What does your trade/skillset require you to bring to the job?

[AnneD]

41. What a spiteful and ...

ignorant thing to say. I am disappointed in YOUR attitude.

I am a professional Nurse and have to work hard to maintain my license. I have to take courses and pay for them out of my own pocket for the most part. I would frequently miss holidays and weekends with my daughter (and be out the cost of a sitter to boot) to do my 'duty'. At the time I lived in this 'resort' area, I was a single working mom and yet they could not see fit to pay me a decent wage. I had to work another job just to meet the basics-and I am talking a no frills bare bone budget.

When I became a Nurse, I do not remember taking a vow of poverty and as an educated professional in a demanding job that requires continual education and personal sacrifice in my personal life, I think that my attitude is very much in line with what is truly fair. I move to an area with a lower cost of living, have been able to save for a house and provide for an education for my child. I refuse to sacrifice my life or my daughter's on the alter of service, especially for people that are wealthy enough to pay decently. To put in terms that the 1% can understand, it is free market. I am free to be compensated for my skill or donate them as I see fit.