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Savvy_Sue

thursday wrote: »

I always put offsprings in, even their age; never had any problems with it. I consider parenthood my greatest achievement so far.
Never had any problem with the truth, besides, if you can handle children, you most likely can handle anything!

For those of you who would rather sweep them under the carpet I can only say good luck....
I always think that is rather cool add-on to my personality, but it seams to be just me here....shame:cool:

Only a man could think any of this would be relevant on a CV, or of any interest in the recruitment process. And if your children are your greatest achievement, what DOES that say to an employer?

bristol_pilot wrote: »

Simply BEING a parent is not an achievement by the way! Bringing them up properly may be, but simply being a parent is very easy and indeed often accidental! How embarrassing to put your children on your CV as 'achievements'. All it shows is that you can copulate.

Very true.

juliescot wrote: »

What relevance do the ages of your children have to your current job?
When they are older will this have more or less relevance?

Gosh, maybe when I've got 3 graduate sons I'll be even more employable than I am already ... especially as they'll all have done non-fluffy subjects, although by then - if I put my age (which I don't!) - I'd probably be past it!

Fluffi

Most businesses would rather hire single, childless men for the simple reason they won't need maternity leave, ask for flexible working hours, take time off to look after sick children. Even better than that single people will be more likely able to work late and weekends cos there is no nagging partner or kids at home that they should spend time with!

There is the arguement that young single people will have more hangovers etc, but you can discipline people for hangovers and they'll just have to work longer hours to meet their deadlines if they are less productive because of a hangover. Whereas government rules mean businesses have to legally make allowances for people with young children and dependants.

Its a lot easier to fire someone for having too many hangovers than it is if their kids are sick too often or for refusing to work long hours!

onlyforboards_2

Fluffi wrote: »

Most businesses would rather hire single, childless men for the simple reason they won't need maternity leave, ask for flexible working hours, take time off to look after sick children. Even better than that single people will be more likely able to work late and weekends cos there is no nagging partner or kids at home that they should spend time with!

This is not the case for men at all!

As a woman you are more likely to be employed if you can prove you are single in your early twenties than if you are in your mid to late thirties or married.

For a man being a father is more conducive to gaining employment than being single. It is assumed the mother will cover all emergencies and the man will be a committed employee ( trapped by his mortgage) unlikely to move company or where he lives without long consideration and willing ot earn extra money through overtime.

Great huh? :rolleyes:

OP if you do want to put it on your cv drop it into a small personal section about you. You could just state quite clearly something along the lines that you are looking to form a strong connection with an employer as you have just started a family and intend to build strong roots in the area.

Good luck!

Fluffi

onlyforboards wrote: »

This is not the case for men at all!

As a woman you are more likely to be employed if you can prove you are single in your early twenties than if you are in your mid to late thirties or married.

For a man being a father is more conducive to gaining employment than being single. It is assumed the mother will cover all emergencies and the man will be a committed employee ( trapped by his mortgage) unlikely to move company or where he lives without long consideration and willing ot earn extra money through overtime.

Great huh? :rolleyes:

Good luck!

Thats an interesting point about overtime. My company doesn't pay overtime and the childless men generally work much longer hours on a daily basis than ones with children (who do some extra hours when they have to meet a deadline) who tend to work "normal" hours.

You can guess who benefits most when its time for a pay review and which people tend to get the more interesting projects and given more responsibility! :rolleyes:

I also work in London and its fair easy to move to another company without moving house and causing any disruption to family life - although I can see that outside of big cities with a wide choice of employers a married man would seem more geographically settled and less likely to leave a company.

I guess it depends on where the OP is looking to work and whether there is going to be paid overtime