Help, I have to go back to work!
By Amy
@simpleliving3251120 (498)
Manahawkin, New Jersey
February 17, 2016 10:50am CST
I have been a stay at home mom for almost eight years. The time has come where I have to start looking for work.
My husband's company is closing and we want to be proactive about it.
I am going to have a hard time leaving my three year old son and entering the workforce again.
There aren't that many jobs out there and I haven't received any call backs yet. I wish I could just sit on MyLot or Hubpages all day and make enough money!
Does anybody have advice out there?
Does anybody have advice out there?5 people like this
6 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
17 Feb 16
I am so sorry that you have to find a job. I know its not a lot of money but maybe do some babysitting to make some income and still be able to stay home? I don't know if that's a possibility for you or not. I have done childcare for many years and I made more staying home babysitting than I would have made getting a job.
I wish you luck with whatever job you get!
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@simpleliving3251120 (498)
• Manahawkin, New Jersey
18 Feb 16
Great idea. How many kids do you watch and how did you get started?
@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
17 Feb 16
You might try posting flyers in a senior community for jobs like running errands or housework. You could set your own hours. I feel for you I had to go back to work a year and a half ago and it's been an adjustment, I'm still adjusting to it. Mainly because everything I did when I was a stay at home mom, I still do now, just crammed into fewer hours at the house.
@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
18 Feb 16
@simpleliving3251120, I got a job where my husband works, and I hated it until the person in the office got fired and then they put me in the office and now I love my job. It's just me and one other person. My husband drives all day so he isn't here. The nice thing is we all have the same work ethic. No one feels like they are doing everyone's job. We all have completely different jobs that if something doesn't get done everyone knows who did it.
My best advise would be to start by asking family and friends if where they work is hiring. I have found that in the past that has worked well for me. Ask the people that seem happy where they work.
I now work for a large corporation, and can transfer anywhere in the US we have an opening that I'm qualified for. I hadn't worked in quite a number of years and had never done this kind of work before in special equipment, no one was even here to train me I had to teach myself how to drive a loader a 624A John Deere to be exact and teach myself how to pick up vehicles and move them around the yard it was scary as heck....but I did it and ended up getting out of the yard and back to office work. The yard was hard work and not that I'm opposed to hard work but some of it I just physically had a hard time trying to do. My boss is 4 or more hours away, it's nice, slow pace most of the time.
@simpleliving3251120 (498)
• Manahawkin, New Jersey
18 Feb 16
Where did you end up getting a job? Do you have any tips for me. I haven't work in almost eight years.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
17 Feb 16
sisnin to a temp agencyh my best firend d that a few ears back and ater he tempjob was over they lkiked her so much that she was hired
for a permanent job lasted 15 years a new boss got snippy over my frikends age and manaed o get her fired .
@dodo19 (47066)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
18 Feb 16
@simpleliving3251120 no, I currently stay home with my kids.
@simpleliving3251120 (498)
• Manahawkin, New Jersey
18 Feb 16
I totally agree. There could be worse problems out there. Are you a working mom?
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@BethieAnnie (818)
• Dayton, Ohio
30 Jul 16
I am sorry to hear that your husbands company is shutting down. My best advice is to believe in yourself. Don't sell yourself short. Keep applying until you find a place that will not only hire you, but respect you, too.
