Just a fun question: What do you do for a living? Even for those women out there that are SAHM-what, if anything, did you do for a living before children were in the equation??
I was a PE/Health teacher, now a SAHM!
I am a prospect supervisor for a land brokerage firm that contracts for a major oil & gas company.
And, I really do love my job!
I worked in the banking industry for ten long years. But I know the ends and outs of nearly everything that goes on at a bank, so it's been helpful to friends and family members.
I also did photography on the side.
Currently I am in the market to sell my first novel....is my editor ever gets off her butt and finishes editing it for me!
I worked in customer service for a Korean steamship company until my 2nd child was born, but that is not what I set out to do.
I am trained as a high school Social Studies teacher, but haven't done so since 2005. For now I am a SAHM, until my kiddos all go to school full time, at which time I hope to resume my teaching career.
Right now I am an Administrative Assistant.....low stress! Previously, I have been the assistant Office Manager and the Office Manager, a waitress, which I sometimes consider going back to, then I could stay home with my kids during the day and work a couple nights a week after hubby gets home......If I ever get laid off again, that is probably what I will do.
Was a retail manager..have done that off and on since kids.
Now I am illustrating for children's book authors.
Future...I want to be a CNMW. And work with in the Public School System...with kids that find themselves starting young families
Currently SAHM - work on contracts for recruiting sometimes...prior to that I was an Office Manager and a Project Manager....wore two hats...
I worked as a paralegal/secretary/bookkeeper for a single attorney practice for 10 years. Now I am a SAHM who does all the management and bookkeeping for our household, lol.
I was a Certified Nursing Assistant for 6 years, then I was a Physical Therapy Technician(which I LOVED) Now I am a stay at home mom.
Child care, in nearly every facet (daycare, in-home preschool teacher, nanny) and up to my eyeballs in it.
I've recently closed my in-home preschool for good. Am hoping to continue to write a book for parents and to teach Toilet Learning classes for parents of wee ones. Eventually, I'd like to go back to work at a nonprofit; the children and parent populations need more experienced caregivers than they regularly hire, and I like making a positive difference. I'd want to include parent education as part of that work.
@MomtoThreewee: You've just given me an idea to have my tattoo-artist sister do some illustration for me. I'm also hoping to write a guy-friendly parenting guide one day that will be in a graphic format, more like a comic book.
For the past 4 yrs I've been a sahm but before I worked in the corporate world and I loved it and I was good at it! Next year when my baby starts school maybe ill get a part time job somewhere? I love to bake and work at a small bakery or something. Anyone know of a local (dfw) baker who needs a hand??!
I am an admin/receptionist/ noone else wants to do it so I guess I will do it, for a small electrical contractor.
I work as a consultant for a Management Consulting and Outplacement company. I facilitate classroom training on job search skills and management skills. I also write resumes and work with private clients on job search skills and strategy. Previous to this I've had many jobs - staffing/recruiting/ HR manager / employee development / project manager/ computer programmer.
I also am a graduate student, working to complete my dissertation for a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
I am an admin/receptionist/bookeeper/hr person. I wear all the hats, but the bosses hat.
I was a marine scientist. I did whale acoustics research. I did fish mortality rates research after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. I did salmon research. I did ocean bottom research in the Bering Sea. I did toxins research in water, soil and mussels. Now I'm a SAHM and I miss it. In 2-4 years I will go back to work. Hopefully I'll find something good!
I have been a homemaker for many, many years. Before that, I did various sorts of office work (which, amazingly, I enjoyed, although I'm not a very systematic sort of person), and during the SAHM time I did part-time things off and on over the years, such as assisting in classrooms and cleaning houses.
I always figured I'd get some sort of salaried job after the children all graduated high school; that just seemed to be what women did. But when the time came, I thought, "Why? We aren't desperate for money, we've always lived on one paycheck, and I'd have to start at the bottom, which would be tedious. Why not do things that would be productive but wouldn't require anybody to give me a paycheck?"
So in a sense I'm my own boss now. I still do the SAH part, but I also do non-paycheck work at school and at church, and my husband and I raise pups for Canine Companions for Independence. Another job is, of course, spoiling my grandchildren - work I take very seriously! (Does that make me a SAHG?) I do some writing and some composing, but those sure don't bring in any money. I guess they're for my own education.
Worked at a credit union and LOVED it. I'm a SAHM now and love it too:-) I also do some digital designing in my free time, and I've worked at doing that...but it was very low key and mostly a hobby (only made about $300-500 a month...so it was very low key!).
I used to work for La Petite Academy...I loved it! I was lead teacher in the One year old room...I have also been a nanny and also baby sat in my home. I went to work for Merry Maids until our franchise was sold and the new owner started changing a lot of things, I got out right before it went under and started cleaning houses on my own without a big company name. I make more cleaning on my own than I did working for a company. At the moment I only have two houses I clean on a weekly basis, I also picked up a job cleaning a laundromat at nights, but I don't see that working out long term...at the moment I end up taking my two youngest with me to the night job and during the summer while it is no big deal it will not work once the summer is over.
I head up a passenger transport organisation. I love it. My staff are fantastic, committed, interested individuals. Our clients love them, and us! It's a very fulfilling job. Before that while i was completing my masters degree, I was a part-time receptionist at a law firm who ruled their staff with fear. No wonder they had such a high turnover rate. Plonkers.
I'm a business data analyst for a global consulting and benefits outsourcing firm and an SAT/ACT prep classroom instructor and private tutor. I'm very lucky and enjoy both of my jobs.