Welcome to WAHS Jobs and News where each week you'll find work-at-home job announcements, articles to inspire and inform, scam alerts, telecommuting trends and much more! 

Contents:

• Notes from Leslie
• Work-At-Home Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration
• Work-At-Home Jobs
• WAHS Reviews
  
• Telecommuting News!
• Scam Alert
• Work-At-Home Opportunities
• Marketing and Promotion for your home based business
• ETC... (Disclaimers, ad policy, subscription information, etc)

• Here's a funny story from the home front. I will be traveling to California to go to Disneyland and visit family in April. Like many women, I felt a reunion was a good reason to lose some weight. I have had good success with South Beach, so I went back to phase one. For two weeks, I ate right and I increased my exercise, but the scale didn't budge. I was getting pretty discouraged. Then the other day my daughter asked if she could have a sip of my soda. "Its not diet is it?" she asked once she'd had a sip. "WHAT!!!". Well no wonder. I usually only have one soda a day, sometimes two. But that is a lot of calories and 39 grams of sugar if its not diet. Three times now I have bought a box of the regular caffeine-free cola instead of the diet because the boxes look so much a like. This time, I didn't notice until too late. Odd too because it does taste different. Well, I have remedied the situation and am convinced the weight will drop off now!
  

• Thank you to everyone who attended last nights Affiliate Marketing Success teleseminar! I really enjoy doing these for you and hope that you get some value from it too. 

• There's a brand new exhibit at the WAHS Expo! Learn how you have a home based travel agency through Dugan's Travels. Don't miss the other great exhibits, interviews, and handouts! Visit the WAHS Expo now!

NEW! Have Leslie speak to your group or organization! Leslie is now offering her teleseminars to live groups from Maryland to North Carolina and points in between. Seminar/workshop topics include:

• Online Employment: Finding or Creating a Work-At-Home Job
• Developing a Telecommuting Program to retain and recruit the best employees for your business.
• Online Income - How to turn your Interests into Income Using the Internet!
• Internet Marketing for Small Businesses
• My Name isn't Mommy - Helping moms find balance in their lives.

If your group, association, or organization is looking for informative and practical seminar and workshop presentations, email Leslie for details (website coming shortly).

Have a terrific weekend!
Leslie Truex


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Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration

 

Note from Leslie: Resumes and cover letters are crucial in a job search. In a work-at-home job search, the resume and cover letter will make or break you. Here is an article with good tips on making your resume and cover letter stand out.

Let Your Resume Cover Letter Do The Talking

By Michael Murray

A resume cover letter should be informative and hold the interest of the reader. Normally, most job seekers follow a generalized pattern of writing resume cover letters. Prospective employers shuffle through innumerable resume cover letters daily and therefore, an enticing and differently presented resume cover letter catches their attention and generates interest in them to read and consider the attached resume.





Before starting with your resume cover letter, you need to research in to the concerned company. Understand the working and the need for hiring new personnel. Thereafter, present your resume cover letter about how you can make a difference to the company. You can also cite how your previous experience could be beneficial to solve the current problems of the company. However, make sure that you only talk about the benefits to the company and not about your benefits.

The language of your resume cover letter should be simple and conversational. Minimum usage of I, me, and mine provides a better get-up to your resume cover letter. Avoid any flowery language and do not use many formal words or phrases. This makes your resume cover letter seem very generic. Employers are wary about such generic letters. Maintain the necessary focus and proceed systematically to assert your point.

Allow your enthusiasm and positive energy flow through your resume cover letter. Employers want to hire energetic people. Present yourself in your individual style in your resume cover letter and assert on your suitability to the organization. Although it could prove to be a daunting task to include all such necessary details within your resume cover letter, it is essential to maintain and stick to just two or three paragraphs. Employers do not find long letters interesting to read through.

Do not repeat the information in your resume in your resume cover letter. Your cover letter should ideally only highlight special aspects of your resume. This immediately sparks an interest in the reader to look in to your resume and ascertain your suitability to the post.

Maintain explicitly throughout your letter. Again, include an effective follow-up plan in your resume cover letter. Accordingly, call up the particular person on the designated date to know the status of your application. Employers receive innumerable letters and may not be able to respond personally. Therefore, in your own interest, call up the company in question and inquire about your job application.

Do not indulge in mass mailing of your resumes. Instead, contact the particular company and inquire the name of the particular person you need to mail your resume. This ensures accountability and easy accessibility to approach the particular person to inquire about your application later.

About the Author: Michael Murray is owner of Cover Letters Report, a free informational site to help you write the perfect cover letter.

