Despite being out of the job market for 17 years, Alison Pavitt thought she might as well have a go at answering an ad in her local paper for a nursery assistant. 'I didn't hold out much hope that I'd get it,' she says. 'I hadn't been to an interview in years and my confidence was really low. I really felt I had blown the whole thing.'
As it turned out she got the job. The interviewers were impressed with her air of capability and the fact that she had wide experience of children through bringing up her own family. They also appreciated her involvement with her children's school activities.
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