The other day, my fatekeep.com partners (George and Osama) and I were discussing some of the articles that we wanted to publish on fatekeep over the next little while. One of the topics that kind of stood out for me was the discussion around mothers and their return to the workforce.

Well, for one thing, it’s not easy being a full time parent and full time employee. I feel the demands of our society on us as human beings can sometimes be too much … and I’m a guy. For mothers who manage a household and work, it must be a lot to say the least. One of the goals of fatekeep is to help people find a career they love and one that pays them well. I hope this article brings us one step closer to this goal … but before we bridge the gap in careers for mothers and others lets get back to the meeting I mentioned earlier.

In our discussions about mothers and motherhood we listed some basics skills and abilities that all mothers share that can be applied to the workforce. Skills and abilities that you as a momma already have (yo momma shake what your momma gave ya):

patience

empathy

task oriented

perseverance

attention to detail

time management

dynamic personality

ability to teach and train

positive and encouraging

excellent communicator – great tone

able to work in a fast paced environment

WOW Momma! It looks like you got some amazing skill. It might take a company many face-to-face training sessions and lots of computer based training classes to get one of their employees to acquire a list of abilities like the one you’ve already got. Momma you got what it takes! You got what it takes to make an award winning career that pays you what you need and deserve. Lets get you headed in that direction.

Here are some steps that anyone must follow in their quest for a job:

1. Find your calling - Truly to understand that you are the master of your destiny, ask yourself what it is you want to do and then ask yourself what it is you can do

2. Resume time – start prepping your resume, please get others to look at it to make sure it is good. You can use the word processing templates to get an idea of how to structure your resume. But if you want a winning resume go see a job councilor or some sort of employment professional who can help you. Job placement agencies are a good resource as are unemployment offices.

3. Post it – begin applying online to the jobs you like, you can post your resume to career sites like workopolis.com, monster.com, hotjobs.com and careerbuilder.com . You can also go directly to companies that you like and apply to their jobs directly. Please take a look at THE LISTS page for a list of the 100 best companies to work for in 2008.

4. Seek the opportunities – go to job fairs and employment agencies, ask your friends and family to keep an eye out for you and ask them to put in a good word for you.

5. Interview thyself – always be ready for an interview here is a link INTERVIEW PREP to a document that will prepare for the interview. Also please take note that when you are being interviewed you can also ask the HR person questions about the company or job that are of importance to you. You will satisfy any curiosities you have about the job or the company and you will appear like a person who is serious and eager to work.

6. Vigilance – keep applying to jobs, keep looking for the job opportunities, keep working on improving your skill – never give up and never give in

You know something that I find funny about this article is that while I am typing it, my wife is applying to a company that allows for you to work from home. She is applying to be a home based customer service phone agent…check it out the website is contractxchange.com.

The job sounds and looks cool…take a look at it…because…Momma you got what it takes…

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