| Men, unlike women, do not have to go through the | | | | 5. Desktop Publishing. DTP is a combination of |
| dilemma of whether to stay at home with the kids or | | | | WYSIWYG software for page layout and a personal |
| just continue with their careers. Every mother, on the | | | | computer. This is used in creating documents for |
| other hand, would have to deal with this issue at one | | | | publication (page layouts with photos, graphics, text, |
| point in her life. Well, distressed mom, worry no more | | | | and other visuals with the use of certain computer |
| because you don't have to choose from your career | | | | software such as Scribus, Apple Pages, Microsoft |
| or being an ever-present mother to your kids anymore. | | | | Publisher, Adobe, or QuarkXPress. |
| Here are ten great careers that many moms could | | | | For stay-at-home moms with limited capitals, you can |
| choose to undertake: | | | | use an ordinary printer (yeah, that's the small one) and |
| 1. Freelance Writing. You would be surprised at how | | | | start a business like this. If you want to go on a larger |
| many jobs you can have under this category. You can | | | | scale, you can hire a vendor to do all the printing jobs. |
| be an academic writer, an editor, a novelist, a | | | | 6. Virtual Assistant Jobs. A VA is a freelance |
| copywriter, a blogger, a ghost writer--name it and the | | | | contractor who provides technical, administrative, even |
| online world would be able to cough it up for you. | | | | creative assistance to her clients. The regular clients |
| What you would need to set up: your place of solitude | | | | include realtors or lawyers. These assistants work at |
| and a computer (with a reliable Internet connection). | | | | home in their virtual offices. For a VA, the needed |
| Also, you've got to establish, from the very beginning, | | | | tools include: a computer with a dependable Internet |
| what type of writing you would like to engage into. | | | | connection, fax machine, and a phone. |
| 2. Transcription. Many transcription companies now | | | | 7. Typing jobs. Unlike transcription jobs where you |
| allow their employees to do their jobs at home. There | | | | would need to specialize in medical or legal terms, |
| are many types of transcription jobs--legal, medical, | | | | doing an online data entry job is as easy as 1-2-3. All |
| general, etc. All you would need is great hearing, a foot | | | | you would need are excellent typing skills and you're |
| pedal, computer and excellent typing skills. | | | | good to go (as you would only need to fill out online |
| 3. Online tutorials. If you love teaching, then this is the | | | | survey forms). Most of the companies that offer data |
| perfect home-based job for you. First, you need to | | | | entry positions ask for an initial payment of some sort, |
| have a clientele (there are a lot of them online or you | | | | though. Just be careful in choosing which ones are for |
| could get them through referrals). Also, there are | | | | real. |
| companies who hire tutors and who allow them to do | | | | 8. Internet Marketing. This is also referred to as Internet |
| their tutorials at home. And since this is another online | | | | advertising, e-Marketing, or online marketing. This simply |
| job, you would need a computer, a webcam, and a | | | | means you sell your products or services online. It is |
| headset (you could replace this with a PC microphone | | | | not enough that you have your own computer, you |
| and a pair of speakers). | | | | must also possess impeccable marketing skills to be |
| 4. Selling baked goodies, pasta, etc. If you are the type | | | | able to survive on this type of career. |
| who loves to cook, then there is also a career that | | | | 9. Affiliate Marketing. Somehow, this is related to |
| would be perfect for you. Why don't you consider | | | | Internet marketing except that this one involves some |
| baking your favorite cookies or even cakes, and start | | | | networking as the business gives rewards to affiliates |
| selling them? First, sell them to people that you know | | | | for every visitor or client that they gain. |
| (friends, relatives or neighbors) and once these people | | | | 10. Babysitting. You could have a few, extra money |
| give you referrals, you could start selling to them, too. | | | | when you opt to take care of your children along with |
| Don't expect that it would be a grand business (unless | | | | other kids (with parents who are willing to pay up!). |
| you're willing to go big time and put in a hefty capital, | | | | And if you love kids, this is just like a walk in the park. |
| hire some employees, and all that). This is also | | | | These are just ten out of the hundreds of possible |
| applicable to businesses such as sewing, knitting, | | | | careers that homemakers could opt for. If you want to |
| candle-making, jewelry, preserved food, etc.). Putting up | | | | find out about other choices, they're just a click of a |
| a business at home could have its down side, too, but | | | | mouse away! |
| still, you do get to spend extra hours with your family. | | | | |