Returning to work after long 'career' break. Help!

[louloulabelle]

After 7 years of 'raising the kids' I am looking to dip my toes back in the world of gainful employment. Initially it will be only for a few hours a week, preferably during school hours to gain confidence and refresh the working muscles so to speak!. I still have a little one at nursery for only 15 hours a week half day each day and two others in school.

Anyone done similar and have any tips on where to look, how to brush up on IT skills etc?

All and any help/advice gratefully received. It all feels very daunting at the moment.

[Lochie]

http://www.workingmums.co.uk/

Good site for advice and also flex working jobs.

Good luck!

[devsdev]

What area of work were you in before and what are you looking to do?

In terms of IT, if you're likely to be using Microsoft applications then its website has really good training modules to use the various software. I'd highly recommend these as a way to re-familiarise (or just learn, given that they've completely changed all the programs in the last few years - so annoying!) yourself with Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Office-Training-Center-b8f02f81-ec85-4493-a39b-4c48e6bc4bfb (If you click on the relevant product you can do training in the older versions).

While I was "only" away for 2 years, I know how daunting it feels. But can attest that, like anything, the anticipation is far worse than the reality. Good luck!

[Dun]

Take a look at Women Like Us (http://www.womenlikeus.org.uk/).

Wishing you all the best, I know how daunting it is but like most things the reality isn't as bad as (I) imagined. (lol, just read Devsdev and they said the same thing)

[savage]

It's also worth keeping an eye on the forum, as I've found a couple f

Coal admin roles this way.

Good luck