Hire My Mum is Launched in Australia
Every now and then an idea comes along that’s so good you ask yourself, “Why didn’t somebody think of this before?” Well, one such idea is ‘Hire My Mum’ – the brainchild of a fed-up north western Sydney mum, Leigh Kostiainen.
For Leigh, frustration this time was the mother of invention. After closing a retail business due to the pressures of trying to balance work and raising a young family, Leigh scoured the local papers for a more practical source of income. She thought she couldn’t be the only mum wanting to stay with her kids but still assist financially for her family.
“I knew there had to be employers and business owners that would let me use my years of experience in marketing, database management and project management to complete jobs they couldn’t afford a full time employee to do,” Leigh said.
After a frustrating search, everything Leigh found seemed to be just a scam. Determined to do something about it, Leigh founded ‘Hire My Mum’ to assist her, and others like her, who wanted to stay at home with their kids but still contribute to the household income.
It’s a fact that everyday, working women leave work to have babies. People from all walks of life are affected, teachers, receptionists, sales people, secretaries – and in the process, dozens of businesses lose skilled workers. There’s obviously a need to fill that gap.
That’s where Hire My Mum comes in. It’s a subscription service allowing Mums who have reasonable skill levels and internet access to combine the best of both worlds by working from the comfort and security of their own homes, at hours that suit them. This provides business owners with valuable workers for one-off projects or employees on a more permanent part-time basis.
The office environment has been changed so much by technology and none more so than good old dictation. There was a time that you would pop into the boss’s office with a steno pad and pen ready to take short hand, and now you can voice record your letters or reports digitally and email them to anyone anywhere for typing.
Statistically, over 60 per cent of working mothers feel they take out their stress on their families and close to half of all working mothers would prefer to be full-time mothers, while around one fifth would like to work from home. Just four per cent of working mothers would elect to work full-time if they had the choice.
These-days, working from home is no longer a ‘fad’ or just for a select lucky few – it’s an important part of Australia’s future working culture. The new Australian government strongly supports the growth of home-based small business in our country, particularly the benefits it brings to mothers and their families.
The benefits of working from home are obvious. You create a work and lifestyle balance by beating the rising costs of childcare, parking, tolls and petrol while providing flexibility in the time of day you work. Now, that’s a nifty idea!
“At Hire My Mum we are putting these skills back into the market place and providing businesses with a strong talented pool of resources, but we want listings,” Leigh said.
Business owners finding it difficult to find reliable skilled employees, or tired of trying to fend off the high costs for specialised services are encouraged to apply. Hire My Mum can help you find willing and skilled workers ready to help providing you with many financial benefits, as well as the ability to increase productivity by up to 40%. True! There are no contracts and you can register online for free!
Hire My Mum is based in north western Sydney but is not limited geographically. Women living in any city in Australia or any rural/ remote communities can log in and get the job done. People with a disability are not excluded, in fact anyone can do it – and all jobs are listed free!
As a subscription based site, the company receives no commissions or income from the jobs listed, thereby ensuring their registered mums receive all the payment for the jobs worked.
Mums can start working from home today doing the jobs you choose at a time that suits you … and the family. Joining Australia’s newest growing online industry is simple and swift. Just log in at www.hiremymum.com.au, or ring 0417 230 682.
Hire My Mum is launching nationally in time for Mothers Day 2008 to coincide with National Families Week.
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Kimberly Rosenberg said,
May 20, 2008 @ 7:02 am
Zura,
I just had a look at Hire My Mum, and it looks like it has potential to be a fantastic site for all the women entrepreneurs out there! I’m always looking around for great networking sites where women can get together and talk shop, so thank you for posting this blog about the site! I’ve already signed up, looking forward to seeing this site really take shape. As a woman in home business, it’s crucial to have an understanding of the importance of networking. One of the best means, in my opinion, is the use of the internet. Obviously many of these women have websites to promote their business with, but on the other hand, so many still do not! It’s an incredible resource, and for the women who may not know how to get their business online, I recommend Office Live Small Business. It’s new from Microsoft, and I’m telling you, it has absolutely everything a budding entrepreneur needs to get her business up and running on the internet. The package comes with a fabulous website layout designer that requires no HTML experience (for the less web savvy) and a highly organized e-mail system that even checks the status of sent messages. You can consolidate your invoices and look at reports of day-to-day traffic on your site, and more.
There’s plenty more information at http://smallbusiness.officelive.com
And not only does Microsoft host everything on your website free of charge, you even get a customized “.com” domain name! It’s a really cost-effective and easy way to bring any mompreneur business up and running on the internet. Please check it out, and if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me! I work with Microsoft and would be more than happy to answer any questions you or your readers may have. Again, thanks for the great read. I’ll be checking in on your future posts!
Best,
Kimberly
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Diana Groves said,
August 6, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
What a great idea – I find it really infuriating that the skills mums have developed before they have kids, and have running a home and family are largely overlooked. Busy MUms