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The trend of telecommuting is on the rise as employers begin to see the savings involved in both time and office space.
Tons Of Home Job Listings!
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FREE Google Money making Videos!
Applied Medical Services
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Article By Jill Hart
With gas prices at an all-time high, many Americans are looking for ways to do less driving and more companies than ever before are offering telecommuting options to their current employees and searching for at-home employees to fill open positions. The question for the job seeker is now how to find these opportunities. Below are five methods you can use to find a telecommuting position.First, check your local newspaper. When I began my search for an at-home carrer, I found my first employer through the Classified Ads section of our hometown paper. I was wary at first, but after thoroughly researching the company through means such as the Better Business Bureau (BBB), visiting the corporate office and meeting some of their current employees I found the company to be legitimate.
Second, search online using websites such as Monster.com and Dice.com. However, listings found online must be researched carefully to avoid the scams that abound on the Internet. There are also websites that will you allow to do job research in your own community. One such website is Craigslist.com on which you can choose a city and then refine your search with keywords such as posting your resume on websites such as Hotjobs.com is a third way to locate at work-at-home job. Putting your resume online can bring employers to you, depending on your skills and qualifications. Another bonus of an online resume is that you can easily direct prospective employers to view it. It also makes life a bit simpler when applying for jobs, because you can attach your online resume instead of typing out your job history, qualifications, and so on, each time you apply for a job.
When posting your resume on the web, be sure to create an accurate and impressive representation of your abilities. You don't want to be wordy when describing past job experience, but you do want to be specific about the roles you've held as well as your accomplishments.
A fourth option when looking for at-home employment is to open a phone book and call businesses in your area. For example, if you're interested in doing administrative work, you might contact churches and small businesses in your area to see if they are looking for office help. Even if they are not currently seeking help, they may know of another business owner who is.
Along those same lines, the fifth way to become a telecommuter is to create your own opportunity. For example, instead of finding a company that will hire you as an administrative assistant from home, consider starting your own business as a Virtual Assistant. You can offer your services to many companies, which can both increase your income potential and allow you the flexibility of deciding which jobs you'd like to accept.
You can also create your own telecommuting position by talking with your current employer about work-at-home possibilities. More and more companies are finding that at-home employees are just as productive as those in the office, if not more. Companies also benefit financially by lessening office space and avoiding the costs of many office supplies. Many companies who are not ready to hire at-home workers will allow their current employees to work one or two days from a home office, so be sure to discuss this option.
The telecommuting field has become highly competitive as more and more people find that working from home is a possibility. Searching for a telecommuting position can be daunting, but by looking in strategic places such as online and in your local newspaper, you'll have a much better chance. No matter, how you find your telecommuting position, make sure it's something you would enjoy doing and also something you can make money at.
Jill Hart is the founder of Christian Work at Home Moms, CWAHM.com Jill is a contributing author in The Business Mom Guide Book and I'll Be Home for Christmas and co-author of the upcoming book, Home Based Blessings. Jill has articles published across the web on sites like DrLaura.com and ClubMom.com
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The links are to articles describing the scams - NOT to a particular company...
- The Envelope Stuffing Scam
- The Ad
No experience or special skills needed!
Make $1 for every stuffed envelope!
Work as little or as much as you want!
No Quotas! Pay Weekly!
Make $500-$1000 Weekly!
Risk-Free!
The Investment
$20 - $30 plus shipping & handling. "60 day - no risk - 100% money-back guarantee." You can even pay extra for "fast shipping."
The Scam
Once you send your money, you will get your complete start up package... consisting of many copies of the identical ad you just answered, along with the wording for a classified ad. They then instruct you to place your own classified ad (at your expense, of course!), instructing people to send you a SASE for more information on how they, too, can make thousands just stuffing envelopes. You get a SASE in response to your own ad, you put in a copy of the ad that came in your $30 start-up kit, and voila - you have just stuffed your first envelope!
The Reality
All envelope stuffing scams are run using post office boxes that are "here today, gone tomorrow." And you will never be able to get in contact with the company within the 60 days to get your 100% money-back guarantee. I have not known of any legitimate job opportunities for envelope stuffing. - The Product Assembly Scam
- The Ad
No experience or special skills needed!
Guaranteed pay checks!
Work as little or as much as you want!
No Quotas! Pay Weekly!
Make Up to $720 a week!
The more you assemble, the more you make!
Easy and lucrative!
