Are you looking for a career change or returning to work after a break? Why not consider a career in retail? It is not all stacking shelves and working on tills. If you have good communication skills, thrive on a challenge and want a job that is different everyday then a career in retail maybe for you.

Are you looking to get back into work after a career break? Maybe a new career in sales could be the answer for you. It can be a rewarding and well paid job. If you are an effective communicator, self motivated, well organised and thrive on a challenge, then sales is a good career choice for you.

Whether you’re looking for employment in a different field of work, or you’re starting up your own business, balancing career change with being a mum is challenging to say the least. Here are a few tips for making the transition successfully.

There are many books out there trying to help people get a job. These are very good at what they do, but the job market being as competitive as it is, there is an opportunity to get back to basics and understand the key elements of job applications. This book, Applying for a Job by Sasa Jankovic has lots of simple effective pages on subjects ranging from CV preparation to applying for your first job. This alone is something that I haven’t yet seen attempted before in similar books and …

A survey by Careers4London.com reveals 98 per cent of Brits would prefer a local job with under an hour’s commute. Increased fuel prices, issues with poor public transport, congestion charges and the cost of running a car for a long daily commute, not to mention the impact this has on work/life balance and the environment, is forcing people to re-think the location of their workplace. And if you have to fit in work round the school run a job nearby is even more important.
David Green at Careers4London.com explains, “Personal time …

Here is my up to date list of websites to help you find jobs by the hour, flexible opportunities and part time work. If you know of other sites like this, let me know. I’d also be interested in positive and negative experiences of using this sort of site – let me know if you have found work this way.

www.freelancersintheuk.co.uk
www.elance.com
www.flexibleskillsbank.co.uk
www.GetMyJobsDone.co.uk
www.jobs4mothers.com
www.mumandworking.co.uk
www.people4business.com
www.remoteemployment.com
www.shiftshack.com
www.sliversoftime.com
www.ten2two.org
www.workingmums.co.uk
http://yummymummyjobs.com

If you need to find a new job, check out this guide to finding jobs online from Janet Davies of New Life Network. It gives you general tips and also rates the different online job finding sites: well worth a read.