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Joy Larkin is a co-founder of MomsToWork and she is really excited about the new MomsToWork Job Board. Follow @joy
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 created [...]
Harvard Healthy Eating Plate
Earlier this year the USDA released new dietary guidelines for Americans, under an initiative called ChooseMyPlate.gov. In response to this, the Harvard School of Public Health released the Healthy Eating Plate, to make it easier for consumers to think about meal planning and not just abstract ideas about food allowances. You can download a copy [...]
Introducing @MomsToWorkJobs on Twitter
Introducing @MomsToWorkJobs on Twitter. Follow MomsToWorkJobs for information about job openings in your area and across the United States. We’ll tweet about flexible, family friendly, telecommute, virtual, remote, consulting, contract, part time, temporary, seasonal, hourly work and more. Follow @MomsToWorkJobs Follow Moms To Work on Twitter @MomsToWork.
Good News: Using the Internet Shortens Job Search
Researchers at the University of Colorado, Denver have found that using the Internet for your job search (i.e. career sites, job boards and the like) actually shortens the time unemployed. The researches believe that Web sites today are better designed, user friendly and far more specific than in the past. We at MomsToWork are very [...]
2011 Holiday and Seasonal Hourly Jobs
photo credit: jczart Fourth Quarter 2011 is upon us and that means retailers are on their mad sprint to the end of year profitability. While seasonal hiring is weaker than in previous years, several companies have announced their Holiday 2011 hiring plans for temporary workers according to shopping deals site buxr.com. Nordstrom Seasonal Jobs Kohls [...]
2011 Layoff Trackers
Oh what a difference a few years of a recession make. Back in 2009, during the initial shock of the downturn, we first wrote about layoff trackers in the sense of “company going under, don’t bother to send your resumes.” Today, however, the unemployment landscape has changed. Parts of the economy – depending on geography [...]
MomsToWork Open Job Thread
photo credit: mollyollyoxenfree What kind of work are you searching for? On MomsToWork, we’ve written extensively about women and work – how to find a job, write a cover letter and resume, interviewing tips and more. But I’ve always hoped to take this a step further and to start connecting people with the jobs they [...]
NEW! MomsToWork Job Board
photo credit: carianoff Are you a mom who is thinking about going back to work? Are you looking for a new family friendly job? Or are you curious about career development? On MomsToWork, we write about women and work, and we realize that job boards are just one tool to be used during a job [...]
The Things I Learned From Middle School
Middle School Sartorial Choice Summer vacation is in full swing, my daughter is away at camp (she hasn’t written home yet, so I must assume she’s having too much fun to write Mom) and her final report card arrived today. She did terrific, earning a place on the honor roll. Middle school (or as some [...]
Attention New Parents: New 2011 Crib Safety Regulations
If you’re a new parent or wish to reuse or to sell or give away a crib, keep reading. Tougher new crib regulations from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) went into effect at the end of June 2011. These regulations make it illegal to sell or resell drop side and other types of dangerous [...]
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