A Diary of a jobseeker (part 3).

This is the third blog of my diary as a working mother making a transition in the workforce, from full time student, and casual worker to a part/full time worker.

This position required the employee to have good research skills with the completion or near completion of a research degree. I had that! I was to work eight and half hours a day, five days a week, for $26,000 a year. This worked out to be only slightly more than my fortnightly Centrelink payment when combined casual marking fees. If I were to take this position it would also mean that I would have to out my daughter in full time child care, thus cancelling out all financial benefits of working. I did not take the position and calculated that I earned more per hour at seventeen years of age when I was employed as an administration assistant.

I altered my thinking about employment opportunities and decided that I would apply for research assistant as well administrative positions, as I had already been employed in these roles while studying.