Many moms would love to work from home. Whether telecommuting, freelancing, or start a mom business; many moms simply get bogged down in the process of searching. Here are some legitimate sites to help work at home moms get started.
- Deciding to be a work from home mom
- Rat Race Rebellion
- Making Mommy
- Home Working Mom
- Conclusion
Deciding to be a work from home mom
Moms looking to work from home are finding the Internet a minefield of information and misinformation. Many would be mom infopreneurs, entrepreneurs, freelancers and telecommuters, are giving up the battle of searching for meaningful work at home opportunities. Internet scams including paying to receive useless work-from-home ebooks and pay-to-access job boards have made it difficult for moms to find real paying home based jobs. With a little savvy and a little knowledge of legitimate on-line job sites, moms can indeed find some great paying opportunities that fit their schedule and lifestyle.
No-one should ever have to pay to try and get a job. Moms are busy; child care; house care and volunteer commitments mean they need accurate information as to where the WAHM ( work at home mom) opportunities are. Here are three comprehensive sites that moms can join for free, use targeted RSS feeds for opportunities and interact with other work at home moms.
No-one should ever have to pay to try and get a job. Moms are busy; child care; house care and volunteer commitments mean they need accurate information as to where the WAHM ( work at home mom) opportunities are. Here are three comprehensive sites that moms can join for free, use targeted RSS feeds for opportunities and interact with other work at home moms.
Rat Race Rebellion
This has to be one of the most comprehensive sites on the Internet for part time work for moms. Started by Staffcentrix LLC in 1997, Rat Race Rebellion website has replaced the former MSVAS (Military Spouse Virtual Assistant) website. President Christine Durst states that this new website is "addressing the home-based and portable career needs of a broader adience, those who are entrepreneurial and those who prefer to work as employees".
This website has both targeted verified job leads for telecommuters looking to do virtual call center work; freelance writing work and professional opportunities in the legal and medical field. Not to leave out those with little or no work at home experience, opportunities for legitimate mystery shopping and focus group participants are listed. Many jobs are international, and the website includes a Canadian section.
For would be mom-preneur's, this website has both free give away books and books you can purchase and borrow. Free to join, work at home moms can access daily jobs, get scam alerts, and read articles on home based careers.
This website has both targeted verified job leads for telecommuters looking to do virtual call center work; freelance writing work and professional opportunities in the legal and medical field. Not to leave out those with little or no work at home experience, opportunities for legitimate mystery shopping and focus group participants are listed. Many jobs are international, and the website includes a Canadian section.
For would be mom-preneur's, this website has both free give away books and books you can purchase and borrow. Free to join, work at home moms can access daily jobs, get scam alerts, and read articles on home based careers.
Making Mommy
Created in 2006 by work at home mom Kelly Land, Making Mommy prides itself on creating and accessing work at home jobs for primarily US residents. Everything from legitimate Virtual Assistant jobs to telecommute opportunities and home based business opportunities exist throughout this easy to follow website. Moms who sign up, get a free weekly newsletter detailing work opportunities, training opportunities and helpful hints.
This website does have a number of outside links to other legitimate work from home companies along with some paid advertisements. Containing both a forum for moms to interact with each other and a free on-line business directory, Making Mommy is a great place for moms with little or no home based job experience to start their search.
This website does have a number of outside links to other legitimate work from home companies along with some paid advertisements. Containing both a forum for moms to interact with each other and a free on-line business directory, Making Mommy is a great place for moms with little or no home based job experience to start their search.
Home Working Mom
Home Working Mom concentrates on three primary areas: Creating home businessess; Freelancing jobs and Virtual Assistant jobs. Created in 1997 by author of 'Never be Unemployed Again', Georganne Fiumara, this US based national organization allows moms to peruse different work at home jobs and home based businessess through their articles and job descriptions. While this website doesn't offer a job board, it does include clear how-to's, skill set check lists and is a must read for any mom looking to work at home.
Conclusion
Sadly many would be work at home mom's give up the battle before it begins. Search engines offer millions of suggestions for work at home opportunities and moms get dizzy just wading through it all. Using legitimate mom based sites such as Rat Race Rebellion, Making Mommy and Home Working Mom, downsize the search and stress along with giving moms not only access to real paying part time jobs, but much needed advice and social interaction as well.