Let’s continue our look at how working moms can flex their work schedules with some more of my top tips for selling your boss on a more flexible work schedule.

Tip #2 – Flex your schedule in stages

So, your boss has agreed to the idea of you working a more flexible schedule? Great! But….before you jump right in to your new office hours, it’s really important for you to ease your way into a flexing your schedule step by step.

If your goal is to leave the office early 3 days a week, try easing into your new schedule by leaving early just 1 day a week for a few weeks, and gradually work up to your desired flexible schedule.

By easing into flexing your schedule, working moms will accomplish 2 things:

Today’s companies have heard the battle cries from working moms around the country – and they are responding. From on-site daycare to family-friendly company cafeterias where your family can drop by for dinner, today’s companies are offering incentives for working moms like never before. And…allowing working moms to flex their work schedules is one of today’s most popular incentives.

As a working mom myself, I’d like to share with you some of my top tips for selling your boss on a more flexible work schedule.

Tip #1 – Have a game plan

So, your boss has agreed to meet with you to discuss allowing you to have a more flexible work schedule. The most important thing for you to go into this meeting with is a well thought out plan.

Sell your boss on the idea of a more flexible schedule! Show your boss how you both will benefit from you working a more flexible schedule.

Working moms know all too well how tricky it can be to perform the balancing act between work and family life. Somehow soccer practices and band concerts always seem to end up being scheduled at the same time as that meeting with your new client.

And…it seems that, for most moms, being pulled in a million different directions is taking its toll.

Did you know almost half of all working moms say they would take a cut in pay if it meant they could spend more time with their children? Or, that they would leave their jobs altogether if their spouses or significant others made enough money to comfortably support the family?

Let’s wrap up our look at how working women can get their bosses on board with telecommuting and perform the working woman’s balancing act.

So, you may be asking how you should go about getting your boss to let you give telecommuting a try.

Well, the best way to get your boss to go along with letting you give telecommuting a try is to sell the idea to them. By that, I mean show your boss exactly how both you and they will benefit from you telecommuting a day or two every week.

You can also try suggesting to your boss that they allow you to give telecommuting a try on a trial basis. Agree to try it for a month or two, and then meet again to reevaluate how telecommuting is working for you and for your boss.

Let’s get started with my tips for performing the working woman’s balancing act without falling flat on your back with Tip #1.

Tip #1 – Telecommute: Allows people who live far from their place of business to work from home for certain work days and be more effective in their position, because they are not doing long commutes. It’s suppose to allow more productive time for the employer and also give flexibility to the employee if they have children.

If you’re like most working women, you’ve probably imagined how wonderful it would be to wake up 1 or 2 days each week and have your morning commute take you from the coffee maker in your kitchen to the computer in your home office instead of down the freeway battling traffic on your trek into your office.

But…you probably assume your boss would never go for it. Or, if your boss made an exception for you to telecommute a couple of days a week, then he or she would have to do the same for everybody else in your office, right?

But, you may be wrong!

If you are a working woman, then I’m sure you’re all too familiar with trying to perform the never-ending balancing act between work and home life. And, if you happen to have children, then chances are you feel like you’re performing the balancing act of life on center stage….with a big, bright spotlight shining down on you!

Just like the single woman who refuses to “settle” for a husband instead of waiting for “Mr. Right”, working women and working moms alike are refusing to accept that they can’t have their cake and eat it too.

Having a fabulous career that you love and a great home life with your family is attainable. You can have it all – you just have to learn how to multi task to learn how to balance work and family.

I have some great tips I want to share with you on how you can successfully perform the working woman’s balancing act between work and home life.

Join me this week as I begin sharing my tips with you for performing the working woman’s balancing act without falling flat on your back.

You can have it all – and I’ll show you how!

Remember, if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are still among the stars!

Valerie Fitzgerald

Let’s wrap up our look at the top 10 must not do’s for working women when dressing for a successful interview with tips 8-10:

8. No visible tattoos

This can be a tricky guideline for working women if you have tattoos in conspicuous places (think Angelina Jolie). But, if you can cover up your tattoos, do so. Again, this depends on where you are interviewing and what type of job you are interviewing for. But, bearing your tattoos might not only turn off your prospective boss in the interview room, there are some companies out there who actually have policies limiting tattoos. So, you may be out of the running before you even have the chance to show them how perfect your are for the job!

9. No short skirts

Let’s continue our look at the top 10 must not do’s for working women when dressing for a successful interview with tips 4-7:

4. No fishnets or patterned hosiery.

Sure, working women wear them on television, or on the runway, or maybe in your own office. That doesn’t mean you should too. The safest bet is for working women to stick with stockings in neutral colors or black when it comes to interviewing. Save all those other choices for your private time!

5. No flashy jewelry.

Keep it simple. Avoid flashy jewelry or jewelry that jangles. You want them to see you coming, not hear you coming. A good guideline for working women is no more than two rings per hand and one earring per ear….and no face jewelry please!

6. No backpacks or fannypacks.

So, you’ve landed the interview for that dream job you’ve been working so hard to get. Congratulations! But you don’t want to blow it by making critical errors when it comes to dressing for that interview, right?

Well, here are my top 10 Must Not Do’s for working women when dressing for a successful interview:

1. No ou