Keeping Your Business Skills Sharp

As professionals, albiet those with an office down the hall from our bedrooms, we all need to stay in tip-top shape when it comes to our business skills. A recent article in the Sun Journal gives some good tips on how to "Sharpen Your Business Skills".

Check out online courses in your field. These often cost little or no money and can provide valuable insights.

Investigate the "tools" section of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Web site for articles and other information on running a business.

Look at your local college or university's courses to see if any would enhance your business. Often you can audit a course without enrolling as a student.

Finally, SCORE provides numerous resources for the small-business person that can help you succeed.

Until next time,

Sarah

Taking Time Off

The June issue of At Home News tackles how to take a vacation when you work at home. Learn some tips on scheduling, juggling work responsibilities and finding time to relax and rejunvenate. Sign up for the free At Home News under the newsletter tab.

Until next time,


Sarah

Family Size

I've written an article for Crosswalk.com entitled "Large Families: Blessings or Burdens?" The piece talks to three mothers who have between 9 and 11 children each.

Until next time,

Sarah

Working Mother Myths

The Washington Post had an op-ed piece in Sunday’s paper (May 30) entitled “5 Myths About Working Mother.”

1. Mothers today spend much less time caring for children than did their parents and grandparents.

2. Women’s jobs interfere with family life more than men’s.

3. Mothers with college degrees are more likely than other women to opt out of the workforce.

4. Women who work are less likely to have successful marriages.

5. Parents don’t experience discrimination in the workplace.

Current numbers show that close to two-thirds of women with kids under the age of 18 are working outside the home. And we know that a lot more of us are working from home with children.

Food for thought!

Until next time,

Sarah

Want to know about mystery shopping?

The May issue of At Home News, my free e-newsletter, delves behind-the-scenes of a mystery shopper. Sign up at the newsletter page and find out how you can become a secret shopper.

Until next time,


Sarah