I went for a job at Kmart when I was wanting to return to work on less hrs than my previous office employment, and they told me the only reason they didn't hire me was cause they couldn't fit me into their shifts. I like you had to leave at a certain time in the evening for collection of child, but with the close and cashing of the till, it just wasn't workable to be able to have me leave at that time..

They have their shifts that work out, and unfortunately new employees have to fit into them, not them make shifts around mums who want to return to work..

I know it is hard, and I ended up accepting that I had to work hrs that I didn't really want to do (ie full time) or not at all.. Things have now fallen into place a few years later, but I had to do something I didn't want, to get to where I am now.