I’ve been editing my resume and came up with the following for my work history over the past 5 years. I thought it was much more interesting than “excellent multi-tasker.” What do you think?
Current Position: Mom
Skills:
– Proficient at typing, tweeting, and writing while nursing a baby.
– Can magically heal most scrapes, bumps, and imaginary boo boos with a kiss.
– Able to grocery shop with one child in a sling, another attempting to exit a shopping cart, and a third grabbing items randomly from the store shelves.
– Can provide satisfactory customer assistance on low levels of sleep.
– Well versed in a variety of lullabies, children’s hymns, and nursery rhymes. Capable of making up a song in a pinch.
– Proficient at organizing information for a variety of clients at once, including but not limited to, birthdays, doctor’s appointments, play dates, dental check-ups, parties, library craft days, and school field trips.
– Excellent problem solving skills. Examples include extracting stuck limbs, making dinner from a bare pantry shelf, changing a poopy diaper with no available wipes, and entertaining a toddler in a crowded waiting room.
– Expert item finder, specializing in shoe location.
– Can change a diaper, nurse a baby, and make it back to bed in 30 minutes, all in the dark, half asleep.
– Able to guide a child through a task I’ve showed them how to do 100 times without entirely losing patience.
– Experienced at mediation, including moderating daily fights, hitting, biting, screaming, and temper tantrums.
– Able to sit through repetitive and mind numbing entertainment and emerge smiling.
– Can keep track of multiple children running in different directions at a crowded playground.
– Possesses an unlimited supply of hugs and kisses and distributes them liberally.
– Knowledgeable in fairy tales, unicorns, ponies, fairies, princesses, trucks, cars, planes, and imaginary characters.
What skills would make it to your resume?
Best job in the world
Seriously funny! Well-said. I have to admit my job as a SAHM is a thousand times more challenging than when I worked full-time outside of our home!
Anyone who complains about a day at the office should read this post!
Oh my goodness! I’ve been away too long! Mindy you had the baby he’s sooooo cute. Love his name too. I’ll have to keep checking more often. I love your witty posts!
Patty