It's a common problem, especially for women. Who is going to look after the children if you get a job? Professional childcare is impossibly expensive for many. So should you just go after jobs and cross that bridge when you come to it?
That's the advice of Hayley Taylor. A questioner on her website says that the only jobs she can see are shift working. She needs to have fixed shifts, she says, so that she can arrange childcare. Should she mention this at the interview, if she gets one?
Taylor's advice is not very helpful. Don't tell the employer, wait until you've got a job and then "you will be surprised just how friends / family etc. will help out when they know you have an offer on the table". Really? I agree that it's not a good idea at interview with an employer to state that you can only work certain shifts because of childcare arrangements. But these sort of jobs are almost always via agencies, and the agency will want to know if there are shift patterns you can't do. They are used to that. Perhaps you can only work days, or early shifts or whatever. Say so. You are hardly unique. Once you've got your childcare arrangements in place you may be able to vary them.
That's the advice of Hayley Taylor. A questioner on her website says that the only jobs she can see are shift working. She needs to have fixed shifts, she says, so that she can arrange childcare. Should she mention this at the interview, if she gets one?
Taylor's advice is not very helpful. Don't tell the employer, wait until you've got a job and then "you will be surprised just how friends / family etc. will help out when they know you have an offer on the table". Really? I agree that it's not a good idea at interview with an employer to state that you can only work certain shifts because of childcare arrangements. But these sort of jobs are almost always via agencies, and the agency will want to know if there are shift patterns you can't do. They are used to that. Perhaps you can only work days, or early shifts or whatever. Say so. You are hardly unique. Once you've got your childcare arrangements in place you may be able to vary them.
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