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Originally Posted by saidso
P.S. I seem to remember that you're changing course from teaching to doing admin work. If I'm right about that, do you have any admin work experience on your resume. Is there any training for that available for mature women returners?
I detest admin BUT it does take a certain character and a framework of skills, or at least being able to talk about that framework of skills. Prioritizing, time management, communication, teamwork - yup, I hate all that but if I was going for a job doing admin then I would need to at least be seen to start a training, even an online training, about that stuff. It's perhaps unreal, but it is a common language that admin people and their bosses use to discuss their collaboration. You can differentiate yourself, but you also need to cover the bases?
Only saying that because one of your previous posts made me wonder whether you think that, compared to teaching, admin is an unskilled occupation? And yeah, teachers have organisational skills in spades, but you have to link that to your target job in specific ways. It was hard for me to do this while emotional and upset internally, because it's utterly boring! That's why I wouldn't make a good admin  . |
Well I enjoy teaching but I can't teach anymore b/c I'm not employed with the substitute teaching agency anymore and private schools now won't hire teachers here unless you have a teacher license, which I don't have b/c I can't pass the teacher license exam in my state.
I don't look down on admin work at all. There's many aspects to it that I actually enjoy doing. Where did I ever imply that I viewed it as an unskilled occupation? I never said that or implied that. Do you think it is ? I mean, you wrote that you detest it, that it is boring to you, so maybe you think admin is something anyone can do but that's not true at all. It's a very analytical role, much like teaching. Lots of multitasking multiple people's lives so to speak. Many parallels between teaching and admin work actually. But no, it's not for everyone. Definitely not.
What I have against me is that the temp agencies push forward younger candidates for roles b/c their work experience is 5-7 years more current than mine.
Then, transitioning from education to admin, with education experience being more recent than admin experience.
So, my age is working against me as I try to get back into the workforce in an admin role that pays well.
I can take refresher courses in MS Office and put that on my resume, but really what I need is a temp job in an admin role to get back into the corporate world. And, I can't do that unless a temp recruiter and their 3rd party client agree that I'm the woman to do the job of receptionist or admin asst.
It's just very frustrating.