Friday, July 07, 2006

Resume for a stay-at-home mom

A friend of mine is considering going back to work after spending more than a decade at home with her kids. Life brings us these opportunities and necessities sometimes, as I know very well from my own experience. She asked for some resume ideas. Here's what I thought of, based on my experience.

At-home Mother, 1999 - 2004

Responsibilities:
- Teaching and nurturing two young children 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Management of household schedule and budget
- Management of household shopping and meals
- Organizing social events for adults and children
- Orchestrating cleanup and work duties, including supervising children in chores
- Taking charge of all household repairs
- Diplomacy with challenging clientele ages 0 - 5 years
- Negotiation of home and family-related duties with partner
- Keeping records of daily activities through writing and photography

Attributes developed:
- Organization
- Multitasking
- Persistence
- Patience
- Flexibility
- Communication
- Balance
- Motivating others
- Practical skills in household management

What would you add?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would definately add crisis management!

Also add highly developed ability to reprioritise, multi-tasking, working to tight deadlines and extensive experience in conflict resolution.

Being a mum is great!=)

SalGal said...

Combat experience, definitely combat experience. With no pay.

A Certain Englishman's Wife said...

What is an adjective for "willing-to-touch-gross-disgusting-things-that-no-man-would-go-near"?

Anonymous said...

Heather - I'd say "Hazard negotiation and clearance"=)

Annie said...
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Annie said...

I would also add hostage negotiation for those special moments when mommy tried to convince young one that the bottle, binky, blanky needs to stay in the crib or car, lest it be lost!