WAHM (magazine)

WAHM is an online magazine about work at home jobs, opportunities, and lifestyle. The name is an acronym for "Work at Home Moms," though the magazine covers issues affecting all home-based business workers and telecommuters, both male and female.[1]

WAHM
Type of site
Online community
Founded1994
Headquarters
El Segundo, California
URLWAHM.com

History

Software engineer Cheryl Demas founded WAHM in 1994 while herself a work at home mother. The site was initially targeted at stay-at-home mothers who had started home-based side businesses.[2]

As telecommuting grew in popularity in corporate America, and later, as corporations tapped home-based workers as part of outsourcing efforts, WAHM's focus widened to include home-based workers of all types. This includes people with small home side businesses and telecommuters working from home for companies of all sizes.[3]

WAHM was acquired by Internet Brands in 2008 .[4]

Site Functionality

WAHM features a magazine-style layout with a large library of articles related to the work-at-home lifestyle. The site also features home-based job listings and a discussion forum .[5][6]

Because home-based business scams have grown in popularity, a large portion of the content on WAHM is focused on scams and how to avoid them. WAHM's discussion forum is one of the places of the internet where readers can report work-at-home scams and read about them.[7] The site founder Cheryl Demas sometimes goes undercover and then she reports the scams that she has discovered in this way.[8][9]

Recognitions and awards
  • Examiner.com named WAHM one of the "ten best websites for parents" in 2008.

References
  1. Lemon, Darren (March 23, 2009). "Beating the downturn by staying at home to work". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. Kristof, Kathy M. (August 20, 2000). "Personal Finance: Looking for Ways to Work at Home?". Your Money. Los Angeles Times. p. C3. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. USA Today (2005-07-19). "Job opening? Work-at-home moms fill bill". Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  4. Internet Inc. "10 career websites acquired by public company".
  5. DestinationCRM. "There's No Place Like Home".
  6. Minneapolis Star Tribune. "Is Working From Home For You?".
  7. BusinessWeek. "Scanning for Scammers Before You Buy In".
  8. Christian Science Monitor. "Outsourcing comes home".
  9. Forbes (2003-12-06). "Homepage Hucksters".
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