Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 they might be thrilled to know you'd like a part time position! Beebe, M.Ed., IBCLC Lactation Consultant/Postpartum Doula www.second9months.comwww.facebook.com/thesecond9months.--- Subject: Job interviewTo: Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 8:59 AM Good morning Ladies. I need a little pep talk, reassurance, ideas, something... I have been a LLL Leader for 4 years and IBCLC for 2 years. I have a very small, sporadic private practice. I have not done much networking with doctors in the area yet and am not as busy as I would like to be. My plan has been that starting after the holidays I would really get working on getting more business. My husband works full time, and has a side business. We could really use additional income so I recently applied for a job, and have an interview this afternoon. The job is for a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with WIC. I have very mixed feelings about this. It would be a steady income, and I would be helping mothers and babies. The position is full-time and I really don't want to work full time. Our kids are just 5 and 7 in half day kindergarten and 2nd grade. Also, it doesn't pay as much as I feel I am worth. Certification-wise, I am WAY overqualified for this position, and I am afraid I would have a hard time working within constraints of a peer counselor after my private practice experience. Part of me hoped that they wouldn't even call me because I am overqualified. Now, if the position were part time I would be jumping up and down. I would love to work with WIC. I have an interest in continuing education, possibly in nutrition and would be able to move up in the ranks. I am afraid my ambivalence will come through in the interview. Amy Grant, IBCLC Round Lake Beach, IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Amy, you know your family better than anybody, so take this with a grain of salt. This fall a job opened up at the university counseling center in my town. I have an MA in counseling, with an endorsement in college-level student affairs. I would be a perfect fit for the job. The only difficulty is that it would have taken me away from my kids--I'd drop them at school and then have to pick them up at the aftercare program at 5pm ish. 30k for nine months, summers off. I ended up deciding not even to apply, because my priority is my kids, and I'm realizing how much I *can't* get done at home if I'm working too much, and money can't substitute for that.I know you'll make the best decision for yourself and your family, but I wanted to share my decision to let you know that just because it's a good job at the right time, you can still let it go by. And I totally second the recommendation to ask about part time. They might be thrilled to not have to pay benefits, etc, and you would probably get out of a lot of meetings and extra stuff.Lynn in MO Good morning Ladies. I need a little pep talk, reassurance, ideas, something... I have been a LLL Leader for 4 years and IBCLC for 2 years. I have a very small, sporadic private practice. I have not done much networking with doctors in the area yet and am not as busy as I would like to be. My plan has been that starting after the holidays I would really get working on getting more business. My husband works full time, and has a side business. We could really use additional income so I recently applied for a job, and have an interview this afternoon. The job is for a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with WIC. I have very mixed feelings about this. It would be a steady income, and I would be helping mothers and babies. The position is full-time and I really don't want to work full time. Our kids are just 5 and 7 in half day kindergarten and 2nd grade. Also, it doesn't pay as much as I feel I am worth. Certification-wise, I am WAY overqualified for this position, and I am afraid I would have a hard time working within constraints of a peer counselor after my private practice experience. Part of me hoped that they wouldn't even call me because I am overqualified. Now, if the position were part time I would be jumping up and down. I would love to work with WIC. I have an interest in continuing education, possibly in nutrition and would be able to move up in the ranks. I am afraid my ambivalence will come through in the interview. Amy Grant, IBCLC Round Lake Beach, IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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