After raising kids employers want to know if I have any special skills while asking about my ‘time off’
“And when was the last time you managed a team?” A young graphic designer asked me over Zoom. “This morning,” I replied, my children’s screams still ricocheting around my temporal lobe.
After five years of stay-at-home parenting, I returned to paid labour this year. During interviews, my potential employers referred to my half-decade of caring as 'time off'. One described it as a “prolonged spell away from the workforce”. As if my brain was extracted in the birthing suite back in 2016 and frozen in a cryogenic vessel until further notice.
“And when was the last time you managed a team?” A young graphic designer asked me over Zoom.
