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Topic: Stay at home mon to full-time designer
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| joannah | Posted – 7/8/2008 10:39:25 PM | show profile | email poster Hey! I have been a stay at home momma for 10 years. In that time I have also done some freelance graphic design work. I have four kids. I also have a wonderful hubbie that has worked the whole time so I can stay home with them. Here's the deal...we want to switch roles. He stay home with the kids and I get a graphic design job. I feel terrified and excited. Not sure if anyone will want to hire me. I would love any advice from seasoned designers. You can check out my work at www.joannahdesigns.com. Thanks in advance! |
| joannah | Posted – 7/8/2008 10:40:18 PM | show profile | email poster Stay at home MOM...Acctually! Oops! |
| Village Gal | Posted – 7/9/2008 9:47:49 AM | show profile My first thought.. if you switch roles, how will you afford health insurance for a family of six? I'm assuming your husband has that from his job. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 7/9/2008 9:48:37 AM | show profile My first thought.. if you switch roles, how will you afford health insurance for a family of six? I'm assuming your husband has that from his job. |
| beachbum | Posted – 7/9/2008 11:17:45 AM | show profile get out there and start interviewing! it's not like you did nothing for 10 yrs, your freelance business is just as good as having a regular job. don't mention you were a SAHM, just say you had a thriving freelance business and now you're ready to be part of a larger group. |
| hayfell | Posted – 7/9/2008 12:26:09 PM | show profile The two are interchangeable As a former newspaper reporter turned full-time freelance writer/editor, I agree. On-staff and freelance careers are interchangeable, as long as you have solid clips. My only advice is to avoid the word "freelance" in interviews. Refer to it as a "thriving graphic design business" or that you contracted with several clients to provide design services, etc. Freelance sometimes brings up negative connotations. Also, I'm looking for experiences of moms like you for an article on mompreneurs - moms who remain very viable in the workforce, but on their own terms. If interested, please feel free to contact me at HayliMorrison@bellsouth.net. This is for Nielsen Business Media's MediaJobMarket.com, which also might be a good resource for your job search! :) GL! |
| foodlit | Posted – 7/9/2008 2:33:26 PM | show profile Actually, from an HR perspective I would suggest that you say you were a SAHM. There's nothing wrong with that at all, and it's just about the best reason you could give for a gap in a resume. People respect and understand that. Go on to say that you've taken on freelance assignments so that you are up on the latest technologies and have samples of your work and are ready to dive back in full-time. Good luck! I've placed people in your shoes and the SAHM helped rather than hurt them when they were ready to go back to work. |
