Are you ready to work from home? With advances in technology and with corporate attitudes towards telecommuting turning around, there are more remote positions than ever before! To help fast-track your job search, FlexJobs, an online job board that specializes in flexible, freelance, and remote positions has created an amazing ... Read More
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How To Jump-Start Your Work From Home Job Search In 3 Simple Steps
The average commute in the U.S. is now more than 26 minutes each way. That’s nearly 5 hours spent in the car each workweek. Between the high costs of gas and the desire for more flexible scheduling, it’s no wonder more and more workers are looking to escape their cubicles in favor of remote work. In fact, about 1 in 4 people ... Read More
Five Simple Ways to Ace A Job Interview
Whether for a traditional, office job or a work-at-home position, the interview can be the most stressful part of job hunting. How could you possibly relay everything you’d need to know about your past work experience in the brief time that is normally allotted for an interview? And interviews can seem like such an arbitrary thing, ... Read More
Five Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search
When most people think of Twitter, they think about the fun, quick updates they see from their friends or celebrities. The fact is, they hardly ever think of it in terms of job search. But the truth is it can be a really handy tool for searching for jobs – even work-at-home jobs. Here are five different ways to use Twitter in your ... Read More
5 Reasons Why You Haven’t Found a Work-at-Home Job Yet
Was finding a work-at-home job at the top of your goal list this year? Have you been lurking on The Work at Home Woman for months? Maybe you have been talking about it to friends and family. But, the truth is, you still don’t have that remote job you have been dreaming about. Well, listen up buttercup. We are here to share some ... Read More
How to Find Work-At-Home Jobs Faster
Many people want to work-at-home these days, but they're unsure how to go about it. One thing is for sure – you'll need to find a job faster if you're considering quitting your day job to pursue your dream of working at home. It can be challenging; it's not for the faint of heart. If you want to be successful working at home, you ... Read More
Three Simple Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find Home-Based Opportunities
You’ve been reading all the wonderful articles on The Work at Home Woman, and now you want to join the growing workforce of “remote” employees. Well, the truth is you’d be in good company with this fast-growing sector of American workers. According to a study by Global Workplace Analytics, approximately 3.7 million workers, or ... Read More
How to Find the Perfect Work-at-Home Job
By Reelika Tiik It is a dream of many moms to stay-at-home with their kids. Unfortunately, living on one income can be tough or sometimes even impossible. Therefore, moms are often looking for ways to make some extra money or earn even a full-time income from home. Finding the perfect work-at-home job can be challenging, but it ... Read More
15 Simple Career Tips for Getting Hired Fast
Finding a work-at-home job can be very time-consuming. Not only do you have to weed through the scams and sift through the various job sites to find the opportunities, but you need to make sure that the job is a good fit. Add in time for networking, polishing your resume, and practicing your interviewing skills, and you’re looking at ... Read More
Tips for Getting Hired for a Work-at-Home Job
When it comes to getting a work-at-home job, the challenge isn't in finding jobs. Jobs are prevalent. The difficulty is in getting hired. Employers with telecommuting jobs are notorious for never getting back to candidates about the status of their application. Without contact with the employer, it's difficult to know why an ... Read More
The Best and Worst Buzzwords to Use (or Not) on Your Resume
There are always two sides to every story and when it comes to career hunting, we often hear tales of late nights spent tweaking resumes, writing cover letter after cover letter, and the occasional narrative of how a Tweet landed one lucky Twitter user their dream job. The saying “looking for a job is a full-time job” is a ... Read More
Are You Ready to Make the Move to Working at Home?
Think you're ready to make the move to working from home? Consider these factors before making your final decision. Starting a home-based career is not something to be taken lightly. This is exceptionally true for those who are playing with the idea of leaving their regular 9-5 daily commute for a spot in front of their home ... Read More
Job Hunting Tips to Land Your Ideal Work-at-Home Job
Even though there are more remote jobs than ever before, competition for home-based jobs is fierce, so to get noticed you need to distinguish yourself from the crowd. Ready to get started? Here are some job hunting tips to help you stand out among a sea of applicants and get hired faster. 1. Write a Resume That Gets ... Read More