One Clear Dot

Before I quit working to stay home to be a wife and mother, I was a graphic designer. Before that I worked as a product manager and editor at a publishing house. While I was home with my family I continued to take freelance writing and design jobs.

When I divorced, I began to look at life as a single mom and I knew I did not want to have to put my daughter in daycare during summers and other school breaks. The idea broke my heart. I had also seen article after article about how the state of Florida was absolutely desperate for teachers. So, I went back to school and took my education classes and got certified to teach.

And now that I am looking for teaching jobs I am surrounded by the irony that schools are being closed and teachers are losing their jobs. How sad is that? I am working at the local high school, but not in a fully instructional capacity. I can only hope that I will fall into something this next fall.

If this attempt at a second career does not pan out, I will be forced to refocus once again. I am wondering how tech jobs are doing overall? On one hand it does seem like a logical place to go for a safe career move. On the other hand, I have known people in the technology sector who have been laid off and gone to job search seminars only to be told that tech is the way to go. They felt the same sort of irony I feel now.

Posted on December 28th, 2008 by onecleardot
Filed under: Business