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Education, Career and Professional Development
Single moms find here advice on handling career, work place relationships, back to school, choosing college, finding financial help.
Read about women in the work place, and women owned businesses; learn from their experience, what to avoid when starting your own business.
See other moms’ perspective, learn from their experience.
Colorado Business Resource Guide
The Colorado Business Resource Guide is one of the most successful and comprehensive business start-up guides in the nation. The Colorado Business Resource Guide is made possible by a collaborative effort between federal and state business assistance agencies and the private sector. As federal and ... Read More »
CareerOneStop – Job Search
Search the available jobs by keywords, by location, find Miltary-Civilian jobs. Learn how to create a plan, how to network, how to find potential employers, write the checklist. Jobs from Private Sector Job Banks: America's Job Exchange EmploymentGuide.com Flipdog Jobs.com Monster.com Job ... Read More »
Single Mom College Fund
There is an age and a time for everything. My mom would often say this to me and over the years I had come to believe that it was indeed true. In my mind college was for the younger generation. Those in their twenties went to college. They were fancy free and footloose with no responsibilities and ... Read More »
Job Search Tips
You often have the feeling that you have done everything possible when it comes to your job search. Still no success yet! For sure this can be frustrating but keep in mind that there is a large number of unemployed people hunting for a limited number of jobs. Competition is tough. Nowadays it ... Read More »
How to Prepare for a Job Interview
Most of us are used to the feeling of uncertainty and emotion we have when a potential employer contacts us and we are invited to a face to face interview for the job we want. After a few minutes of joy and excitement we start asking ourselves questions: will there be unexpected questions? Will I ... Read More »
How to Create a Custom Resume
You found a posting for the perfect job, and want to apply for it. Here are a few tips to help land the job. Customize your resume so that you map your qualifications and experience to the job description / job requirements. Make sure that you use the keywords from the job posting in your ... Read More »
Tips for Easing the Stress of the Job Interview
Job interviews never get easier. We, as single moms, have a lot to stress about, and a job interview stresses us even more. We do stress over how to prepare for the interview, as well as about the interview itself. The first thing to keep in mind is to do our homework on the company we interview ... Read More »
Our Daughter – How I Find Grants, Scholarships, Loans for College
My daughter Amy was 19 years old when she got pregnant. She was too scared and did not tell us till she had finished her first trimester and so by the time our girl was 20 she had delivered a baby. Amy dropped out of college, came back to live with us and slowly began to slip into a depression. A ... Read More »
From “Stay at Home Mom” to “Working Mom”
Taking a break from work to raise your kids is mostly a viable option for many moms. However, once the situation is back in control and the children can do well without having the mother with them at all given times and its time to go back to work that the problem arises. Moving back to a working ... Read More »
