Wanna be a Mystery Shopper?
Look here:
www.volition.com
BTW, no legit service will ask you for money...
I'm looking too!
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Excellent Question!
May break into the market for fashionable yet modest girls clothing since I make most my daughter's clothes. I know there's a website that lists tons of ideas for home-based jobs...let me think a minute and get back to ya.
proofreader for legal firms can be done. It takes some training, and often means working evenings or nights more than mid-day hours, but it pays ok and very home-office doable.
TIP: If you work at home full time. Get a timer lock for your refrigerator.
Here's the link I was thinking about - grea list, work through it and see if anything strikes your fancy...
http://www.bizymoms.com/ideas.html
Best wishes!!
If they ask you for money, they are a scam. Period. "Get a government job"--scam. "Assemble products at home"--scam. "Mail anything"--scam. The only reason I do not include the myster shopper employment in my rant is because a) I have not been personally scammed on this one and b) our local community center offers a seminar on being a mystery shopper. I've been bitten enough times to have finally learned a tough lesson--there really is a sucker born every day.
Have you considered day-caring someone's child? Its not great money but its something.
I wish freeping paid!
American Century Mutual Funds used to have (I don't know if they do any more) a substantial work from home option for customer support. http://www.americancentury.com/welcome/index.jsp
Customer support out of a home is a challenge. From the way I understood it, this meant that the hours you worked were 100% dedicated to the employer. Customer support is especially hard, even in the office as the supervisor schedules breaks away from the phones and the computers.
On the other hand, what I really enjoyed about support work was in solving a customer's problems and making them happy.
http://www.workathomeagent.com
My wife and I both do this part-time. It's phone order processing for other companies.
My wife works for the HSN line, processing orders for the Home Shopping Channel, and I work the Direct Response line, which processes orders for infomercials. Work your own schedule, pick your own hours, in one-hour increments.
Totally legit, and the extra cash is very helpful.
If anyone wants more info, feel free to FReepmail me.
This is another site that my wife frequents. She's been able to find some really good resources here:
http://www.betweenmoms.com/
BTW, we have a Fridays-only thread started, mostly for moms but sometimes the subject is good for all parents. If you want to be added to the ping, let me know. We discussed family finances recently, I think the name of the thread was "Still No Name."
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I was an at home mommy for 11 years, I know how hard it is to make ends meet. I have 3 kids, now ages 11, 12 and 13....
(3 kids in diapers for 9 months...)
I had a flair for doing cakes for birthdays, and started doing them out of my kitchen. I made a good living off of it.
You just have to find out what you are good at, then do it. You will be surprised at what you may find you can do. I did well with the cakes because other moms were working, and couldnt do them.
Dont get discouraged, you are doing the most important job on earth right now. God Bless you!!!
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I sold Avon for 9 years, but the neighborhood changed. It is possible to earn good money being an Avon rep, I just burned out on it.
If you can type, consider becoming a transcriptionist. That's where you listen to tapes or CDs of meetings, hearings, etc. and type it.
Other than stuff already mentioned (order processing etc), the best things you can do at home is a combination of what you are good at, and a needed local service.
My mother-in-law does her church newsletter & flyers for a small fee. I do freelance artwork outside the day job. Hubby does computer repair and build/setup. We have some folks in the area who seem to have a perpetual yard sale.
Years ago I hand-painted clothing. When my kids were babies and I wasn't working, I used to buy old furniture and refinish and resell.
Can you knit/crochet or embroider? Can you type (term papers, resumes)? If you homeschool already, would you be willing to be a tutor? Babysit an additional child or 2 for a once weekly "mother's morning out"?