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  • Greetings. As soon as I mention in interviews that I have a 2.5-year-old daughter, they lose interest. Sometimes they say they’ll call me back, but often they just say I’m not a good fit. I think they...

    Let them know you have family, but don't share your details about your family. For instance, how many kids you have, what age they are, if you're... married, or not married if you're in a straight or gay relationship? Those things are not employers' businesses. I have a special needs son and while he was growing up it was really hard to get a general blue collar job because he would have a seizure and the school would call me so I ended up having to work for school which was great until it wasn't. I was married it cost me a job that I loved. And I walked in there, acting like I was single. The reason why I get laid off was cuz my son worked for the same company and for some reason you know where we were in different departments it was a problem to them and there was lots of families that work together. Having family shows dedication in most industries. If you have little children they have, they assume you have all the babysitting or daycare already have it all worked out. you're not telling them you have kids because you're wanting sympathy or because you want them to assume you're going to miss a lot of work etc etc let them know you have a family that's professional etiquette giving them the details of your family that's oversharing and they shouldn't know anything about your family unless it's business and let them ask those questions.  more

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