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Finding a Work at Home Job – Part 1

As you can tell by our job listings, legitimate work at home jobs for moms (and others!) do exist. If you’re determined to join this growing workforce, you’re going to have to know how to find work at home jobs on your own. Sure, we’ll continue to help by directing you to available jobs, but we also want you to know how to sniff opportunities out, as well.

Assess Your Skills and Strengths

To begin with, it helps to know what it is that you want to do. What kind of work have you done in the past? What special skills do you have? Where do your interests lie? Are you looking for full-time work, part-time work or are you just interested in working when the mood strikes? How much money do you need to earn? Ask yourself all of these questions in order to formulate an idea about what kind of work you’d like to do from home. If you find that you’re struggling with an answer, try taking this work at home quiz and see what you come up with.

Do You Need Special Training?

Perhaps you’re not interested in performing the same duties that you’re experienced in and are looking for a career change. For instance, you may have once worked as a secretary, but you’re now interested in a medical transcription career for which you’ll need additional training. Now is the time to broaden your horizons and set new goals to attain the education you need for the career you want. If you need further job training, it’s better not to put it off until later, but dive in and start studying now. A lot of courses can be completed online or during the evening hours so as not to disrupt your current schedule too terribly. Making a small sacrifice to obtain quality job training today can definitely create a stronger future for you and your family.

Where Are the Jobs?

Work at home jobs for moms are all around you. When searching, of course most people start locally. Your local newspaper, as well as online classifieds, such as CraigsList, is a good place to start. Don’t stop there, however. Since you’re working at home, it’s not necessary for you to limit yourself to local searches. Your employer can literally be on the other side of the world, so you should think in terms of searching globally.

Internet Search

When searching online for work at home jobs for moms, try the following search terms:

“work from home”

“own computer”

“telecommute position”

“freelancer needed”

Of course, there are all sorts of variations that you can search, which are particular to your needs. However, notice that each search term above is nestled between quotes. The reason for this is that doing so tells the search engine that you only want to see results with those exact phrases.

If you find that you are receiving results that you do not want, try adding a minus sign before the words that you do not want to appear in your results.

Example:

“work from home” –surveys

With this example, you will receive results containing your requested keywords, “work from home”, but those that include the word “surveys” will automatically be omitted.

If you are using Google for your search, you can narrow your search even further simply by clicking the ‘options’ link at the top of your search results. Among the options listed on the menu, you can narrow your results down to the latest or to a specific timeframe that you’d like to see results from.

Tomorrow, we’ll delve a little deeper into tips to help you find work at home jobs for moms. For now, though, spend some time applying what you’ve learned today and see what you discover. Be sure to bookmark this site and add us to your RSS feed so that you don’t miss future updates or work at home job listings.

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