Friday, October 7, 2011

Attention! Working from Home for Military Wives


It's not like military wives aren't already working from home, that's for sure. However, work from home employment is a rather savvy option for women whose lives involve literal geographical changes on a regular basis. Having a job that allows the comfort of working from home means:

  • not having to find a new job every time there's a change in duty stations
  •  cutting the expense and hassle of finding daycare for the kids
  • having a regular stream of income that is dependable no matter where in the world one ends up
There is no doubt many a work from home opportunities out there. But how does one weed out the schemes from the actual prospects for reliable work?
 

The first and foremost aspect of finding good work from home employment lies within an individual's profession or skillset. Technology has made it so that even jobs in the nursing field can be worked through telecommuting. Other popular and legitimate work from home jobs that work well for military wives are:
 
  •  virtual customer service
  • virtual assistants
  • online tutoring
  • bookkeeping
  • direct sales
  •  freelance writing and photography

Helpful resources such as military.com help military spouses find careers, many of which involve telecommuting. Plus, there are other websites devoted to connecting employers in a certain field that want and need work from home employees. Once the issue of one's skillset is established, it can then take some time and research to find legitimate work from home employment. However, with so many companies looking to save their bottom line, work from home jobs are now more accessible than ever. 

Plus, most military wives are the type that do quite well at creating their own work from home employment rather than worrying about finding someone to work for. They are more likely to work as freelancers in many areas, finding work on websites like guru.com or oDesk. This not only helps create a stream of income, it can help make military life less stressful by building confidence and providing a sense of purpose. This is especially important for military wives as so much of their life revolves around the military life of their spouse's career.

If ever there was a demographic that was made for work at home employment, it is military wives. They're lifestyle, heart and courage makes them resilient enough to handle the demands of working at home, personally and professionally, with just as much moxie as their military husbands.