Staying home with the kids and making money as a virtual assistant

Stay-at-home moms are overwhelmed with ads for companies promising big money from home for minimal work. Though I vouch for none of these personally, here are two of the companies making work-at-home headlines right now.

Home with the Kids

One of the latest in a list of work-from-home job opportunities, Home with the Kids, is offering stay-at-home moms and dads the opportunity to make some money while enjoying family time. They have jobs in every line of work imaginable. If you have a marketable skill, you will surely find a paycheck here.

Virtual Assistant

There are also sites like Virtual Office Temps and Virtual Assistant Jobs that reveal the hows and whys of becoming a virtual assistant for public companies and private individuals. A virtual assistant is a person who does office work from home on a project-by-project basis. There are generally no contracts, and the pay scale is minimal. It is cheaper for the employer because they do not have to pay a full-time employee, and it works great for the employee because he or she can work as little or as much as they want to.

Other opportunities

For a list of potential work-at-home jobs, check out the blog on Achieve Your Career Goals or the Fox Business report on “real” work-from-home opportunities.

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