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WOMAN UNABLE TO EVEN GET A SIMPLE OFFICE JOB EVEN WITH A DIPLOMA

Is career switch a stereotypical myth?

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I have been a childcare teacher for 15 years. Reaching 40 this, i decided to quit the education sector and to try working in the corporate industry ~ desk job perhaps.

A less stressful job whereby i can balance my work family without any compromises. Not implying that Desk jobs aren’t stressful but comparing to a teaching job.. It’s a better option..

But despite being a preschool diploma graduate with O levels and a Higher Nitec in Business Studies, It is very difficult to land an admin or clerical job.

I sent out numerous applications and it got rejected over and over. witha staple reply – that my work experiences as a childcare teacher doesn’t fit their job scopes. Some would plainly say I had been a teacher with zero experiences in administrations.

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Initially, I would explain myself that my career doesn’t only mean I teach the children. There are many other roles I did. Report writing, presentations, invoices, etc.

But they don’t seem to understand or accept the fact that we are equipped with skills that would cater to a clerical job.

There are many other teachers who have had quit their teaching jobs to start something more different. But we don’t get the opportunities for the careerswitch. There are many instances whereby we are encouraged for a mid career change.

The mindset of stereo typing a childcare is not something new. But it doesn’tget voiced out. There are many ex teachers in the same plight as me. who are left with no choice but to go back to teaching reluctantly.

Are our skill sets not good enough for an opportunity to go to another sector? Many job adverts state our skills mentioned in our resumes but just because we clock in some many years in the education Sector as an educator doesn’t deem fit for the position offered?

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I really hope companies with positions opened would consider us as a suitable candidates too.

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