Preparing to re-enter work force
I have been thinking a lot about when I re-enter the work force, and I find it incredibly daughnting. I just feel I do not have much to offer a potential employer.
All of my little ones will be in full time school by 2014. I have not been in paid employment for 4 years.
I am 38 and have 7 kids my eldest is 16, so I have been a SAHM for 16.5 years. I have had a lot of night jobs and weekend work, mainly in hospitality (bars, restaurants, service stations, lunch bars etc)
I have never had a full time job, never worked in an office situation or with clients.
I am a bit of a IT geek, so I am computer litterate.
I would really like to forge a career be able to use my brains and be able to move ahead and challenge myself.
It does not make for much of a resume. I don't want to go back to what I was previously doing as I did not find it challenging, it just paid the bills.
I have thought about uni, I would love to study photography (I am doing a home course) but that is another 4 years so I will be 45 when I finish ( I know that is not old, it is more a financial thing as well)
I am intelligent and if I was given a chance I can learn quickly and prove myself, but what can I do in the next few years to make my self more attractive as a future employee?
I would ideally love to go back to work now but the situation does not permit, so I want to spend the time doing what I can to be employable when I do.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
(sorry if it is all over the place, it was more organized in my head :lol:)