JOB HUNTING

 This pic shows and actual job application form, notice how small space there is, how are us job hunters supposed to fit in the information when there's hardly any room? This is another application form and notice under REFEREES it says about you giving permission to the employer to look at your own personal profile on social media, would you consent to this? 26 November 2024 I applied for a job and in application form they asked for my pronouns. I replied please refer to me using my name 😊 What a world we live in now 🙄

When job hunting we do face barriers or as I prefer to call them challenges. When you've been a stay-at-home parent/caregiver and it's time to return to the workforce there are barriers. Barriers like our kids who are under 14 years old and still need adult supervision, to get them to school and bring them home again, so unless the hours of work are within these times you can't commit to the job. I was interested in a Hospital Aide job but the hours were during getting kids ready for school and taking them to school so couldn't even apply for it. So yeah our kids can be a challenge to finding work too, nothing against them of course. Not just our kids ages when they are sick from school our job needs to work in with our family life too and some of us don't have anyone who will take care of them while you go to work. My biggest challenge finding work is school holidays it's not easy finding care for our kids so we can work. So school holidays are a challenge fin...