Why I regret working at my daughters daycare
Fresh out of University I was on the lookout for my very first teaching job as a Primary School teacher. Full of hope and a "can't get me down" attitude I applied for role after role after role, and didn't even get to the interview stages. My optimistic outlook quickly plummeted and I would dread applying for yet another role. I tweaked my CV, I changed my cover letter over and over and nothing could sell me. In hindsight I actually believe it was the maternity leave sections in my CV that were seen by the hiring teams. Most employers will look at a mother of three young children and go "hell no, that's sick leave overload", and I don't blame then for that because it is actually the truth, the sick leave for the kids is unfathomable. A month later I saw a job listing at my daughters daycare, perfect I thought, I could spend all day with my girl, tick off my registration and have a nice easy entry into the teaching profession. I went into...