The Investment
$30-50 plus shipping & handling for the "one-time reimbursable deposit"
The Scam
Once you send your money, you will get a kit with unclear or illegible instructions to make the product. These products, often with tiny pieces, are impossible to put together. And if you do manage to put together enough for a "unit" (notice the ads never tell you how many items are in a unit?), you will suddenly find that your product does not meet their quality.
The Reality
All product assembly scams are run using post office boxes that are "here today, gone tomorrow." They send inferior supplies, because they have no intention of buying the finished product back from you - they make money from the "reimbursable" deposits, not the jewelry (or whatever product it is you are assembling for them). - The Mystery Shopping Scam
- The Ad
No experience or special skills needed!
Get paid to shop!
Keep everything you buy & get reimbursed for all expenses!
The Investment
$20-60 plus shipping & handling.
The Scam
Once you send your money, you will get a listing of businesses that may employ mystery shoppers. And on the off chance you do find a job mystery shopping in your area, it will be only a one shot gig - they rarely hire the same mystery shopper twice.
The Reality
These businesses are making money from you, not from mystery shopping. And all the information they send you can easily be found by a quick search on the Internet... for free.
Updated Home Job Postings
- Betty Confidential
- Job Title: Content Editor
Date Posted: 2008-03-18
Description:
BettyConfidential.com is looking for a talented editor to oversee managment of site content, recruit and interact with writers and manage daily operations. While some editorial experience is required, enthusiasm, flexiblity, commitment and a strong work ethic are most important.
For more information, please send resume and letter of interest to Julie.
Contact Method: Julie@BettyConfidential.com - Got Free Cards
- Job Title: write e-greetings cards
Date Posted: 2008-03-18
Description:
We are currently looking for an freelance copywriter to help us in writing e-greetings cards concept. Cards concept will be converted to animation cards.
We are an ecard 'Silicon Valley Startup' company so if you are creative, it is a plus. All crads concept will be converted to animation cards.
You will be paid $10 to $25 per greeting card.
You can see our cards at www.gotfreecards.com
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Can write new innovative, funny e-greetings cards concept.
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:
knowledge and interest in greeting cards content (send samples)
Dynamic and inspiring writer (send samples)
Extremely sharp grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills
Strong balance of creativity, inovative skills.
Visualization of the greeting card concept is a plus
Internet research and analysis for story ideas
Writing strong, newsworthy headlines and issuing press releases
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Contact Method: jobs@gotfreecards.com - Life Wire (NYT Company)
- Job Title: Freelance, Health Copy Editor
Date Posted: 2008-03-19
Description:
LifeWire, an online content provider backed by The New York Times Company, is seeking a freelance health copy editor to work remotely. The copy editor will edit informative and practical articles on a range of medical topics including: cholesterol, chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia, psoriasis, menopause, breast cancer, urinary incontinence/overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, eczema, erectile dysfunction, fibroids, osteoporosis, restless leg syndrome, anemia, appendicitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, deep vein thrombosis, gallstones, hair removal, hernias, kidney stones and ulcers. If you have experience editing articles on health and medicine for consumer and/or professional publications, a command of Associated Press and MLA style, as well as a flair for fine-tuning copy, please contact us.
Responsibilities:
Copy edit for factual accuracy, clarity, grammar, spelling, and Associated Press and MLA style
Handle numerous 500- to 1,500-word health articles each week
Check facts using the Internet, other reference materials and by contacting writers and sources
Write headlines and rewrite copy as needed
Use Web-based publishing tool to copy edit and classify articles
Requirements:
At least three to five years experience as a freelance or full-time journalist editing health and medical topics for a consumer-oriented or professional publication.
Strong news judgment
An obsession with detail and hitting deadlines
Significant experience using Associated Press and MLA style
Sophisticated understanding of how to find news and information online and off
Skill collaborating with writers to enhance their work
Degree in journalism, communications or English preferred. Medical degree a plus, but not necessary.
Strong computer skills
Please e-mail your resume to Scott Nyerges, copy desk chief, at jobs@lifewire.com Put the words 'health copy editor' in the subject line. Please indicate if you have particular experience with any of the aforementioned topics.
The New York Times Company's digital operations, which includes the No. 1 newspaper site NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com, is a top 10 Web property with more than 35 million unique visitors a month.
The New York Times Company is committed to a policy of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability. - Blogging Jobs At Today.Com
- Job Title: Bloggers Wanted
Date Posted: 2008-03-18
Description:
Looking for a Blogger to cover the following existing blogs: seo, gadgets, humor and weight loss.
