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Starting the process of going back to work or school has a lot of unknowns.  It is starting down a new path, which begins with where you are in the process.  You may know which direction you are headed or uncertain where it is you want to go.  For instance, if you left a specific career in marketing with the intention of seeking a similar job, you go down that path.  If you want to change careers by following your heart, which is the path you will take.  Each path has its unknowns, but the right path is the one that inspires you.  It is the path where you feel passionate about traveling and willing to do what it takes to get on your right track.  Which path are you on?  Where is it taking you?  

Daniela - Congratulations to answering your craving to explore the "unknowns."    Yes, the unpredictability can be thrilling.   May you soar in whatever you do.  TM

PossibilityCoachTM says ...

I was wondering if you are deciding to go back to work, what are your concerns?   Finding a job?  Day Care?  Changing careers?   More education?   Age?  

Yes, yes, not really, yes and yes!

Although I did well enough to maintain our household for 5 years, I can't rely on the consulting anymore. I had too many bad experiences, just not paying off anymore. Foreign outsourcing being what it is. I worry I am past my prime physically, and although I would like to think that doesn't matter, I fear that my intellect will not have as much of an impact as being a size 6 with double D's.

Reality? Check!

Awww..you caught me. I am mischievous and a tad too serious at times..but I do enjoy technology.

I have an eclectic background but found that I have a natural knack for all things digital. I can't count in binary...yet.

I just now started out on my new journey, I am not looking forward to it but it has to be done. I am sure I will find gainful employment in the very near future, I just want to stay with my children. But times are a changing and the old man is having more troubles than I can explain finding employment (he is a tech genious but only one interview in 5 months? Weird.). I do need that little boost...I'll use you as my guide. If you say it will be so...I will do it! :)

Hi Nett - thanks ever so much for sharing your present family employment situation.   The times may be challenging, but this too shall pass.   My experience with myself and clients is that when the going gets tough and you know the direction you deliberately want to take, opportunities start appearing.   Behind knowing what you want is to believe it is achievable.  If your beliefs are contradictory to what you say you want, you will keep getting what you believe.   While I was building my personal and professional coaching practice, I had unimaginable challenges, being a caregiver to my aunt and mother, ending up in the hospital and financial concerns.   I am glad I didn't give up and so are my clients whose lives have moved upward.     

I believe in what I do.  I have coaches who coach me through the challenges and successes.   I know the difference it makes to be on purpose and to have the support to get clarity and be in action.   Nothing is impossible.  You are the possibility of creating from your inner guidance.        

There are many talented women on Excelle offering their expertise.  See what reasonates with your feelings and check it out.  There is power in doing what you love.    

Also posted in another group:

I am a 21yr old wife and mother of 2. I have a 2 yr old boy and an 8 week old girl. So far I have been lucky enough to be a SAHM but unfortunately that is no longer an option. I want and need to go back to work but havent held a job in over 2 years and have no education past high school. If it were up to me I would take a job doing something I enjoy, part-time, for whatever they were willing to pay me. However, I need something full-time that pays enough to supplement my husband's income as well as cover daycare costs. I don't know what to do. Where I live any job like that is more than 30 minutes away and my husband works 30 minutes away as well and we only have 1 car for the time being. Needless to say I am a little stressed out and wondering how we are going to make this work.

PossibilityCoachTM says ...

RedDahlia - Focusing and being deliberate in what you want starts the road to where you want to go.  When you focus on what you don't have, you attract more of it.  I suggest cutting up pictures and words of what you want and put them on a bulletin board, on poster paper and see yourself already achieving what it is you want.  The combination of being enthusiastic, being deliberate, believing you can, taking action, and allowing what you want are the ingredients to attract what you want.   Make a list each day of at least 5 things you are grateful for.  This will raise your vibrational level and feelings to shake off those Gremlins who keep you from reaching your dreams. 

Take one step at a time to climb the top of your mountain.  You can do it.  Anything is Possible     TM

Thank you so much, this is very uplifting advice.

Nett says ...

PossibilityCoachTM says ...

I was wondering if you are deciding to go back to work, what are your concerns?   Finding a job?  Day Care?  Changing careers?   More education?   Age?  

Yes, yes, not really, yes and yes!

Although I did well enough to maintain our household for 5 years, I can't rely on the consulting anymore. I had too many bad experiences, just not paying off anymore. Foreign outsourcing being what it is. I worry I am past my prime physically, and although I would like to think that doesn't matter, I fear that my intellect will not have as much of an impact as being a size 6 with double D's.

Reality? Check!

Actually, I'm fifty, and it shows when you see me face-to-face.  But I use that age to my advantage.  It means that I have the experience to offer something valid to say.  I have knowledge to offer, tempered with the wisdom of time.  I'm still a size six, and I make sure I look nice when I go out.  But I didn't like it when I was younger because no one took me seriously.  Now, they can see in my eyes that they'd better.  Have confidence in you and what you know.  When they see that, you'll go forward.

I have read that those that are successful are 1% of our population.   1%!   They attribute their success to having a vision with goals to take action on.   When changing jobs or going back to work, this is an opportunity to put your vision and goals to work.   Change does require learning new skills and habits, as well as believing what you want can be achieved.   Focusing on what isn't only attracts more of what isn't - like thinking being too old, no job opportunities, etc.   Thoughts are magnets.   Be kind to yourself.   There is potential in you waiting to be expressed - and yes, you will have to develop new skills to get your answer.    You get to decide.   

I know this topic is a little old, but I am just getting into social networking.  I found this group, and I realized that this interaction is exactly what I need.  I have been a SAHM for 6.5 years now, and I have loved every minute of it.  When I had my son, a dear friend and former boss told me that motherhood was the hardest job I would ever love.  Boy, has that been true!  However, it is time to face the reality of my future and get my professional life back on track.

What am I concerned about?  Finding a job after voluntarily removing myself from the workforce for so long is #1 on my list.  I am geographically-challenged in my career search since I am stationed in Corpus Christi until my husband retires in 4 years.  There are not a lot of health education jobs here that do not require an RN license.  It is frustrating to be told that I am not qualified even though I have great credentials and have maintained them during my SAHM tenure.  The trend to require an RN license for health educators in my area is on the increase, and I am wondering if that trend is happening across the country as well.  If so, then maybe I need to be prepared not just for seeking employment now but also for our eventual relocation when my husband retires.  I am considering seeking another degree and RN licensure to make myself more marketable and provide security when my husband starts his post-Navy career.  I cannot say that I have ever wanted to be a nurse, but I love health education and want to find a way to get back in the field.  That would put more education as #2 on my list, but in reality I know that I will most likely need to make that my main concern and hold off on finding a job until I have finished nursing school or whatever education I choose to seek.

Does anybody have suggestions on how to find your marketable skills?

I have not held a job for over 15 yrs. With two children in college and a child entering private Kindergarten in the fall, we are faced with a huge financial burden. The economy is awful, my husband has taken a 10% pay cut which is being followed up by a raise freeze. We can't afford for me to go back to school like I had been planning. I helped my husband get through college so I have no real job experience other than fast food (over 17 yrs ago) and manual labor (coiling guitar strings). How do I find what I can bring to any company?

Thank you! I'll see if I can find it at Border's. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area of CA.

SheilaG says ...

How are you all coping with the tough job market as you look to find a career after en extended stay at home? This is a big obstacle in my experience, but one I sure hope to overcome.

 

Dear SheilaG -   See my response to 1skygodess sent today.   

MOMMA'S GOT HER FIRST JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW AND ANOTHER ON TUESDAY BOTH FOR COLLEGE CAMPUSES... WISH ME LUCK MOMMAS....