Dove Chocolate Discoveries Experience

Working from home is a great opportunity for ambitious moms & dads with entrepreneurial spirit who would like to make extra money while staying at home with their children.

Here is a business opportunity for chocolate lovers!

With DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES, you can turn your passion for chocolate into a career. Dove Chocolate Discoveries is the latest direct selling company that combines the global romance with premium chocolate and the growing trend of home entertaining. Whether you host a party or demonstrate the latest indulgence as a Chocolatier, you'll discover all the many sweet rewards.

For more information, please visit www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/melissapelfrey

Some of the latest chocolate-related trends-to-watch include:
- The premiumization of chocolate, with chocolate becoming more and more akin to the wine of the confectionary world.
- New chocolate taste sensations, with chocolate consumers opening their minds and mouths to more exotic flavors, from passion fruit and cranberries to chai and Aztec spice.
- Chocolate-infiltrated savory fares, such as chocolate soups, cheeses and marinades.
- Continued interest in cocoa sustainability, a holistic, proactive set of activities designed to ensure future supplies of cocoa, and a responsible approach to its production, so that the community and environment in which it is produced can thrive.

Some interesting direct selling facts:
- According to the Direct Selling Association, the U.S. direct selling industry generated $30.8 billion in retail sales in 2007.
- About 74 percent of Americans have purchased goods or services through direct sales.
- More than 15 million people worked in the direct sales industry in 2007, up from 13.3 million in 2003.
- Of these 15 million direct sellers, more than 85 percent are women.
- There are more women millionaires in direct selling than in any other profession in the world, according to Grace Lee, co-founder of the Direct Selling Women's Alliance.

Imagine a room filled with friends sitting around tasting and oohing and ahhing over chocolate....rich, premium dark, milk and white chocolate. Chocolate candies, chocolate desserts, chocolate beverages and more.

Imagine learning about chocolate, tasting chocolate, and sharing that experience with other chocolate lovers.

The home-sweet-home scenario is what drives sales for DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) , the new at-home chocolate enterprise from MARS® Snack Foods U.S., the world's leading maker of chocolate confections.

DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) is hoping to recruit a network of citizen chocolatiers the same way Mary Kay Cosmetics has developed an army of at-home makeup salespeople, many of whom are now cruising around in pink Cadillacs.

It's a Party...Literally.

Following the business model of Mary Kay, Tupperware, and other pioneers of home party businesses, DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) products are sold by aspiring entrepreneurs. They provide the impetus for people to then host chocolate tasting parties in their own homes. Invited friends and relatives gather to sample an exclusive line of chocolate products not sold in any store. Who can resist an evening among friends tasting heavenly chocolate treats?
"It doesn't even feel like selling," says chocolatier Jill Young. "I don't have to twist any arms. Even in tough times, people still want to treat themselves to a little chocolate."
The wide array of DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) products includes ready-to-eat chocolate treats, smoothie and martini mixes, chocolate chai tea, brownie and cookie mixes, baking chocolate, mousse mixes, even special tools for creating decadent desserts and fancy homemade chocolate candies.

Chocolate Is Hot. Home Entertaining Is Cool Again.

Last year 17 billion dollars worth of chocolate was sold in the U.S. and the fastest-growing brand of premium chocolate is DOVE®. Plus, the state of the economy has led to more people entertaining at home today-one more factor that may benefit DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) home sales venture.

101 Ways to Make Chocolate Goodies

DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) has created dozens of recipes for its products, ranging from Chocolate Tiramisu and Chocolate Sundae Pie to chocolate-based cocktails to Savory Chocolate Steak Sauce and Chocolate-Balsamic Salad. These can be found online at Dovechocolatediscoveries.com. Plus many are available on The Food Channel in the DESSERTS category. Just type "Dove Chocolate" in the recipe search box.

If you think you might be interested, the website also lays out its case for becoming a DOVE CHOCOLATE DISCOVERIES (TM) chocolatier. The company says there are now chocolatiers in 48 of the 50 states.

According to the company, 40% of all women are said to be chocoholics. If that's true, this could be a pretty sweet business to get into. Perhaps we'll soon see chocolate color Cadillacs rumbling down the road.

From The Kitchens of The Food Channel
Posted by Editor from The Food Channel®

When you're eight months pregnant, it's hard to find a good interview suit. But a burgeoning belly didn't stop Nicole Young, 33, from hitting the job circuit this fall. Her husband, who works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, has seen his income shrink along with the Dow. And the consulting projects she has been doing from their home on Long Island in New York are not bringing in enough money to make up the difference. So Young, who left her full-time marketing job in 2005 when she was pregnant with their first child, buffed up her résumé and started conducting phone interviews to try to line up a job that would begin after her second child was born in December. She contacted five recruiters, hoping to find something in corporate communications or general management. Could she start right away? Not exactly. No job offers ensued.

Now, with a 3-month-old and a 3-year-old, Young is reviving her job hunt: full time, part time, any time will do. With the employment outlook turning bleaker by the day, she and many other white collar moms who opted out of the workforce to focus on their kids are scrambling to get back in. Meet the economommies. (See the best and worst moms of all time.)

Of course, for much of the U.S., working is not optional. But with men making up 82% of the recession's job losses, women are flocking to mom-centric job and career-consulting sites, where they learn how to translate their maternal skills (negotiation, time management) into corporate argot. Mom Corps, a staffing company that pairs women with white collar jobs that have flexible hours, in February surveyed its 500 most recent registrants: 63% said the economy was driving their decision to look for work. Five percent said they joined because their spouse was laid off.

At Mom Corps, businesses pay to list job openings and gain access to tens of thousands of women who have registered for free; the agency, like rival service 10 til 2, also does actual matchmaking for companies. It's definitely a buyer's market. In early March, Mom Corps had 34,000 job hunters and 54 jobs; 10 til 2 reported a similarly scary ratio. How quickly employees are synched with employers - Mom Corps says most of its openings are filled within two weeks - hinges on factors like location and skill set. Think Excel is just a verb? Next in line, please.

Since Mom Corps opened shop in 2005, it has matched nearly 1,000 women with manager-level positions at small firms as well as Fortune 500 ones. Though the number of listings fell in recent months, founder Allison O'Kelly says, things are picking up as hiring freezes make project-based, benefits-free workers the only kind companies can afford.

"This is not a good time for many businesses, but this is a good time for our business," says iRelaunch co-founder Carol Fishman Cohen. Her firm, along with sites like YourOnRamp and 2Hats Network, offers crash courses in networking as well as tips on how to finesse gaps in résumés (don't organize chronologically) and what to wear to an interview (shoulder pads are for linebackers).

Article in Time posted at the below site:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1884849,00.html