My resume is circulating and I’ve received several calls. I’ve decided to hold off on the full time job search for a few more weeks, because I want to wait before I do anything rash. You know, rash, like getting a job or something. One of the calls that I received was from a staffing agency that doesn’t get many design job postings. Because they had one and my resume qualified, the girl that I was talking to was very eager to help me put my best side forward in relation to potential employers. She asked why I had a one year gap in my resume. I told her that I had been staying home full time with my kids for the past year. She responded that I should probably put some of my freelance work on my resume for the past year so it would look like I had been doing at least some work. At least some. Because you know, when you stay home with kids you are laying around watching Soap Operas and eating bonbons all day.
This pissed me off on so many levels that I didn’t even know where to start. One, this is a person that will connect me with a potential employer and two by the sound of her voice, she doesn’t sound more than 25 years old and I’m betting she wouldn’t get it anyway. I’m so tempted to add stay at home mom to my resume and actually build a job description for it. Maybe when Jorma goes back to work I will add the SAHM job description and I’ll post it online and see if I get any hits at all. At least it employer conversations would make for decent blog entries.
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