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)

National Work-At-Home Mom Week is coming May 6-13, 2007. To celebrate, WAHS will be giving away FREE WAHM Plan-Its with details on how you can become a WAHM too. Plus you'll get tools, resources and even get entered to win free prizes. Click here for details.



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

Get Creative With Child Care While Working From Home

By Kristie Tamsevicius

Balancing Your Act

As an entrepreneurial parent, you juggle the roles of head chef, chauffer, nurse, janitor and more. Being there for your kids may be the very reason you have a home-based business, yet this myriad of roles makes carving time out for your business challenging at best. By developing a wide variety of cost-effective childcare options, you can achieve a balance between spending time with your children and building your business.






There are times when working at home while watching the kids goes without a hitch. They’re playing a game in the other room, doing their homework at the kitchen table, or gabbing with their friends while you’re making your calls, filing your paperwork, and crossing items off of your to do list with efficiency. There are other times, though, when parenting and working requires a superhuman ability to focus. Once, as I was doing a phone interview with the local media, the Pokémon theme was blaring on the TV, a toy was singing, “If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands,” and my son came over saying, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommmmmeee….” The reporter was amazed that I could concentrate on writing an article for my newsletter with such distractions. The key is honing the ability to let go of the distracting voices while still listening for cues that your children really need help.

Bringing in the Relief Pitcher

No matter how well you multitask, there are occasions when you need undisturbed time to devote to your business. Here are some ideas for getting the relief you need:

Hire a sitter to come to your home. In the summertime, you can find local high school and college kids who will keep the children entertained for a few hours rather inexpensively. Otherwise, you can ask friends, neighbors, and customers to recommend sitters who are willing to do daycare in your home.

Swap babysitting and working time with another mom. If you have a friend who also has her own home-based business, you can trade work and sitting times. For example, if you work in the morning, she can watch your kids. In the afternoon, she can work while you take over the childcare duties.

Set up a childcare co-op. Arrange with two other moms in your neighborhood or on your team to take all three kids for one afternoon. By taking turns watching the brood, the kids will form lasting friendships while each mom gets two afternoons per week to work on her business–kid-free!

Work swing shifts with your husband. You can watch the kids while your husband works, and then he can take over while you work the next shift. The disadvantage to this approach is that you don’t get a lot of quality time to spend with your husband.

Work around the kids’ schedules. You can get chunks of work done while the kids are in school, or in the early morning or at night when the kids are sleeping. If you have a baby or toddler, you can work while they are taking naps.

Ask your family for help. Going to grandma’s house can be an adventure. If you have extended family, they may be willing to watch the kids while you work.

Enroll your kids in a class. Most local parks and recreation districts offer dozens of inexpensive classes for children of all ages. Go through the course catalog together with your children, and have them pick out the classes that most interest them.

Park your kids at the pool. Invest in a summer pass for your local public pool and take advantage of the recreational swim hours. As long as your kids can swim, most public pools allow school-age children to swim without a parent being present. You can get two to three hours a day of uninterrupted work while your kids are splashing in the sun.

Sign your kids up for day camp. Many parks and recreation districts offer inexpensive day camps. When they’re not in school, consider signing your kids up for day camp one or two days each week. They’ll have fun and you’ll have peace of mind.

Assessing Your Options

Realistically assess how well you’re juggling your many roles, and whether some form of childcare would help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

Determine how many hours each week you’d like help with the kids, and choose one or more strategies from the above list.
Do the research or make the calls to get the help you need.

About the Author: Kristie Tamsevicius, is the author of "I Love My Life: A Mom's Guide to Working from Home"! Thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs have used her step-by-step home business system to earn money working from home. Get a free ecourse Home Business Success Secrets at http://www.webmomz.com/ilovemylife1.htm

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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

Admin. Assistant - Metrowest area of Massachusetts 

general/corporate transcriptionists

Verification Agent


Computer and Internet Jobs

Photoshop expert

Research


Financial, Bookkeeping and Real Estate Jobs

Bookkeeper - Denver



PR, Marketing, Sales and Fundraising Jobs

Copywriter with knowledge of surfing



Writing, Art, and Photography Jobs

Web content writer, various subjects


Miscellaneous

Expert readers - Chicago

Curriculum writer - Math


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".

Work-At-Home in the News

Terry Bill Supports Stay-At-Home Parents

Yeah! A tax credit to stay or work at home!




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

Scam Alert

Work-at-home scam linked to cat crafts  

Yeah! There is justice!

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