Conundrum
How does one explain on job applications that motherhood is work experience?
I have learned to multi-task: I can process five different requests (verbally marked URGENT by shouting) at once.
I can function in crisis situations: I have not melted down when various children were hit by cars, I drove my own self to urgent care when I needed stitches, I gave birth (UNMEDICATED!!) to five children. I'd like to see CEOs do that.
I can deal with the public: I've had to go to countless parent/teacher conferences, I've volunteered at church/school/community activities, and I know how to be polite (thank you mother!)
I am not stupid, but just because I haven't been in the "work" force for the last 16 years, my "work" experience is nil.
I have learned to multi-task: I can process five different requests (verbally marked URGENT by shouting) at once.
I can function in crisis situations: I have not melted down when various children were hit by cars, I drove my own self to urgent care when I needed stitches, I gave birth (UNMEDICATED!!) to five children. I'd like to see CEOs do that.
I can deal with the public: I've had to go to countless parent/teacher conferences, I've volunteered at church/school/community activities, and I know how to be polite (thank you mother!)
I am not stupid, but just because I haven't been in the "work" force for the last 16 years, my "work" experience is nil.
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