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As a single mom, it was always my dream to earn my own money. I didn’t want to have to depend on my husband for all my needs, and I wanted to shop on my own income. I used to have a job working for a consumer goods company, but I had to give it up when I had my son. I became bored and broke.
Then a friend suggested putting up a home based online business. We were both desperate housewives who wanted some extra spending money, so we decided to put up a little venture on a partnership basis. We took a few short courses too, to make sure we are on the right track. Now our little business has been booming and in fact, we even hired our first employee!
The economy is so bad these days that people are constantly worried about losing their jobs. Even if you are secure in your career field it never hurts to plan for the worst case scenario. There are many jobs that people can work from home.
Work-from-home jobs:
- Data entry clerk.
- Advertising sales agent.
- Computer software agent.
- Corporate event planner.
- Copy editor.
- Desktop publishers.
- Administrative assistant.
- Insurance Underwriter.
I gave up my career as a marketing executive after I had my twin sons Jonah and Jesi. My husband makes good money as an electrician, but things were definitely easier with two incomes coming in. I wouldn’t trade my sons for anything, but we needed some additional cash, so I decided to find a job I could work from home. I wasn’t sure what would be available for a busy mother of one-year-old twins, but I was willing to give it a try.
After a few days of researching what I could do from home, I found an opportunity to do medical transcription. I would listen to tapes made by doctors and type them out. I could also do this around my own schedule. It ended up working out great; I got paid $50 per tape and finished about five tapes a week. The extra $1000 a month really helped us out.