Homeworking

Homeworking was set up in early 1999 by a woman who found a dearth of information on the Internet. If anything the emphasis is on women, but as the majority of homeworkers are often mothers juggling work and parenting, it's an understandable bias.

The homepage features the major aspects of the site, and highlights newsy features for quick reference. Here you will find useful links. Go to the Main Index for a clear map of the site, whicyh is split broadly into Personal, Work and Practicalities, with a meaty index under each heading.

SPECIAL FEATURES

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Personal contains articles on a wide number of issues, with highlights including a link to online psychometric tests, advice on redundancy and an excellent feature on debt advice, split into categories. The links to other sites have brief reviews and include search engines and sites for women.

Work has sound advice on why businesses fail, good start up advice, and majors on scams, the bane of the homeworker. There is information on how to spot scams and good links on pyramid selling and the Advertising Standards Authority.

Practicalities covers work space issues, planning permission, using and working on the internet, and a useful piece on home insurance. More spurious is advice on answering the phone, and Easy Lunchtime recipes.

OTHER FEATURES

Readers can give email details for the site's newsletter, and there is a lively feedback forum and soap box, where people can post letters about aspects that irritate them about homeworking. The books page is excellent, with reviews of several publications on home working issues and a link to amazon.