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Anonymous

02 May 2020

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What advice would you give a mother who's looking to go back to the workforce after a 2-year hiatus looking after her newborn?

How can a mother integrate back into the workforce after a long break taking care of her newborn? Do you have any tips? Do you think there are still inherent biases towards such mothers by employers?

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Sharon

02 May 2020

Life Alchemist at School of Hard Knocks

You may want to seek career guidance with Workforce Singapore first. I trust that they can direct you to useful resources like workshops, job opportunities.

https://www.wsg.gov.sg/adapt-and-grow/jobseeker...

I attended one on writing resumes and brushing up on interview skills, when I decided to return to be a full-time employee after being a freelancer for 2 years.

Trainers were very strategic in their methods on how to improve our resumes. After all, your resume needs to stand out, before you can even get a foot in the interviewer's door.

They also taught us how to dress well and be confident in our approach.

And to wrap up the workshop, we need to prepare ourselves for a mock-up interview responding to a real advertisement. They invited current HR managers 1-on-1 to give us suggestions on how to improve our chances after reviewing our interview with them. Only $10 for Singaporeans to attend it for the 1st time (not sure about now). It was helpful for me, and you also get peer support. All the attendees at the workshop were also looking for a job or thinking of switching careers, so there's nothing to be uncomfortable about. Everyone's trying their best.

If you really need a job quickly, you can try to tap your husband's company or its subsidiaries, to see if there are any suitable openings. However, I'd recommend you to go through the govt. body first. Good to get that confidence up and you can be better prepared for later on.

I hope this helps you. All the best! :)​​​

Darren

01 May 2020

Business Analytics Undergrad at NUS

I think more information is needed - what sort of industr and experiences?

Angeline Teo

01 May 2020

Calculator at The Internet

There are definitely biased at the HR side, so make sure you do your email and resume properly. Get ...

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