It’s true that finding a job after a long gap can be tough. Indeed, it is. Whether it’s a REGULAR JOB or a WORK FROM HOME, you need to apply your full force or you need to exert a lot of efforts or hard work. It is said that “Being a housewife and a mother is a full time job”. But after a long gap, if you decide that now it’s time to rethink about your career, you come across many problems or you can say that so many hurdles in searching for a career or a job.

I tried to search a job firstly a regular one that is a work from office job. I tried hard and gave many interviews. I was called for an interview in MNC company which was very far from my house wherein I was made to sit and wait for hours and then I was informed that I am not eligible for the profile in terms of age criteria.  I kept on waiting for hours keeping my household work on pause and leaving my kids to attend their tests and online classes all alone.

Some interviews went well, but I didn’t get a positive response may be because of long gap after my marriage. Then, keeping in mind the responsibilities of managing my home and kids I thought of searching for a work from home job. I gave many interviews that too on phone calls or Zoom meetings. But, most of the calls were from fraud companies. In some cases, the employers would not even share the name of the company with me saying that it is against their company policy to share the name of the company. It sounded suspicious and strange.

It is truly said “ Great things never come from comfort zones”. It is very difficult to get a job after a gap and even if you want to get, you need to pay first (i.e. money) for a fresh start of your career.

After few months, with help of my cousin sister, finally I got work on hourly basis in an online news portal showbizsaga.in  . Editor – there guided me and helped me a lot as this was totally a new work experience for me. Yes, now I am completely enjoying working as a FREELANCE JOURNALIST and trying to learn and explore many new things from this kind of job.

Keep looking for opportunities and never stop learning!

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