If you’re a stay-at-home-mom who is considering getting a job, let us first say that you already have one of the absolute hardest (and most rewarding) jobs that there is: raising a child. Yet, we can certainly understand if you would like to seek some kind of employment that pays in more than smiles and hugs.

We also know that one of the greatest challenges that can come with finding the balance between being a mom and landing a job that works within your sometimes sporadic schedule can be challenging on good days and totally frustrating on the not-so-good ones. However, it’s not an impossible feat.

We have listed five jobs that are ideal options for stay-at-home moms. All you need is a bit of experience, a lot of ambition and some internal confidence in your abilities:

Freelance writer/editor/blogger: A fairly large (and for some, lucrative) market in cyberspace are mommy blogs. If you are someone who has a knack for turning out copy, there are a couple of ways that you can make money from it. You can either start your own blog and monetize it or you can go to websites like Craigslist, Freelance Writing or Money Making Money, Pro Blogger, oDesk or Ed2010 and [Read more…]