The world of “work from home” opportunities is full of opportunity for the people who sign you up. Some are legitimate opportunities that will take years of hard work to prepare; others are scams. More and more, however, there are real jobs available for people who work from home. Often such jobs are low paying, but as they require virtually no commuting expense, no office clothes, no lunches out with colleagues, you may be keeping more while earning less.
The following is ideas to help you find the right work from home opportunity for you and your family.
1. Professional services: if you are a lawyer, CPA, graphic designer or have an advanced degree in business or a related field, even if you’ve been out of the work force for a while, you may be able to begin making money. If you no longer have a network to approach, you can start by listing your services on Odesk.com, a website for freelancers to ply their trade. Note than much of the competition is international from low wage countries so this is not likely to become a source for the best paying gigs, but it may be a way to make you started right now.
2. Call center jobs: visit monster.com, the giant job board, and search for “work-from-home call center” and you’ll see a list of available jobs. If you search just “work-from-home”, you’ll see many more jobs. Research any works from home employer carefully. Pay no fees to get a job. No legitimate employer will be required to pay the company!
3. Network marketing: many people love network marketing and make a good living at it. Many more do not. It is difficult work and requires, above all, the ability to become a self-starter. If you are always busy, always organizing fundraisers, charity drives, and all the rest, you may be perfect. If you are following the plot of more than one soap opera, chances are network marketing will be a black hole for you.
4. Freelance writing: if you love to write, maybe you already have a blog with lots of followers, there may be a chance for you to earn some money by writing. There are plenty of people out there willing to respond to your money to tell you how to make money, but actually earning a living as a freelance writer is tough. If you are thinking you’d love to write, but haven’t written anything for publication—not even a blog post—for years, look somewhere else. There are too many people who are excellent writers desperate to make a living for you to complete if you aren’t deadly serious about it. If you’ve written a novel and don’t are aware next, publish it on the Kindle(it.Ly/finynO) and get it from there.
5. Freelance photography: Old school professional photographers are annoyed these days by the growing ranks of amateur photographers joining the professional ranks. They often refer to folks in this group as MWACs (Mom With A Camera). The fact remains, however, if you have decent gear (really nice gear) and talent, you may be able to at least support your hobby by looking for opportunities to shoot for a fee. Camera gear is very expensive and learning to shoot well takes years. If you don’t yet know what a DSLR is, this probably isn’t the path for you now.
These five ideas don’t represent the full range of opportunities for working from home, but they may get you started thinking and researching opportunities that would ask you. Just remember, if your goal is tantamount to earn a living, be cautious when considering help from people who, for a fee, will tell you how to make a fortune working from home.
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