is this legal?

[IrishLady47]

It's pretty scary since you haven't worked outside the home in so long. Check w/volunteer organizations & others about this, many assist by giving classes in writing resumes, how to dress, interview, etc. You have more skills than you realize from running a household for twenty years, believe me. You could turn this into something positive. If you love plants & gardening, check out jobs w/a local nursery. Love animals-maybe a veternarian needs an office assistant. Explore all possibilities--don't limit yourself to what you've done in the past. Good luck to you & your family!

 

[blusafire]

Thank you for the encouragment! I need it.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Thank you IrishLady. I am looking for work..It is rather difficult, I have not applied for a job in 22 years...skills are a little outdated. Looking into community ed classes to learn some skills. Planning a yard sale next weekend..returning beautiful jewlery husband gave me for our 25th last month. Will do what is nesesarry to keep us afloat.

Hell woman, Wal-Mart loves people like you...And NO that is NOT a joke. They will work around your schedule and have plenty of parttime and fulltime openings.

 

[MomIsWorried]

Hell woman, Wal-Mart loves people like you...And NO that is NOT a joke. They will work around your schedule and have plenty of parttime and fulltime openings.

Belize, I have to respectfully disagree with you on that one. Several years ago I applied at Wal Mart (I've been a stay home mom for almost 9 years), all of my kids were finally in school and I wanted to go back to work just to have "extra" money (is there such a thing?). On my application, I filled in my hours of availability (8am to 3pm Mon-Friday, 3pm to 'whenever' on Saturday and Sunday)...went through the interview process, and was hired. They sent me to the next person (in a line of about 20 I was supposed to talk to that day), who was going to put me into the computer and give me a schedule. They wanted to schedule me 7am to 3pm, and I told them I could not be there any earlier than 8am, and had stated that on my application. They then decided that they could not work with my available hours, and stated that my available hours didn't fit into any of their "shifts".

I, too, thought that Wal Mart would be a great place to work, and believed they would be willing to work around my schedule...but I was wrong. I think the only places that will work around someone's schedule is McDonald's or Burger King.

 

[MomIsWorried]

You have more skills than you realize from running a household for twenty years

Amen to that! Someone who has never been a full-time stay home parent doesn't fully understand how difficult it really is.

I took a class on how to write a resume...they gave great tips on how to word things ... such as, because you have run a household for 20 years, you can put down "proficient at multi-tasking" and "strong organizational skills" as some of your strong points. For many years I have been my husbands secretary/office manager/billing clerk/payroll clerk ... you name it, I've done it for his business. I had always just thought of the things I did as me helping hubby with his business, but one of the women at the class told me that by doing these things for hubbys business, I could list the things I had done as skills ... after all, I had learned how to use several business-related computer programs, learned how to do spreadsheets, how to type up contracts, do payroll ...the list was endless. And when I took a tax course last year and applied for a job as a tax preparer, the company was so impressed with my other skills (that I had learned from simply helping my husband with his business), that they offered me the position of Office Supervisor. Just during tax season last year (I worked full time for 4 months), I made over $8000. Can't complain about that.

Good luck to you! I hope everything works out for you. And remember...you are not just a "housewife" ... you are a Domestic Goddess!