How do you list your mother as a stay at home mom or homemaker on the CSS Profile? The only options are typing in profession/occupation or selecting self-employed, dislocated worker, or unemployed, all of which do not fit the description.
What choice, if provided on the Profile, would you select?
I would check “not employed” or something similar if available, however the only option I see seems to be listing her “Occupation” as homemaker
Unemployed does not mean “drawing unemployment benefits,” or even “actively seeking work.” It means not employed.
I think you can select “unemployed” for her.
@allyphoe @austinmshauri A person is only considered unemployed if they are willing to work and are actively seeking work - my mother isn’t. When you scroll over “unemployment” it says not to select if the person is not employed by choice.
@BelknapPoint I would check “not employed” or something similar if available, however the only option I see seems to be listing her “Occupation” as homemaker
Does it say to only choose “unemployed” if she’s actively seeking work? If it only says choose if the parent is “unemployed by choice” then it sounds like it fits.
@austinmshauri It says do not to select “unemployed” if she is “not employed by choice”. So I would only select “unemployed” if she was currently trying to get a job.
I think “homemaker” is the choice that fits the best. It’s basically a synonym for stay-at-home parent, but it includes people without kids currently at home (like if you go off to college and your mom “retires” instead of getting another job).
Either way, if you say unemployed, I think it asks how long it’s been – so if they see a parent who’s been unemployed for 18 years, I think they’ll know what’s up.
Isn’t a stay at home mom a homeaker?