Skilled Workers

Work At Home Moms (WAHMs) Find Jobs

Here are some of the most popular jobs for Work At Home Moms (WAHMs):

Writing/Editing
Writing is a disappearing art. Nowadays finding someone who can string together three clear sentences is a hard job. Many employers need skilled writers, and will gladly hire freelancers who make themselves available when needed--and disappear when not needed.

    * Freelance Writing--there are many websites with lists of available jobs for freeleancers
    * Blogging--writing your own blog is a possibility. A more secure writing career can be built by writing individual articles, then submitting them to article websites, which offer articles for sale or for linking.
    * Fiction Writing--the romance novel market is huge and always open to fresh talent
    * Children's Books--if you're home with the kids, why not try your ideas on them? You probably have a built-in critical audience.

Call Center Operators
The era of shipping call center jobs to foreign countries may be over. People want operators who speak clear, native English. Many Call Center companies are more than willing to set up equipment in people's homes. Thus it is possible that calls can be made to other parts of the country or world, when people are awake while your next-door neighbors are sleeping.
 
Nurse
Skilled nurses are needed in many industries besides hospitals. People need medical information for many situations, not just emergency treatment. For example, insurance companies sometimes provide telephone nursing service for people inquiring asking general questions a bout the causes and treatments for diseases and disorders they or their family members have.

Advertising Writers
A career in advertising doesn't have to mean commuting to a job on Madison Avenue. Besides, there are many small and medium sized businesses that can't afford the fees of a full service advertising agency. A WAHM with advertising writing experience can write ads to appear in the local newspaper or on the web on websites and blogs.

Teaching and Tutoring
More and more kids nowadays are comfortable on the internet. When they get home from school they can get on the net for tutoring in their schoolwork. Or in languages their school doesn't teach. Or in subjects their school doesn't teach.

eBay Sales
eBay and its rivals have become a staple of modern life. Selling on eBay has become so easy that hundreds of thousands of people are doing it as a significant--or sole--part of their incomes. There are so-called 'drop shippers' which can supply eBay sellers with merchandise--merchandise which the seller never touches, but the drop shipper packs and sends to the customers the sellers won on eBay. eBay itself has many useful and clear tips and lessons available for free reading on their website.