Family-friendly job?

I've just secured mine - job share teaching position. Lots of time off for holidays as well as a nice balance between work/home during the term

Kate by conveyancer do you mean lawyer, real estate agent or legal exec? (Just curious!)

Job sharing in admin would be mine. I actually like my job at the moment, who I work for a very family friendly (well the units I work for are, even if the army as a whole isn't) as they all have young children as well so understand children get sick etc.

Teresa - conveyancer, another thing entirely!! I'm already a legal exec, but you can't have your own firm as a legal exec. With the new Act (Lawyers and Conveyancers Act) registered conveyancers can set up their own practice dealing solely with conveyancing. The NZLS and other associated parties have FINALLY come to an agreement about the study needed to graduate as a conveyancer, and then you have to do 3 years practice before you can open your practice (same as what a lawyer has to do before they can go out on their own). The Diploma in Conveyancing is finally available from Feb 09 and is 2 years of fulltime study, with some cross credits available for legal execs. It gives those who want to deal only with conveyancing an opportunity to progress past the legal exec stage, without having to attend Uni and get a law degree. I've been waiting for it to come out for 2 years now LOL

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lizzle wrote: I think it is coupled with having a great boss though.

I totally agree, while the Army isn't all that family friendly as a whole different units and managers are different. Nigel's direct boss isn't family friendly as she doesn't have family but his bosses up the chain are great with family stuff. As are my direct bosses in the bosses in the units I work in - very family focused.

ROFL Liz!!!!

There's a girl who used to work in my Office who left to have children. She pops back in on a casual basis whenever there's too much work on. I always thought she was onto a very good thing - she can work the hours she wants, when she wants, and because she's so good at what she does even if she can't make it from time to time, my boss will always ask her again.

Of course, like I said, it probably helps that she's really good at the job as well as just being a nice person! Good to see that that pays off sometimes tho

What type of work do you do?
Certainly sound like great working arrangements.

Buy an old derelict hotel, give it a make over and running our games which a character based murder mystery types for whole weekends and sometimes even weeks from the same location and living on site when they aren't going on... have open nights where we do meals and shows (if not both) and charge a cover fee

I'm in admin/customer service but I have shifts on the weekend and evenings. I love that the hours don't change from week to week so I can plan things, and my weekday shifts are from 3pm for 4 hours Mon-Wed. I still get to spend a really decent amount of time with Ashlee during the week and weekends. Our department is small (about 8 women?) and our boss is pretty good and understanding and I'm not complaining about the money, either! The actual work can sometimes get a bit mundane but the best thing is, it doesn't come home with me.

My job and hours are ideal for our current family situation and probably up until baby #2 is ready for daycare, kindy or school. When that time arrives, I'll be looking elsewhere for school-friendly hours if they can't offer me any such thing where I'm currently working. I really want to be at home for the kids after school. I'll likely look for office type jobs with minimal customer service! I'm so done with customer service.