Returning to work and the difficulties you face...

Hello

We all here all the time from the conservative and lib dem coalition how we are all going to be better off in work.

Problem number one....

Trying to get a job when you've been taking time out to raise your children is hard.  I've applied for many jobs and nothing.  I use to work full time before I had my children and had a good work record.  I also have been doing voluntary work for the last 2 years to prove myself, update my CV and to get something recent on there.  All this I have done because I want to go back to work and not because I've been told to by the Job Seeker people (I'm not on benefits).

Problem number two....

Childcare for three is hard to find, I need a childminders that isn't prohibitively expensive and has space for three children (this is a huge task in itself).  Some childcare settings e.g. the schools after school club is more expensive for one hour for one child than what I would actually earn, if you times that by three children your well out of pocket.

So come on then people please tell me how it's done? 

Thanks

Dawn x