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Work at Home Moms: Getting Started

By Laureen Miles Brunelli, About.com

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Work at Home Moms: Decide if It's Right for You

So you think that you want to join the ranks of successful work at home moms who make money but stay home, but you have some questions:

All good questions. As work at home moms who've done it know, it's tough to go from working outside the home to a home-based job. Look here for a step-by-step plan for work at home moms who just getting started.

The first step to joining the ranks of successful work at home moms is not finding a job or starting a business. It is taking a long hard look at yourself, your family, your employer (if you have one) and your resume and deciding if being a work at home mom is what you want.

Think about whether you have the personality traits of work at home moms, what you'd like to gain from working from home and what you might have to give up. Then consider these:

Next: Work at Home Moms: Consider All Your Options

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