3 Creative Gift Ideas for the Work-at-Home Professional

Entry #818, December 7, 2011

Giving gifts at the holidays can be a tricky one when it comes to coworkers, or to a work-at-home professional. Believe it or not, there are soo many items a work at home professional can use that you never think about! I for you could use a gift certificate to a office supply store, ha!

Gift ideas for the work-at-home professional

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Here’s one from the archives…

Original Entry #348, December 5, 2010

Whether you call them “Secret Santas”, “White Elephant”, the holiday games that coworkers use to give gifts to each other are popular at work. For those coworkers that are closer, you may give them something for their desk, office, etc.. What do you give the work at home professional?

While it seems like a silly question, the reality is more and more people are working from their homes, including Moi! I came across an article from families.com about giving gifts to at-home-professionals, it’s a good one! I thought about running this post during the work week, then I realized… if you’re a work-at-home professional, you have a 7 day work week, I know it well! 🙂

What will you give this year?

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Top 3 Gifts for work-at-home professionals:

1.) Gifts that get them out.

Whether it’s a gift certificate for a romantic dinner for a work at home friend and their spouse, concert tickets, a gift certificate to his or her favorite lunch spot, movie tickets, theater tickets, or a gift card to a local coffee shop, work-at-home professionals love to go out. This is probably an obvious suggestion, because even if you do not work at home and even if you live in a nice home that you enjoy spending time in, after a certain period of time you probably feel a need to leave the house, even if only for a little while. If you would like to give the super-deluxe version of this gift, just add a card with some cash for a babysitter or a note that says that you will watch the kids while the recipient goes out to use the gift certificate.

Give them a gift of getting out the house!

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2.)Business Cards:

Some work-at-home professionals do not have business cards either because it is not in their budget or because they think that they do not need them. The truth is, business cards are not only affordable; they are a great way to spread the word about your products or services. If the work-at-home professional on your holiday shopping list does not yet have business cards, you can order some for them or give them a gift certificate to get some made. Do not forget to include a nice case for them to carry their cards in. I gave business card as a gift a couple of years ago, not for a home-based professional, but for my brother in law, who was in law school at the time. Both the business cards that I made for him and the personalized silver business card case from Things Remembered were a big hit.

A home office gift is a great idea!

3.) Home Office Gift:

A third gift idea for a home-based professional is to give them something for their home office. This works especially well if you know them very well and have seen their home office. Do they spend hours sitting in a rickety old chair with no back support? Get them a supportive, comfortable office chair. Do they use a paper planner that will need a refill for the upcoming calendar year? You can get them a refill. If you know where they shop for office supplies, a gift certificate to that store would be much appreciated. Take a look around their home office and you will likely come up with just the right gift idea.

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