Source: www.isnare.com

To apply to the jobs listed below, please follow the directions posted in the announcement. DO NOT CONTACT WAHS TO APPLY TO A JOB LISTED HERE. Work-At-Home Success is not representing or affiliates with the companies posted here. These jobs are found by Work-At-Home Success or submitted for posting. Further Work-At-Home Success can make no guarantees about the jobs posted. Remember to never pay money to get hired. Please let me know if any job posted below asks for money or is otherwise questionable. Visit WAHS's Scam Alert page to get information on protecting yourself from scams.


Administrative Support and Clerical Jobs

Part - Full Time Admin Assistant Needed, Boulder, CO

PT Microsoft Excel Work - Flexible Hours, IL

Administrative Assistant (Pacific Palisades)

Transcriptionist (75 wpm)

Captionist

Freelance podcast transcribers and/or producer


Computer and Internet Jobs

Web Designer Needed (good entry level position)




Financial, Bookkeeping and Real Estate Jobs



PR, Marketing, Sales and Fundraising Jobs



Writing, Art, and Photography Jobs

Freelance Web Writer

Analysts, writers, researchers

Miscellaneous
 

Freelance Work - These are jobs you can sign up to do and your pay is dependent on the amount and quality of your work (as opposed to an hourly wage or pay-per-project). Work can be regular or not. 

Teachers who write own curriculum


Search for more jobs!

Didn't find the job you want above? Here are some of the sites I use to find the above jobs. Most of these sites have 100's more jobs posted. Use the info posted at WAHS Job Search to learn great job search strategies.
 

Telecommuting Job Databases

• HomeJobStop has over 100 jobs in clerical, and more in customer service, writing, transcription,  miscellaneous plus 100's of others. Very affordable.
• VirtualAssistants  has 100''s of Secretarial/General jobs plus 100's more in other categories. Little more expensive but offers more jobs.
• Freelance Work Exchange offers over 13,000 jobs in many areas. It offers a 7-day trail for $2.95.
  

Free job search sites 

• CareerBuilder 
• Monster.com 
• Job.com
  
• Yahoo! Hot Jobs
  

• CraigsList.org (Search jobs under the city nearest you. Click on the "telecommute" option in the job search. Search other cities as well.

• CrazedList lets you search all of Craigslist on one site! Click on Jobs, and the "telecommute" option. Be sure to fill in something in the keyword list like "telecommute okay".

 Mom Masterminds

Nearly all success books will recommend that you get a mentor and/or be a part of a mastermind group. As a die-hard do-it-yourselfer, I have been slow to do either. However, back in October I came across Mom Masterminds for a second time. The first time, I was a bit full of myself...I'm successful online, why do I need to pay to join a group of women. I'm not sure what changed this time except that I was more aware of the women who were members and I respected them.

Since joining the group I have planned and conducted an online expo, queried and hired a book agent, and am now expanding into professional speaking. Even better, my affiliate income has more than doubled! So what does Mom Masterminds offer that helped with this? Glad you asked.  For starters, its a tremendous place to bounce off ideas and get feedback. Many members post the content of their sites and several others offer copy writing or other ideas to improve it. People ask questions about blogs, Google Adsense, how to deal with a unhappy (possibly unreasonable) customer, and more. The real advantage for me is to have another set of eyes and experience looking at my work and helping me make it better.

But you don't need to have a successful mom-business to get the benefits of the group. In fact, its probably the best resource for getting started. There are many print and audio resources to teach about websites, Internet marketing, and more. Plus, you can get help thinking of and fleshing out ideas. Many moms get together on a joint venture. Others ask for people to interview or submit articles in exchange for publicity.

The Mom Mastermind group is a must-join group for any mom who is serious (and I mean serious) about working at home. Membership includes:

1. Step-by-Step Online Business Mentoring

2. 24/7 Access to the Mom Masterminds™ Exclusive Online Community

3. Monthly Audio Course with Online Follow up

4. Regular (but not too frequent) "Kick in the Butt" Messages to Ensure You are On Track and Working Your Business

5. Access to Special Reports, Worksheets & Printables

6. Listing in the Mastermind Moms Directories

7. Automatic Approval for Our Private Referral Program

I have really enjoyed meeting and working the women in this group. And I have gotten valuable feedback, tons of support, and much more.
Learn more about this tremendous group of moms! Mom Masterminds Success Stories

Work-At-Home in the News

Reasons for, and not many against, Telecommuting

Get more current news on telecommuting at WAHS Telecommuting News Page.

Scam Alert

Don't Be fooled by Work At Home Scam

To learn more about scams and how to avoid them, visit WAHS Scam Alert page.