Published by Career Advice Author on 22nd October 2009
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Are There Real Home-Based Jobs with Pay?
If you start searching online for a job you can do in your own office or at your kitchen table, it can get frustrating. You are bound to find a lot of ads that are really business opportunities. I am not going to discuss how valid these are, because they vary in qualify. The point I want to make now is that most people do not want to start a business, but just want employment with a company.
What does employment mean? Well, most people are looking for a set hourly rate or salary. They may want benefits too. And these people want a set shift, or at least set duties. Do not misunderstand me. I love running a home based business, but I know that what I do is not for everybody. Besides, it took me years to get the skills I needed to run my business. I worked at another job while I got my business started. And many people need to generate income right away!
What Should People Look For?
If you see a posting for a home office job, it should have some requirements. Just like any other employer, these employers will require experience, skills, or equipment. For instance, a typical home based customer service job may ask for a year of customer service experience and a quiet place to handle phone calls. A virtual online assistant job may ask for certain computer skills, like the ability to edit documents or update a database. And even though these real jobs will probably provide some training, they will expect applicants to have some skills to start.
What Should You Avoid?
If you want to find a job you can perform at home, be very wary of ads with pictures of fast cars, beach houses, and beautiful women in bathing suits! If the ad looks to good to be true, it is probably not really a job posting. Look for a posting that is specific about the job duties, requirements, and application pr Read the rest of this entry »
Published by Career Advice Author on 21st October 2009
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For women, the second half of life brings with it many career choices and questions. For some women, continuing in a current career doesn’t fulfill personal, spiritual or financial needs as it once did. For others, re-entering the workforce has become a necessity due to the changes in the economy. In either case, a ReCareer may be the answer. What is a ReCareer? According to Dr. Richard P. Johnson, nationally renowned expert on maturing adult development and founder of ReCareer, Inc. it is: “Personally authentic work that feeds your mind, your heart, and your spirit.”
Women at midlife who are “seekers” want something deeper out of life. They want more personal purpose, more meaning, and want their efforts to align more closely with their core beliefs. They seek a more authentic way of living. To these women seekers, who may be 45, 55, 65 or older, age holds no meaning. What does hold meaning for them comes from work and interactions that renew their life purpose, revitalize their passion, reignite their soul, and reinvigorate their inner desires.
One of my closest friends is a seeker. She was courageous enough to listen to that persistent voice inside her that said she needed to take a new career path. For the past several years she has commuted back and forth between the home she shares with her husband in Pennsylvania and her apartment in New York City where she runs her own executive coaching business. She was in her mid 50s when she made this change.
Largely because of seekers like my friend, there has been a fundamental shift in how we perceive getting older. Previous assumptions about life’s second half are becoming pass� as a new set of beliefs are giving birth to what it means to live optimally. Aging is no longer viewed as a forced march down a path of decline and constriction, a path that narrows the older we get. The path Read the rest of this entry »
