Thinking about going back to work? Ask MP Yvette Cooper all your work-related questions NOW!
Are you a single mum, weighing up whether working beats being on benefits? Have you been a stay-at-home mum looking after the children and now need advice on your CV and finding a job? Maybe you are on your maternity leave and will be going back to work but want to know what your options are?
Whatever your reason for returning to work, you’ll probably want some tips and advice on how to do that.
Joycellyn Akuffo, founder and editor of www.motherswhowork.co.uk will be speaking with working mum and secretary of state for work and pensions, Yvette Cooper, who will be answering your questions on Tuesday 2nd February 2009.
If you have questions about how to return to work successfully or what your rights will be in the workplace as a working mother…or anything else, please post your questions below – it will only take a second!
You could be one of almost 300,000 people Jobcentre Plus helps back into work every week.
Ask Yvette about how Jobcentre Plus can help you to find job vacancies, prepare for an interview and what training, benefits and financial support you might be entitled to.
For more information on finding your way back to work and to access the largest jobs vacancy database in the UK visit the Directgov Back to Work website.
Post your questions for Yvette Cooper MP below.
My husband’s business isn’t doing so well and it would really help if I could earn some extra money while the kids are at school. The thing is, I’ve been out of work for 8 years, and didn’t do that well at school so I wouldn’t even know where to start with finding the confidence to apply for work – or even how to write a CV. Is there anywhere I can get help?
I’ve been claiming Jobseekers Allowance for almost a year. I want to start a business making cakes and selling them locally and online. The problem is, though I’d love to earn my own money, I don’t have the capital to set up a website and if the business doesn’t make much straight away, I’d be better off on benefits. What’s the Government doing to make work pay for people like me?
Iv been made redundant from a shop job that Iv had since I left school. How can I find a job fast?
Im a single mum of three children and Im thinking about going back to wrk but Im woried that if I had to lose benefits, we’d not have as much money to get by. What are my chances of being better of in work?
Hi Lizzie,
You should get my guide – How to Stay Home and Earn Money. You will find some good solutions that you can start immediately to start earning an income.
My eldest son left school last summer and still hasn’t got a job. He went to lots of interviews never gets anywhere cos he’s not got experience. What would help him get his first step on the ladder?