Manage Maternity Leave (Before You Go)

Don’t offer to go back to work earlier than you have to, urges Liz O’Donnnell, a freelance writer and mother, in the first of three must-read guest posts about managing maternity leave.
Managing your time-off for maternity leave should start as soon as you learn you are pregnant, even before you tell your boss [...]

Bizarre ad targeted at moms

Do advertisers think moms are worth so little that they don’t bother? Or is this just the worst case of sloppy advertising? Or is there method in this madness?
I have been amused, bewildered and offended by the bizarre photos (like the one below) that illustrate this ad targeting working moms, “Obama Asks Moms to Return [...]

Starting your at home business

At Moms To Work, some of our favorite stories are from Moms who are starting their own businesses from home.
Today, We’re featuring Caitlin (Cait) Zieroth, mom to two beautiful little girls living in the San Diego area who turned her passion for knitting into a business, Little Hands and Little Feet. Customers can buy hand [...]

Targeted Career & Job Search Advice: I Want More! Day 29 Since Layoff

This is the sixth installment of “Diary of an Unemployed Finance Mom 2.0.” This story is real, nothing is fabricated. For the sake of her privacy, and her hopes of landing a new job, she’s going under the pseudonym, job mom 2.0. Follow her trials and tribulations on Twitter @jobmom
First the generic career advice …
There [...]

To Work or Not to Work after baby…Can you afford it? Part 2

Deciding whether or not to return to work following maternity leave can be a tough question for every family to answer. While the issue is a highly personal one there are some financial issues to consider.  In part one of this post we discussed financial issues, increased insurance/ medical costs and those ever important diapers.  [...]

Returning to work after a long break? Tips for moms

Great question and answer on the vexed question for working moms : How do you explain gaps in a resume when you return to work after time out looking after family or kids?
This is a short excerpt from a very long Q and A on  The Sacramento Bee Web site about these issues. Well worth [...]

To Work or Not to Work after baby…Can you afford it? Part 1

Deciding whether or not to return to work following maternity leave can be a tough question for every family to answer. While the issue is a highly personal one there are some financial issues to consider.
 
1-     Do you have paid/ partial paid or unpaid maternity leave?  The majority of U.S. businesses don’t offer paid maternity [...]

2 Hourly, Part Time and Freelance Job Resources and…

…some encouragement.

Freelance Switch, a resource site for freelancers, just published the monster list of freelance job sites 2009. Great resource for the freelancers out there.
Snagajob is an online job site for hourly and part time work.

Finally, the Pongo Resume blog has some tips for Moms returning to work after being out of the job [...]