Welcome to Work At Home Mums
Work At Home Mums helps educate, encourage and empower mums to achieve the work at home life they want.
Work At Home Mums (#WAHM) is a lifestyle brand dedicated to supporting home based professionals in their quest for success and work life balance. An online community and network for women working from home and for those who would like to.
Whether you’re here for our jobs board, looking for business ideas or simply to read the latest blog posts, you’re in good company and among friends.
While mums are what we know about best, we hope that dads, carers, those with a disability and others who live in remote and rural communities, or who are unable to leave home and seeking home based work and telework jobs will also find the information on Work At Home Mums relevant and useful to you.
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Resume Tips for Return to Work Mums
Whether you’re looking to kick start your career full steam ahead or find a less demanding role, your resume is the all-powerful document that gets you that initial meeting. The first trick is to get past the skim read, so that recruiters will take a second, more in...
Work At Home Business Ideas
Working from home seems like the ultimate dream. You can do all the parenting things, earn an income, as well as save on daycare fees at the same time. But although you may have the dream to quit the corporate world and start a work at home business, sometimes...
Tips for finding flexible jobs for mums
Many mums find that re-entering the workforce can be a stressful thought. Balancing family, finances and your time can require some creative thinking. But don’t be discouraged. There is a job that requires your skills and experience, which can be done in your own...
The Best Business Books for Mums (or Anyone)
Whether you're just starting out in business or have been doing this work at home thing for a while, there is no such thing as learning too much. One of the best things you can do in business is keep finding out more information and learn from others who have done the...
Resources For Business – A Guide To Setting Up your WAHM Business
Updated 28/09/18 Running a business can be tough. It doesn't matter what sort of business you have, there is so much to think about. Websites, photos, accounting, social media, marketing, SEO. And that's all before you've even got your first sale or client! I would...
Why I love being a Virtual Assistant (VA) – and how you could be one too!
There are many jobs you can choose to do from home, but not many tick all the boxes quite like a virtual assistant. If you’ve never heard the term before, a virtual assistant is someone who does regular tasks and services (such as administration) to individuals,...
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The Benefits of Flexible Working Arrangements for Employers
The nature of the workforce is changing. With the ageing of the population and changing labour market conditions, adopting a flexible approach to work helps businesses attract a diverse workforce including mature age workers, those in remote communities, parents and...
How To Save For Your Retirement
Did you know that if you retired today at 67 with $500,000 in your superannuation account and spent $50,000 per year on living expenses (the Australian average is actually $74,000), you would run out of money at 77 years old. That’s nearly 4 years before the average...
How to write a great cover letter
No one likes the obligatory cover letter rigmarole, probably none more than the employers who read these words sometimes hundreds of times just for a single opening. Applicants and employers alike generally aren’t too fond of the usual cover letter snooze-fest....
How to Achieve a Work Life Balance as a Parent
When you’re a parent that has gone back to work, whether that be full time, part time, working from home or in an office, work can very easily take over your life. It’s important to not become overwhelmed and be able to strike a work life balance. There are many...
How to Explain an Employment Gap in Your Resume
If you have an employment gap, it can cause a lot of stress and anxiety when writing your resume. Many people believe that an employment gap will be a negative to an employer and take you out of the running, but it is generally how you tackle the employment gap in...
Surviving a camping trip with kids
With international borders being shut in Australia, a lot of people have turned to a good old fashioned camping trip as their holiday choice. Camping and caravanning is a great holiday experience but doing it with kids can present its own challenges. Surviving a...
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