Have you ever job-hunted while visibly pregnant? This week we’re talking about Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer and wonder which is more fascinating: that fact that she’s the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or that she accepted a new and incredibly challenging job when she’s also expecting her first child.
We also give an update on Escape 2012 to Savannah. Tickets are on sale now!
Links mentioned: Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie | We bought a zoo | Bunk1 | Lego head lamp | Little Bits Toys | Another Mother Runner | Manic Mommies on Storify | Parenting on Track
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I was downsized from my job when I was 4 months pregnant. Two days later, I found myself shopping for a maternity suit for interviews because my college was having a job fair. I ended up being offered my (current) job when I was 6 months along, but due to the paperwork required for hiring at my firm, I was 8 months along on my start date. Caused some interesting issues with HR but for the most part, people at my new place were so compassionate and accommodating.
I interviewed for a job when I was about four months along – I probably looked chubby but not necessarily pregnant. I was up front about it in the interview though and let them know I would need six weeks maternity. The interview came to a quick end after I said that and I didn’t get the job. I got called back for an interview with the same employer for the same job in a different unit about a year later and got the job – I can’t prove it but I’m sure my pregnancy affected my chances of getting the job the first time.
I loved listening to the stories from camp. My boys (7 and 9yo) have not been to sleepover camp yet!
If you have an REI store in NY and MA, they have the Lego headlamps and keychains as well
http://www.rei.com/product/796685/lego-lego-minifigure-led-headlamp
No lie — I did an interview while in labour with my first child. It was early and the woman interviewing me didn’t know I was having contractions. I had brought a friend with me, who waited in the lobby, just in case I couldn’t drive by the time we left. I ultimately got the job, accepting the offer the afternoon my daughter was born, and started 9 days later. It was a job teaching one class at a local university, so not terribly time consuming (about 10 hours a week at a university) but a great story nonetheless.