It is so easy to get started. Just browse the Internet. Make a search or two with popular keywords such as: 'online jobs', or 'make money from home', 'work from home'. Play around. Opt in your email address on some websites that took your fancy. You can also give out your phone number if asked but never the numbers on your credit card, please!

1. Since you shall be signing-up in every job market you'll come across, it is handy to have a prepared profile. You must create a professional look of your cv - must be presentable and complete. Always computing your age from your birth date or the date and year you graduated is maddeningly repetitive. You can also provide a comprehensive portfolio to attract employers.

2. Choose the jobs that you'll apply to very carefully. Look for the perfect match to your lifestyle or home life. You don't want a job that will gobble up all your time, causing you to neglect the little ones and your duties as the homemaker, do you? The less delicate online jobs are data entry and typing projects. They don't require large blocks of working hours. You can do data entry for an hour in the morning and in the evening. This is the same when you get accepted as a call center agent from home. Your work shifts are always negotiable. No hassle.

3. Always check your grammar and spelling. A poorly written application letter shows inadequacy and no employer would look twice to your job application. It shall be the opposite if you write a very interesting goal and description of yourself.

4. Be a true-blooded professional. You need lots of self-discipline to be able to work fruitfully at home because there are lots of distractions: kids, house chores, pets, friends and neighbors. Manage your time and learn to say 'no' to impromptu parties when you have some deadlines to meet.

5. Build a good reputation. Even though online jobs are oftentimes freelance and short-stint, some of your employers will want to re-hire you after the present project is finished. If you're lucky, they might recommend you to their friends. Or vice versa. If you're a sloppy and irresponsible worker, you might get blacklisted. Of course, this is just an exaggeration:) The worst thing that could happen is that you'll be jobless for long because you didn't get any good feedback from any projects that you've done.

6. Be enthusiastic and cooperative. Show your interest during the interview. Do not be afraid to ask questions if there's anything unclear about the project. This will build confidence and rapport between you and your unseen boss. There are rare occasions that you would be hired without any prior interview but this could happen every once in a blue moon.

7. Last but most important: do not spend money on anything. There are job sites that have charges, but we must look for those job sites that do not charge--at first. Of course, you can always try exploring these foregone job sites when you have more free time. And if you have a small capital to spend so that you can ensure a work-from-home job for yourself, start turning a small room into an enclosed office so that you can be a home-based call center agent.

Good luck!