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That is a hard no for me as an employer.
Understand, please, that whatever skills you may acquire doing normal parenting and adult activities in your personal life, your employer does not care. If you’ve given up your work for them, even temporarily, you are less valuable that the one who has stayed on. That is the reality of life.
This is so lame. I would have tossed that resume.
This is the equivalent of writing “I had sex!” on your CV. Seriously, no one should do this.
I’d think this would be even less popular on the coasts, tbh. The thought of putting something like that on my CV in my local coastal job market makes me cringe. Just being a woman of child-bearing age can be seen as a negative, kids or not.
Some of the replies you have gotten are a bit harsh, but the workforce and interviews are not exactly kind either. Filling in your resume with things like “amateur plumber” or “chef” isn’t helpful and would most likely guarantee you not to get an interview and wouldn’t make it past the HR dept at any company. The key…
I’m just going to vent here. If you’re offended, idgaf.
Excuse me. Are you suggesting that people who choose not to have children are lacking in their ability to prioritize their own lives? If so, that’s some straight up sexist biological essentialist bullshit. I hope that’s not what you meant to say.
Mom isn’t official job title so already this turns me off. I never mention the fact I’m a mom at work anymore than I would daughter, sister, wife, cousin, etc. All of those roles also obligate me to personal duties, most of all with my suicidal sister, so motherhood is no different. (My kid will eventually grow up; my…
The wording is stupid; you’re not a tween. But, I like the idea and it should be OK to state something of that nature. However, I’m not sure if it’s broadly “acceptable” yet in the workplace. There’s a good chance you don’t want to work for a company where it’s not, but it could unnecessarily restrict your…
I remember reading about this on Ask A Manager several weeks back and the general consensus was ‘nope.’
Looking to hire someone, I have to admit, my eyes would glaze over and I would move on to the next candidate. It makes it seem... militant? As though someone is sticking it there as a provocative statement. Like saying, “yeah I took a break, come at me bro!” and would leave me thinking the person is just going to be a…
Unclogging a toilet doesn’t make you an “amateur plumber” anymore than watching a YouTube video does. Putting bandaids on a cut doesn’t make you a “battlefield medic.” Making three meals a day for one person doesn’t make you a “chef.”
Your last paragraph ignores the fact that there are many, many people who manage to parent while working full time. If your “gold” resume lands in front of one of them, you’ll be laughed at heartily while being denied interviews.
I love Kim’s sense of humor.
It looked like Canada was gonna squeak into the medal ceremony, alas, we will never see the de grasse/bolt bromance on the track again.
Why do you find it so hard to press another button on your screen when you know it would make her feel good? Seems like an easy decision to me.
Thank you. I’m Dutch and I’m not nearly hearing this often enough. Terry Pratchett was right “humanity has a tendency to bend at the knee”. It’s such blatant pagentry and people ar eating it up. Of course, these are the same people who close their eyes when multi nationals weasel out of paying taxes, but go beserk if…
I don’t have anything against the present royal family either, but I wish ppl would remember how the Royals (and Royals from other countries) obtained their wealth which was by invading, er, “colonizing” other countries. Read about what King Leopold did to the Congolese. How do you placate hundreds of thousands of…