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MomsToWork · 2M ago

The Traveling Executive Mom – 7 Great Ideas to Maintain the Bond!

Many moms have careers outside the home now, in various fields. It’s a tough job trying to balance both career and being a doting mom to our kids. I’m not saying it can’t be done, just that it’s not necessarily easy to achieve.

 Along with the 9-5 expectations, often are the meetings, conferences,
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MomsToWork · 2M ago

The Traveling Executive Mom – 7 Great Ideas to Maintain the Bond!

Many moms have careers outside the home now, in various fields. It’s a tough job trying to balance both career and being a doting mom to our kids. I’m not saying it can’t be done, just that it’s not necessarily easy to achieve.

 Along with the 9-5 expectations, often are the meetings, conferences,
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MomsToWork · 2M ago

The Tax & Financial Implications of Returning to Work After Having a Baby

While the majority of women today enter the workforce at some point in their lives, the birth of a child often causes a woman to rethink her career, at least on a temporary basis. Among other concerns, a new mother often must weigh relevant financial concerns, including not only overall household in
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MomsToWork · 3M ago

Online Job Board Dos and Don’ts

Since this past summer, MomsToWork has been offering a niche job board for our readers and the larger Internet population. We’ve focused primarily on non-traditional jobs – such as jobs that are part time, flexible or telecommute. The response we’ve seen has been overwhelming. Here’s what we’ve lear
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MomsToWork · 3M ago

Tip: Use Heavier Stock Paper For Resumes & Cover Letters

From a study conducted by MIT researchers, how the objects we handle affect the decisions we make: Consider the clipboard test. Ackerman, Nocera and Bargh asked 54 people to scrutinize a job candidate by looking at a resume placed on either light or heavy boards. The people using heavy clipboards vi
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MomsToWork · 5M ago

Cute Holiday Activities For Kids: Call Santa, Video Santa, NORAD Tracking And More

photo credit: Chris R McFarland It’s that time of year again … Christmas is just days away and we’ve got some excited kids to keep occupied. Here’s a list of some cute online holiday activities to fill the days. - A personalized Santa video directly from the North Pole. A company in Canada has creat
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MomsToWork · 6M ago

Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?

This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the f
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MomsToWork · 6M ago

Tales from the Land of the Demented

My mother cuts through the water without a splash. She manages about 400 metres of evenly-paced freestyle before she stops and grins at me, panting behind her. Even in her demented state, Mum can out-swim her daughter. It still gives her pleasure.
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MomsToWork · 6M ago

Ugg-ly Winters in Australia

Winter in Sydney means getting warmly dressed before you go inside on a mild winter's day. You don't get undressed at bedtime, you get re-dressed.
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MomsToWork · 6M ago

News flash: Killer Lurks in Aussie Shopping Centres

Moving is a liberating bitch. You lose so much, you gain a lot. After 16 years of living in the USA, we moved back to Australia nearly four months ago. During Blogher’s month of blogging, I’m going to post every day on the theme, “What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, ” a light-hearted account of [...]
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