http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/05/30/how-to-job-hunt-when-youre-pregnant/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:48:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/05/30/how-to-job-hunt-when-youre-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-215008 Jodi Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:21:05 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2005/05/30/how-to-job-hunt-when-youre-pregnant/#comment-215008 Lindsay - I'm curious. Did you get the job? Lindsay – I'm curious. Did you get the job?

]]> http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/05/30/how-to-job-hunt-when-youre-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-186853 Lindsay Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:18:20 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2005/05/30/how-to-job-hunt-when-youre-pregnant/#comment-186853 I'm almost 5 months pregnant myself. I got laid off from a large corporation just before I hit my 3-month mark where I was going to tell my boss. But, since I was laid off, I never had to. Then, my job search began. I decided to take only temp positions mixed with unemployment checks in between until the baby is born in October and then start my full-time job search in January 09 when I am ready. Since that plan was announced to my networking/family circle, I have been called for interviews for full-time positions. This one job that I'm hoping I'll get has been a phone interview, a face-to-face, then a marketing project, then coaching and revision on the project, and now day-long interviews with 5 different people and lunch with the hiring manager. Out of the guilt factor, and wanting to be honest with the guy, I told him I am pregnant. I told him that this should in no way overshadow my qualifications for the position, etc., etc. I didn't want to get the offer for the job (which I am one of two people left) and then drop the bomb because I didn't want them to have this stigma about me. I know that companies discriminate regardless of it being illegal. So, now, they seem to be progressing in the interview process regardless of my status, but it's a catch 22 because they can always say the other candidate was more qualified. I'll never know, but do I want to work for a place that doesn't want to accommodate for someone who is pregnant? NO! If it doesn't work out, I can always go back to my original plan of temp work, of which I have a position now. Thanks for your insightful article. I'm almost 5 months pregnant myself. I got laid off from a large corporation just before I hit my 3-month mark where I was going to tell my boss. But, since I was laid off, I never had to. Then, my job search began. I decided to take only temp positions mixed with unemployment checks in between until the baby is born in October and then start my full-time job search in January 09 when I am ready. Since that plan was announced to my networking/family circle, I have been called for interviews for full-time positions. This one job that I'm hoping I'll get has been a phone interview, a face-to-face, then a marketing project, then coaching and revision on the project, and now day-long interviews with 5 different people and lunch with the hiring manager. Out of the guilt factor, and wanting to be honest with the guy, I told him I am pregnant. I told him that this should in no way overshadow my qualifications for the position, etc., etc. I didn't want to get the offer for the job (which I am one of two people left) and then drop the bomb because I didn't want them to have this stigma about me. I know that companies discriminate regardless of it being illegal. So, now, they seem to be progressing in the interview process regardless of my status, but it's a catch 22 because they can always say the other candidate was more qualified. I'll never know, but do I want to work for a place that doesn't want to accommodate for someone who is pregnant? NO! If it doesn't work out, I can always go back to my original plan of temp work, of which I have a position now. Thanks for your insightful article.

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