Why I am sitting for the CAP 2019
I have spent the past 18 years as a 'professional mom'. My husband and I decided that raising our two children would be my priority and as such my outside-of-the-home work experience consisted of what allowed me to be available to my family, and most often contained the word "volunteer".The events I planned as a committee chair, the people and projects I managed as the PTA/PTSA President, the newsletters I created, inventory I purchased and tracked, and board meetings I kept minutes for at the soccer club; all worthy, fulfilling and bonafide work, but none read as well on a resume without a W2 attached. I have acquired as large a spectrum of experience as an administrator than many of who've worked strictly outside the home, if not more. Now that my children are old enough, I'm ready to put that experience to good (read: financially compensated!) use. The problem: Employers don't necessarily agree.
I'm sitting for the CAP to prove that skills learned at the PTA are just as transferrable as skills learned at a desk job out of college. That when one decides to make raising their family a priority, they don't have to start at the bottom once they return to the workforce. I'm sitting for the CAP to validate my skills. I believe I can do it, too. I can't wait!
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