Moms in the workplace are having a significant impact on our economy. There was a time when a mother’s only responsibility was to serve in the home. It was Dad who was the only income earner. Today, out of necessity, that paradigm has changed. Moms are leaving home and working full-time and part-time jobs so their families can make ends meet or so they can have the abundant lifestyle they want. In today’s struggling economy, it’s not so easy for a mother to find a job with so many unemployed vying for the same jobs. Those women who are housewives have it even more difficult. Even if they have a college degree, it may not benefit them, because as a mother, her work experience has been limited to that of a domestic engineer or a call mother. Those of us who truly understand the value and experience of a stay at home mom would be quick to hire them on the spot.
Because the job market outside the home is so competitive these days and there are so few jobs available, instead of working for someone you’re helping to get rich, moms should consider working for themselves and doing it outside of family territory, the home. Moms have the advantage of playing at home while working outside the home. It’s family lawn; they have worked outside the home all their adult lives. So if home-based business is the prudent direction to take, what are some of the possibilities for home-based employment?
1. Create a home-based business with a unique niche
If you’re the creative type, create your own job and job description. Over the years there have been a plethora of new home based business ideas. Maybe it’s a custom glass engraving business; or moms, while raising their kids, they read hundreds of books and their kids read the same number, maybe they can build a used book sales business. Moms are very creative. Bill Gates said of her wife Melinda Gates that if it weren’t for her and her input and her influence, Microsoft would never have existed. She was the mother of 3 children. If you’re not the creative type, consider a second option, buy a traditional home-based business.
2. Buy a traditional home-based business
There is no need to reinvent the wheel; There are many traditional home based businesses that can be purchased at an affordable price. There are the MLM’s – Multi Level Marketing businesses. If you go in this direction, being a sociable person is almost essential. Much of this type of business requires you to know and be comfortable with people, and after reaching out to people you know, you have to be willing to approach people you don’t know. Generating a high volume of income will require very hard work, because not only do you need to find people to come into the business and buy your products, but you also need to mentor them. If they don’t run the business under you, you won’t generate much income for yourself. Other examples of traditional types of home based businesses are, as a personal trainer, you can work in your home or in your client’s home. As a tutor, you can always find someone who needs help in Math, English, Science. As a consultant, you can help people with their finances, or help them set up a budget, or help them file their taxes, remember all the tax returns that you had to do for the family. Or as a web designer: maybe you’re artistic and good on the computer, remember to help your kids generate all those school reports or maybe not. There are so many other traditional work from home opportunities to choose from, the key is that you choose who will be the boss. One last option is the popular and lucrative internet marketing home based business.
3. Buy an internet marketing home based business
Someone with some insight said, “The Internet is the last bastion of business opportunity on the planet.” The potential income one can earn from this type of home based business is staggering. The number of people joining the Internet community on a daily basis continues to grow at an exponential rate. The reality that businesses are open 24/7 and every person online in the world within three feet opens up unlimited job opportunities for people who want to have their own business from home. Start-up costs are relatively low. It’s worth taking the time to find out what the possibilities are in the lucrative Internet industry.
Moms, for whatever reasons they are entering the workforce; The home based business is something that you should look at carefully. Whether it’s a do-it-yourself business, a traditional home-based business, or a potentially lucrative home-based Internet business, you have some wonderful opportunities to run a business and generate significant income for yourself and your family.
