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How to apply for a job & request to work from home?
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I SUCK at writing letters. I quit my part time job in April to stay home with my kids. Which I LOVE but things are getting tight b/c our kids had 3 surgeries earlier this year & our A/C needed some work, etc.
How do you request to work from home & really sell it? Please help me! Is mailing a letter better than emailing?
Re: How to apply for a job & request to work from home?
You need to look for jobs that are advertised as "work from home/ telecommute/ virtual". flexjobs.com seems to have some like this.
if you're just applying for normal, run of the mill jobs, I HIGHLY doubt anyone is going to seriously consider your resume if your cover letter says "I want to work from home", and I HIGHLY doubt anyone is going to work to make what is normally an office job into a WAH job for a new employee they know absolutely nothing about.
And if you do find a WAH job, realize that the company will expect you to have daycare lined up for your kids. Unless you find something non-traditional or sales (Mary Kay, etc), companies are not looking to pay you so that you can stay at home w/ your kids.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I agree with the PP. My friend now works from home and it took him years to earn that right. I have seen a few jobs advertised that say you can or may be able to do some work from home.
If you are applying to a job and just asking to work from home, that may not even be possible or it could be costly to them if they aren't set up for it.
First, sorry to hear about your kids and the surgeries. That has to be tough, not just financially.
I would suggest something PART TIME from home. there are actually several associates at my work (sales department for a hotel) and they work remotely to stay home with their kids (one special needs, not sure if that was a special case or not) but they are only expected to call in for a daily meeting, handle a certain number of clients, and they have back-up in the office.
I would not suggest mentioning to a boss via email that you want to work at home. I think you should apply for the job as per usual, part-time, but then in the actual interview broach the topic of working from home. You can sell it however you want- maybe mention once that you have a child recovering from surgery or whatever who needs you at home- but that shouldn't be your major selling point. Talk about how much more productive you would be- no commute, dropping kids at day care, transition to office environment, training, HR, etc. talk about how you'd be able to effectively do your job and be a huge asset to the team, without taking up space in the office and only taking home a part-time salary. Just my opinion!!
And about the cover letter, everything you email/fax should also go in hard copy. Best of luck!!!
If I got a cover letter that stated the person wanted to work from home right off the bat, the resume would go straight into the garbage.
If someone told me during their interview that they wanted/needed to work from home right off the bat, I'd be sending them a rejection letter the next day.
You need to be realistic here - unless you have an extraordinary skill set that naturally lends itself to working from home, no one is going to go for this. And regardless - no one is going to pay you to work from home without childcare.
I think your best best would be to do an at home sales type business. i.e. pampered chef etc... I own my own company and have an office - even though my job would be easily "do-able" from my home and I do not have kids. It is EXTREMELY difficult to be motivated from home to do work and then adding children to the mix would make it practically impossible to have a job where you had a direct boss to report to and work that NEEDED to be accomplished. If you did your own at home sales type though you could make your own hours without the concern of doing bad or getting fired.
I also agree if somebody sent me a resume that requested to work from home for any of my companies job postings - i would send them a rejection letter without even looking at their resume.
DS1 born June 2008 | m/c at 9w March 2011 | DS2 born April 2012