Linda/NE
05-01-2002, 08:14 PM
No this is not a vent about my current job! :)
As I posted the other day (actually I forgot I posted about it until I read that thread! ) I have a job application for an Early Head Start Family consultant. I have to put it in the mail tomorrow.
A friend of mine called me last night. Her son and my son are in the same class at school. She was wondering what my plans were for the summer as she is looking for someone to watch her son. I told her I was looking at a possible job but hadn't made any decisions yet. She asked if I was wanting something full time. She said that her job was open. As it turns out this job IS her job. (She got a promotion or something). Anyway she said that since I have a degree I'd automatically be looking at over $9/hr! 8o She encouraged me to apply.
On a side note we discussed my current job and she feels the same way I do about my boss. It's so interesting to hear what other people in the community have to say about her!!
At work yesterday one of the teachers from Head start had stopped in to talk to my boss. I will be working with this teacher next week when the boss and her aide will be gone to a track meet. I had left a message for this lady about getting my son signed up for Head Start. She caught me out of earshot of the director and asked if I had been the one that left the message. So I called her this morning at the HS office. She said we could do the application on the day we work together. Then she said she had a personal question for me. She said she heard I wasnt' going back to the preschool and wondered if I'd heard about the job. I told her I had the application in front of me. She said to fill it out and that she thought I'd be good at it!
So I filled out the application. Pros to the job-- good pay, good benefits, professional atmosphere, sounds like nice staff to work with, decent hours (8:30-4:30),
Cons to the job-- work year round (have to find daycare and transportation for kids to swim lessons, ball practice, etc) , won't be working directly with kids mostly families as a whole, won't be teaching kids, full time (I can't keep up with everything now only working part time!)
Also, I still have this nagging feeling that we really need a preschool in this town and even the friend and HS teacher I talked with today agree that we need something.
So, I don't know what I really want. On one hand it would be so nice to make more than twice the money we are now and not be stressed that way, but on the other hand I seriously LOVE being at home with my kids.
So any perspective on this is much appreciated!! :) Thanks!!
As I posted the other day (actually I forgot I posted about it until I read that thread! ) I have a job application for an Early Head Start Family consultant. I have to put it in the mail tomorrow.
A friend of mine called me last night. Her son and my son are in the same class at school. She was wondering what my plans were for the summer as she is looking for someone to watch her son. I told her I was looking at a possible job but hadn't made any decisions yet. She asked if I was wanting something full time. She said that her job was open. As it turns out this job IS her job. (She got a promotion or something). Anyway she said that since I have a degree I'd automatically be looking at over $9/hr! 8o She encouraged me to apply.
On a side note we discussed my current job and she feels the same way I do about my boss. It's so interesting to hear what other people in the community have to say about her!!
At work yesterday one of the teachers from Head start had stopped in to talk to my boss. I will be working with this teacher next week when the boss and her aide will be gone to a track meet. I had left a message for this lady about getting my son signed up for Head Start. She caught me out of earshot of the director and asked if I had been the one that left the message. So I called her this morning at the HS office. She said we could do the application on the day we work together. Then she said she had a personal question for me. She said she heard I wasnt' going back to the preschool and wondered if I'd heard about the job. I told her I had the application in front of me. She said to fill it out and that she thought I'd be good at it!
So I filled out the application. Pros to the job-- good pay, good benefits, professional atmosphere, sounds like nice staff to work with, decent hours (8:30-4:30),
Cons to the job-- work year round (have to find daycare and transportation for kids to swim lessons, ball practice, etc) , won't be working directly with kids mostly families as a whole, won't be teaching kids, full time (I can't keep up with everything now only working part time!)
Also, I still have this nagging feeling that we really need a preschool in this town and even the friend and HS teacher I talked with today agree that we need something.
So, I don't know what I really want. On one hand it would be so nice to make more than twice the money we are now and not be stressed that way, but on the other hand I seriously LOVE being at home with my kids.
So any perspective on this is much appreciated!! :) Thanks!!