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About Teleworking Mum

Working from home as a mum was not just a preferred work style choice for me, it was a necessity. Experiencing significant pre and post natal health issues made returning to work to a traditional role impossible. Yet, the need to keep our family's finances afloat meant that my capacity to earn an income needed to be harnessed in some way.

My journey as a teleworking mum started nearly five years ago. Along the way I have relished precious moments with my two young children, saved a lot of time and money, and have strengthened my professional skills and employability. Unexpectedly, I have discovered some organic perks of teleworking... read more

The Work from Home Guide for Mums

Working from home is every mum's dream - to be able to contribute to the family's income without sacrificing precious moments with your young children. 'Teleworking Mum' helps families make the transition from the traditional workplace to working from home, providing all the information you need to make your journey a successful one. Whether you want to keep your existing job, find a new one or start your own business, Teleworking Mum can help you achieve a smarter, happier way to work.

So you want to work from home...

As a mum or carer of young children, working from home can make a profound difference to your lifestyle choices - offering greater flexibility, increased savings and more quality time to spend with your family.

This website is geared at helping mums (dads and carers too!) of young children live a more comfortable, flexible life by changing simple concepts of work-styles and routines, but not necessarily changing your job - unless of course you want to!

The principles you will learn involve living smarter and happier and reaping the many benefits that flow on through implementing simple changes, including: saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year; working less hours to earn the same income; reducing your need for child care; being able to claim back some of your household bills, and much more....

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What is Teleworking?

Teleworking is not a job, it's a way of working. It involves working away from the traditional workplace using some form of technology or information communications to connect to your workplace, your customers or co-workers. Therefore, working from home using your personal computer, or even simply a telephone, is considered teleworking. In fact, working on your laptop at the beach is also teleworking.

The beauty of telework is that it is highly location-independent, i.e., it doesn't matter where you do the work. Therefore, jobs that ARE location-dependent (such as retail sales, nursing, etc) are not as suitable for telework.

There are currently over 2.6 million Australians who telework to some extent. Of these, about 500,000 are working mums. Some of these workers telework on a full-time basis, part-time or even temporary basis.