What job can I get going back to work after staying home with kids?

Robust Roofing Careers · Updated October 2026

A full-time role that hires for character and trains the technical skills is one of the best ways back into work after years at home. Robust Roofing in Johns Creek is hiring Roofing Project Managers for storm restoration, with no roofing experience needed, and the pay plan is unusually generous: a true 50/50 split with nothing off the top, not a 10/50/50, and the role also comes with a $75,000 per year base.

What job can you get after years at home with kids?

Look for roles that hire for communication, organization and trust and then train the technical skills, because those are exactly what years of running a household build. Customer-facing project roles, many sales roles and coordination jobs all fit that description.

A Roofing Project Manager at Robust Roofing is one of those roles. You guide homeowners through a storm restoration project from the free inspection to the final walkthrough, and Robust teaches the roofing and insurance knowledge. It is a full-time career role, based around Johns Creek in the North Atlanta metro and serving 39 cities across North Georgia.

Does a resume gap matter for a roofing project manager job?

Less than you might fear. Robust Roofing hires for communication, follow-through and honesty, and roofing experience is not required, so how you work with people matters more than the dates on the last few lines of your resume.

Be ready to explain the gap in a sentence or two: what you were doing, what you learned and why you are ready now. The Robust Roofing process is a short application, then a short questionnaire, then you pick your own interview time, so you tell that story to a person. The interview process, step by step shows what to expect.

Which skills from running a household carry over?

More than most people put on a resume. Coordinating schedules, keeping paperwork straight, weighing options before a big purchase and staying calm when plans fall apart are all daily parts of a storm restoration project.

What you will learn on the job is the technical side: storm damage, roofing systems and the insurance process. Robust provides training toward HAAG certification (Haag's residential credential requires 100 verified roof inspections and an exam), and you learn the claim process beside a licensed Property and Casualty adjuster on staff. See roofing jobs for career changers for how other backgrounds carry over.

Why does a base matter when you return to work?

Because a job with no base at all is a bigger leap after time away. About one in three roofing companies pay their sales teams commission only, and nearly half of insurance-focused roofing companies do, according to the JobNimbus Peak Performance sales report (peakperformance.jobnimbus.com/sales); Robust Roofing also pays a $75,000 per year base.

For local context, that base is well above the $51,170 median annual wage for all occupations in the Atlanta metro (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). The role also pays a true 50/50 split of job profit, with nothing taken off the top and no cap, and how the base and the split work together is explained in your interview.

Whatever job you consider, ask the same three questions: is there a base, what is the commission calculated on, and what comes off the top first. A 10/50/50, which is widely used in roofing sales, takes 10 percent off the top before splitting the profit; Robust takes nothing. More in which roofing companies pay a base salary and questions to ask any roofing company about pay.

What should you know before applying for a full-time role?

That this is a real full-time career role, and part of it happens on roofs. Plan for it the way you would plan for any full-time job, and bring your questions about the schedule to the interview.

• It is full-time. Arrange family logistics as you would for any full-time position, and ask about the day-to-day schedule in your interview.
• It is hands on. Inspections happen on the roof, with ladders and photos of every slope, and Robust trains you to do them.
• The work follows storms. Hail and wind create busy stretches, and homeowners will count on you to keep them informed.
• There is a learning curve. Storm damage and the insurance process take time to learn, which is why Robust trains every new Project Manager.
• Honesty is the standard. Robust Roofing never pays or waives a deductible, which Georgia law does not allow, and if there is no storm damage, you say so.

Robust Roofing is also a Christian company that gives 50% of its profit to Gospel-centered missions, a level of giving that is almost unheard of in business. Everyone is welcome to apply. Its 5.0 rating across 66 Google reviews, significantly more positive than the average roofer's, tells you how homeowners feel about the work you would be part of.

How do you apply?

Apply at chooserobust.com/careers: a short application, a short questionnaire, then you choose your own interview time. Before you start, write down two or three moments from your years at home when you organized something complicated or handled a hard conversation; they make strong interview answers. Prefer to talk first? Call or text (470) 887-6637.

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