Now that you have welcomed your new arrival into your arms, it’s time to think about getting back to work and resuming your career. This has been a whirlwind few months and you could be forgiven for not thinking too long and hard about your career and your employer. However, you have to come down to earth with a bump in many respects and know that you have to make the transition very soon.
It is common for a woman in your position to feel uncertain, confused and a little intimidated. Now may be the time to consider online coaching to help you approach this critical juncture in your life from a position of strength.
If you have decided that it is time for you to move on and find a new employer, possibly even a brand-new career, you will need to consolidate your position and build a powerful stance before you approach any new candidate companies. Consider exactly why an employer would be interested in talking to you, by fully evaluating your skill set at this time. Above all else, you have to be super confident in yourself and banish any of those nagging worries to the back of your mind.
Start afresh with a clear mind and a clean sheet of paper and notate all the skills that you have. Go all the way back to school and college and remember all the skills that you picked up there, as well as anything that you can remember from previous jobs and other employment. In a prominent position, detail the undoubted skills that you picked up as an organiser and planner, most recently as you developed your new family! Don’t think for a minute that skills must be the subject of some kind of paper qualification, given out by a college, university or other organisation, as the employer will certainly be looking at everything. Rest assured that it is difficult to find great employees, and so your prospective employer will be looking for particular skills, including self-confidence, dedication and motivation.
If you do not have a tremendous amount of formal education, never be disheartened. This can be more than made up for by a dedication and a willingness to go the extra mile, over-delivering for the employer, something that the vast majority do not do. The would-be employer will see this in you and will be more than willing to add you to their team.
These days, online coaching can help you to put everything in perspective and help you to draw out all of your abilities, expertise and capabilities. Very often, we are so caught up in our daily lives that we do not realise what we have to offer a would-be employer. Thankfully, professional coaching can also help to balance your challenges when it comes to career and family life.
Whether you are going toward pastures new, or going back toward the old employer, you need to be in a very strong position, either way. Please sell yourself appropriately!!
Amanda Alexander, Director of Coaching Mums, helps pressure-cooked, stressed working mums who long for more hours in the day. Through her coaching programmes and online life coaching courses, Amanda shows mums how to create fulfilling and successful lives. For your simple 5 step guide to balance as a working mum, download our free eBook today!