Jobs For Work At Home Moms

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Jobs For Work At Home Moms

There are many reasons why mothers look for ways to work from home but they can be usually be summed up as necessity. Mothers want to be home to raise and nurture their children and need to contribute to the family income. Working from home is the ideal solution.

In the past, women often took in laundry and ironing. It wasn’t glamorous or exciting, but it paid the bills. Believe it or not, some still offer this service. It seems there are “business professionals” who have few domestic abilities and even less time, and are quite happy to pay someone else to do those things. This is definitely a win-win situation.

There is a new field of work called “home shoring” (as opposed to “off shoring”) that is very appealing to a lot of Work At Home Moms.

Probably all of us have at one time or another called a large corporation for customer assistance and found ourselves speaking to someone with a thick foreign accent that we had trouble understanding and who did not seem to understand us all that well, either. What many people haven’t realized is that person is in a call center on the other side of the planet, because wages “over there” are so low that it is cheaper for the corporation to maintain a foreign facility than to pay going domestic wages. This is called “off shoring” and has been common for years.

However, many businesses have discovered that their customers are taking their business elsewhere out of sheer frustration with the whole international call center process.

Enter the idea of “home shoring.” With high-speed internet connections, a good quality phone with headset, and a pleasant speaking voice, many moms are now doing from home what the international people were doing in the call centers.

This is also a win-win arrangement. Businesses hire people who can culturally identify with their customers, and have little to no overhead as their employees are working at home. This means no building, no utilities, no equipment, fewer supervisors, etc. Sometimes the “employees” are actually “independent contractors” responsible for their own taxes and insurance, further reducing expenses for the businesses. Maybe the best “win” of all is that jobs stay “home” instead of being shipped overseas, thereby reducing the unemployment rate instead of making it worse.

The moms have some flexibility in their schedules, although they must schedule work during times when the house is quiet. This is essential as businesses still demand a professional atmosphere for callers, and normal household noises (dogs, kids, doorbells, lawnmowers, etc.) don’t give a professional impression. The irregular work hours leave the mom free and available to tend to the needs of her children after school or when ill, and also provide a steady income for the family.

“Home shoring” is a trend that is likely to continue. The price of gasoline keeps going up, and working from home eliminates the commute. More and more moms are realizing the need to find a way to be there for their kids as well as contribute financially to the family. For many moms, “home shoring” is the ideal solution. Businesses, recognizing the value of utilizing a home-grown labor force, are increasingly tapping into this growing resource.

Sandi Moses has been involved in internet marketing since November, 2003, and working from home since 2005. For more Work From Home information and home shoring opportunities, visit her sites at