would be different.

+1. As an employer I prefer someone who has zero learning curve with Outlook, Zoom, project management software, etc. I don't want to spend 3 months training you on how to work in an office again after a decade long absence, when there's a relatively high risk that you're going to back to your comfortable SAH life.

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Anonymous wrote:Business technology has not changed in 10 years.

OMG - if the business technology you're using hasn't significantly changed in the last 10 years... I hate to break the news, you are seriously outdated.

I see it with my mid-40s/early 50s coworkers. Unwilling to start using collaborative features of Microsoft Office, never heard of something like Chili Piper/Calendly/Bookings, can't adjust to communication norms over Slack or Teams, run super disengaging virtual meetings, can't comprehend how to build team culture remotely, struggle to understand short communication forms like Twitter or short-form video, don't understand how to use data analytics and dashboards available to them in their existing tools. Massive under-utilization of technology. And they think they are with it because they know how to make something a PDF and didn't forget to attach it to the email.

If you're still using technology largely the same way you were 10 years ago, and if you still run most of your communication through email - you are equivalent of the people in the late 90s/early 2000s who refused to give up fax or asked their assistant to print out emails for them.

You’re an ageist.

I’m 42, and guess what….you’ll be in the same age bracket soon. Think about how you talk about people, and then stop looking at age. I work in IT and I know how to use Business Technology. Your problem is not with their skillset. It’s with yours. You don’t know how to work in a team with a diverse skillset. Figure out how other people communicate and work within their skills, and then teach them how to use yours from their vantage point. Complaining people don’t do things your way is just arrogant.

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Anonymous wrote:Business technology has not changed in 10 years.

OMG - if the business technology you're using hasn't significantly changed in the last 10 years... I hate to break the news, you are seriously outdated.

I see it with my mid-40s/early 50s coworkers. Unwilling to start using collaborative features of Microsoft Office, never heard of something like Chili Piper/Calendly/Bookings, can't adjust to communication norms over Slack or Teams, run super disengaging virtual meetings, can't comprehend how to build team culture remotely, struggle to understand short communication forms like Twitter or short-form video, don't understand how to use data analytics and dashboards available to them in their existing tools. Massive under-utilization of technology. And they think they are with it because they know how to make something a PDF and didn't forget to attach it to the email.

If you're still using technology largely the same way you were 10 years ago, and if you still run most of your communication through email - you are equivalent of the people in the late 90s/early 2000s who refused to give up fax or asked their assistant to print out emails for them.

I was with you till email. Email is a killer app that remains unkilled. It’s openness, flexibility, portability is unmatched. But yes to the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:What am I missing...why are people suggesting adjunct professors, consulting gig, etc to Op?
All those types of jobs take a TON of time to establish, launch, and dive into...Op has no time for that.
Presumably, she can barely manage a PT job in her life; not to mention one that offers the perk of being remote .

+1

If she has a PhD she can probably get a lecturer gig at a local community college or university. Won’t pay much, very part time, maybe… remote (some CC really leaning into online courses) but not flexible

This is actually a hard job to get unless the PhD is in a desirable niche.

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Anonymous wrote:What am I missing...why are people suggesting adjunct professors, consulting gig, etc to Op?
All those types of jobs take a TON of time to establish, launch, and dive into...Op has no time for that.
Presumably, she can barely manage a PT job in her life; not to mention one that offers the perk of being remote .

+1

If she has a PhD she can probably get a lecturer gig at a local community college or university. Won’t pay much, very part time, maybe… remote (some CC really leaning into online courses) but not flexible

Anonymous wrote:Has op ever responded? Is this a troll?

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Anonymous wrote:Business technology has not changed in 10 years.

OMG - if the business technology you're using hasn't significantly changed in the last 10 years... I hate to break the news, you are seriously outdated.

I see it with my mid-40s/early 50s coworkers. Unwilling to start using collaborative features of Microsoft Office, never heard of something like Chili Piper/Calendly/Bookings, can't adjust to communication norms over Slack or Teams, run super disengaging virtual meetings, can't comprehend how to build team culture remotely, struggle to understand short communication forms like Twitter or short-form video, don't understand how to use data analytics and dashboards available to them in their existing tools. Massive under-utilization of technology. And they think they are with it because they know how to make something a PDF and didn't forget to attach it to the email.

If you're still using technology largely the same way you were 10 years ago, and if you still run most of your communication through email - you are equivalent of the people in the late 90s/early 2000s who refused to give up fax or asked their assistant to print out emails for them.