Several months after the birth of a child, many women, having settled down in the role of a mother, want to find a part-time job for the duration of the decree: for additional earnings, training professional skills, or simply to escape from everyday life.
4 reasons to find a job on maternity leave
So, you have already established your own life with the baby, he is actively developing, growing and eating cheeks. Maybe it's time to think about a part-time job?
What are the benefits of working during maternity leave?
- Creative self-realization. Are you inspired by the ability to bake custom-made cakes, sew beautiful clothes, knit, paint pictures or do hair? Congratulations, this is your option. Any creative efforts of a woman are beneficial not only in a practical, material sense, but also psychologically. The woman who is engaged in needlework is balanced, calm, her eyes are burning, and her head is busy coming up with a new design for a cake or a pattern for a client.
- The ability to communicate with someone other than the mothers in the yard. Communication with colleagues from “pre-secret” life and professionals in their field tones up, serves as a breath of fresh air for a young mother, who literally “suffocates” from endless conversations about mixtures and diapers.
- Support and "pumping" of professional skills. This applies to intellectual workers - lawyers, accountants, teachers. The ability to run small PI reports for an accountant or take one or two students for algebra tutoring will help you feel confident and professional after leaving maternity leave.
- Feeling of self-sufficiency. It is no secret that many women feel uncomfortable being on maternity leave, because of the need to be completely supported by their husbands. Work or part-time work during this time will give you the opportunity to feel more confident and not feel inconvenience, explaining to your spouse why you need these expensive boots or perfume.
Where to find a job
With the benefits of working on maternity leave, everything is clear. The question is - where to find a job for a young mother who is not ready to sacrifice communication with her baby and comfort in the house?
- If you are engaged in any kind of creativity (sewing, knitting, baking cakes to order), then you can exhibit your work on special resources in order to advertise and attract customers. For example, Craft Startup or Crafts Fair;
- Makeup artists, hairdressers and manicurists will not get bored on maternity leave either: you can invite several clients per week to your home. It will not be tiring, but at the same time it will give you the opportunity to earn and not lose your skills. Clients can find you by reviews of friends or by looking at a portfolio of works on the Internet. As an advertising platform today, you can use a profile on a social network or create a special "work" account;
- Accountants, lawyers and economists can work remotely, in outsourcing or consulting;
- Women with a teaching talent can try themselves as a professional nanny or start a home kindergarten. Look after other children while their mothers are at work;
- Do you like to draw in graphics programs, write texts or know how to create websites? It is worth trying yourself in freelancing, especially since today there are enough sites for "independent" workers:
- Teachers can tutor at home or via Skype. Clients are easy to find over the Internet.
Perhaps, being on maternity leave, you will feel that for many years you have been engaged in an unloved job and will discover new talents in yourself. Ever dreamed of writing fairy tales, baking cakes, sewing children's outfits or drawing? - It's time to start implementing your plans!
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