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| Many Swiss employers like it; it shows you care about something and do it properly instead of trying to balance a career with a new born, doing neither particularly well. ...It shows you have your priorities right, it shows you do things properly and you devote yourself to the task in hand.
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I think that your view is biased because your wife does not work and you believe that is the only right way. If this were a universal view, then surely the original poster would have been headhunted by now. Also, would not then employers state clearly in vacancy announcements that 'previous experience of staying at home with children is a must'?
I am sorry, but implying that working mothers are neither good workers nor good mothers is fallacious. Just like with any other job, staying at home with children does not automatically translate into effectiveness and ability to focus.
To the OP: You are not too old, you are young and educated and you have a fair chance. At this point you have to believe in this yourself and you have to present your case with honesty and enthusiasm so that you can assure your potential employers that you have sorted out your family life and are now seriously focusing on your professional career. Self-censure does not help. Go ahead, prepare applications for jobs where you think you have a fair chance of getting at least an interview and start from there. Good luck!