I’ve written about my life as a work-at-home mom and I just want to say – I hope I didn’t scare you off.
Yes, it takes a lot more organization and patience and drive to continue to do this day in and day out. I have to know when I can work, when I need to be paying attention to the kids (which is all the time), how I’m going to run errands and make all my deadlines without breaking a sweat.
BUT!
The payoff is huge. I love what I do and I love being able to do it on my couch in my pajamas, with crazy hair and socks with cartoons on them.
In case you want to earn money with no commute, I’ve been doing some digging to find places you can begin to look to get a work-at-home job of your own.
Wahm.com
I found my most recent job (manuscript editing) from this job board. I’ve landed two or three from here in the past and I’d say they do a consistently good job of finding worthwhile jobs to pursue. There are all sorts of jobs on here, from medical transcription to writing gigs and everything in between. Best part is that it’s FREE and updated very regularly. I’d suggest you start here. Besides the job board, there are also helpful articles on making the most of the work-at-home mom life.
Problogger
If you’ve been a blogger for a while and you’re ready to branch out beyond your own blog, check out this job board for gigs all over the web. Fashion, music, landscaping – if you can write about it, there’s someone to hire you to do it. This board is free as well.
Women For Hire
This site isn’t a job board, per se, but has articles about the work-at-home life and resources/websites sprinkled in each one. I suggest taking an hour to browse through and gain as much knowledge as you can.
The Work At Home Woman
This job board is fairly new to me, but I can tell they have a variety of jobs, which is good for those who don’t necessarily want to be a writer. 
Freelance Writing Jobs
If you are a writer, START HERE. Seriously. I’ve found some pretty great offers browsing through this job board over the years.
Craigslist
Craigslist gets a sketchy reputation sometimes and hey, I don’t know if I completely disagree with that. It IS kind of sketchy. But you can usually find a work-at-home job on there that’s worth your time. I have found a couple in my lifetime. Here’s a blog post with a couple tips about job-hunting on Craigslist. I can usually tell a legit ad from a scam or a sketchy one (hint: correct spelling, punctuation, name of a real company with a real way to get in touch with someone who works there). You can search for the industry you’re interested in and then sign up for the RSS feeds after searching for “telecommute.” Then all the work-from-home jobs will go to your feed reader or email inbox once new jobs are posted.
Case-by-case basis
I got a job working for Fisher Price when I was 19, writing copy for their products. I was in college, was browsing for a friend’s baby shower and just happened to click on “Careers.” Boom! Found a job and was quite good at it. I did it from the comfort of my dorm room, never having to do much more than click send on an email and wait for the check to go to my parents’ house. If you like a product or a website, poke around and see what you find. Many times they won’t advertise on the major sites, particularly if it’s a smaller company. The fact that you’re a loyal customer/reader will give you a leg up on the competition.
Here are a few others that I’ve found but haven’t personally used:
Got any other sites you’ve used? Leave ’em in the comments!
Thank you for this, Tara! These are also great resources for someone like me, that works outside of the home, but is looking for ways to supplement my income without working a mall job. I’d much prefer working from my laptop than spending that extra time away from my family!
Thanks Tara!! Very useful!!! I’m adding to my browser bar for when my my mat leave ends!
Thank you for including The Work at Home Woman on your list – appreciated.
Mashable is a great place to look for social media, marketing, tech and design jobs.
Also FlexJobs is great for flexible work arrangements – they do charge a small membership fee, but they screen all of the jobs before posting, so you know you’re dealing with legit companies.
This list is so on-point and so dope! What a great resource!
Thank you so much!!! You already inspired me to start with the multiple streams of income. I met with an editor of a weekly minority paper today and they need PT writers. Thank you girl!!! These sites are bound to keep me writing and bringing in extra cash.
This is a great resource Tara! And a few of these I didn’t know about and will be checking out. I’ve also found workathomemomrevolution.com to be a great resource and Twitter. My last Blogging gig I got just by responding to someone’s tweet. If you follow Blogs you love or folks in your industry you admire, you’ll definitely get wind of new opportunities before the job boards get them!
Great article!! Don’t forget about direct sales companies!! I started as a consultant with Thirty-One Gifts not too long ago and I love it!!!!!
Hi I offer WAH Psychic positions if you would like to post to your readers. Thanks Deana
Work from home is really nice since you can get paid without moving the comfort of your own home. I am also having some work at home stuffs going around. ‘”.*’
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http://www.prettygoddess.com
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know
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I think that you can do with a few pics to drive the message home a bit,
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I agree that FreelanceWriringJobs.com is a goldmine of work-at-home opportunities. Two more worth checking out: MEDIA BISTRO has a section solely for freelancers and CREATIVE CIRCLE.
This is a great article! I’d love to re-post it on my blog if that’s okay