Tag Archives: Childcare

job hunting

Posted by admin on March 10, 2011 None comments

I’ve been in my current job for over a year now and it was my intention that it was just going to be a stepping stone if you like into a job that I really wanted to do and that would suit me. For the last six months I have been looking for another job and at the beginning I really thought it would be easy, “its easier to get a job if you are in a job”….

Its now six months on and I’m actually seeing that it’s not at all easy, yeah, I’ve had a fair few interviews but nothing has come of them, am wondering how long I will be in this job.
I don’t really know what job role that I would like, I’m qualified in childcare and I’ve been told the qualification that I have is now obsolete and I would have to go back to college, but I don’t want to do childcare anymore now either.

My friends tell me that I would be good in a carer role but I don’t think that I could cope with the personal aspect of care.
I’d like a steady 9-5 job, five days a week with a good rate of pay but to do that it seems that it is all administration work and I’m just not qualified for that.

Just keeping plodding on and pushing doors to see if they open.

Letter

Posted by admin on April 22, 2009 None comments

I received a letter today, from Montessori nursery, the place where I’d had the job interview.

Didn’t get the job, I kinda knew that already as they didnt phone me….

They say they will keep me on file for six months, we shall see.

Its all experience anyhow!

analysis

Posted by admin on April 3, 2009 None comments

Well I just came away from the second part of my interview thinking that I well and truely fluffed it!

Got there at 2.30 as requested, got intro’d to staff and children, sat and talked and played to children in the nursery and then moved into the afterschool room where the post is for, there where no children in at the time and the staff where preparing snacks for them, there was a mountain of washing up and they seemed to be a bit behind, so I started doing the washing up, only problem was that I washed up for the entire half hour that I was there and I didnt interact with the children!!

The whole point of me going was to see how I got on with the children….

I blew it!!

They will phone me monday or tuesday to discuss how it went, im not holding out any hope.

interview take two

Posted by admin on April 1, 2009 None comments

I had the interview, it lasted an hour! Asking me loads of questions, what whould I do in certain situations and things, anyhow, I have to go back on friday to see how I get on with the kids.

Oh and the woman said I did really well for my first interview in over four years!