The NWA Launches Professional Certification Program for Work at Home Professionals

The National Work at Home Mom Association is aware of the problems that many at home professionals face. Professional acknowledgement isnt something that comes easy says President Lynn Phelps. Many companies are leery when it comes to outsourcing work to moms who maintain a home office. The sound of children playing in the background is often mistaken for non professionalism. We can spend many years in training for our careers only to have it reduced to a non professional presentation by simply stating that we have a home office or by using the term work at home". The National Work at Home Mom Association has created a certification program that will allow business professionals and corporations to acknowledge that the work at home professionals that hold this certification has indeed completed the appropriate training and will continue to stay updated and informed by remaining certified.

(PRWEB) December 5, 2004 -- The National Work at Home Mom Association certification is designed especially for work at home professionals to demonstrate their experience and professionalism. Certification elevates your ability to land a job, make knowledgeable field decisions and provide customers with confidence in your abilities.

Experience and education are the cornerstones to an effective career. Self education is an alternative for busy mothers who have limited time and funding. In an effort to standardize and improve the level of knowledge and proficiency nation-wide, the NWAHMA has developed a certification program. This program is not meant to replace any industry specific certification, only to enhance it for those who decide to move into a work at home situation.
Reasons to become certified
-   Greater working knowledge of your profession
-   Keeps you informed /trend watching
-   Confidence for you and your customers
-   Prestige and credibility among peers and customers
-   Knowledge of the latest marketing practices
-   Personal and professional fulfillment
-   Professional advancement opportunities
-   Enhances the professional image of the industry - your industry
-   Shows companies that you are a serious professional
-   Provides confirmation to your customers and helps to promote professionalism in the home office
-   Is available to women, Mothers Father, Grandparents of all ages.
Certification offers you a means to differentiate your services. It offers consumers - and employers - a basis for comparison. It elevates the industry and your ability to be compensated for professional services.

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