Our simple authoring tool is as easy to use as Blogger or Wordpress, but you can also very easily add pictures and videos. All Blogs are up and running and have readers ads at $150.00 a month for 3 months and then a very generous revshare.
Here are the available blogs:
2bloggadgets.com (gadgets)
8seek.com (seo)
weightlossmax.com (weight loss)
2bloghumor.com (comedy)
These blogs are new and old alike!
How to apply Email: ads@today.com with your intro, experience and samples as the body of the email. Please do not send attachments.
Contact Method: ads@today.com
Reputable Companies That Are Hiring
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- Unlimited Transcription
- Requirements: 2 years experience typing medical transcription in hospital or clinic setting.
PC with adequate hard drive space, Pentium processor, windows 98, communication port, sound card, and Internet connection and browser.
Strong computer and Internet skills with the ability to install software, download software, use electronic transfer software, and find/move data between folders within your system. - VIP Desk
- Job Description: Customer service, Data entry
Pay: Hourly. Paid by check or direct deposit
Requirements: exclusive home office use
no background noise
high speed internet (no satellite, dial up or wireless access)
landline telephone access
corded phone (not cordless for security) with keypad on base - VeraFast
- Job Description: Customer Service Reps - Our customer service representatives work from their homes making customer service calls for our newspaper clients. In most instances, we are checking on the customer's service and reporting back to the newspaper so they can take appropriate action.
Pay: Pay varies dependent on available work and speed. However, .21 cents per contact plus bonuses seems to be the average payout. You are hired as an independent contractor.
Requirements: Good communications skills
Basic typing and personal computer skills
An IBM compatible personal computer (Pentium/166 processor or greater)
A color monitor (800 x 600 16 bit high color or greater), mouse, printer
100 MB of hard disk space available
32 MB of RAM
A CD-Rom
A 28.8 baud modem (or greater) that is on COM port 1 - 4 - LiveOps
- Job Description: Customer service representative taking inbound phone calls. Provides service to customers who have questions or would like to place orders (such as from infomercials) or reservations. Best for people who sell well.
Pay: Varies, depending on calls and your conversion rates.
Requirements: Cable or DSL internet access, email, headset, corded phone line (no cordless phones due to security concerns receiving credit card numbers). - ARO Call Center
- Customer Service: You will be answering inbound and outbound calls. To qualify for this position you must have extensive customer service background and skills. You must be able to type efficiently and accurately. There is no cold calling or telemarketing within the position.
Pay: Varies. Will be paid normal hourly rate while training.
US only
Hires based on geographic regions of clients.
Good customer service skills
DSL or cable internet
No background noise while working
An Employee's Guide to Telecommuting
This two-hour course will enable employees to:
- Learn what qualities increase the likelihood of success- Decide if telecommuting is for them
- Prepare their proposal
- Plan and design their home office using special software
- Maintain their career progress
- Keep work relationships intact
- Deal with family, friends, and neighbors
- Set work priorities
- Communicate with manager and coworkers
- Plan together and anticipate problems
Course can be completed in two hours or less!
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"WHAT IS WORK-LIFE?"
Overview:
Work-life is the practice of providing initiatives designed to create a more flexible, supportive work environment, enabling employees to focus on work tasks while at work.
It includes making the culture more supportive, adding programs to meet life event needs, ensuring that policies give employees as much control as possible over their lives and using flexible work practices as a strategy to meet the dual agenda - the needs of both business and employees.
In short, we define work-life as the interaction between employers and employees, because everything that happens at work has an impact on workers' lives.
Here's more about . . .
Work practices
Many companies are redesigning how the work is done, asking employees how they can make their lives more livable and still get the job done. They eliminate tasks that are duplicative, reassign others to create a job that's appropriate for flexibility or remote work, and look for ways to save time, some of which goes back to employees.
Alternative work arrangements like flextime (altering starting and ending times), job sharing, telecommuting, reduced work schedules and compressed workweeks are now becoming standard in many organizations. Daily flexibility, allowing employees to control their schedule and set their own daily hours as long as goals are met and the job gets done, is first on the list of job-seekers' criteria, and is being used by more and more companies to recruit skilled workers.
Training managers and supervisors is part of the process, helping them understand that setting measurable goals and focusing on results will allow them to create a flexible workplace while making them more effective managers.
Leave
More employers are putting all their paid leave days, sick leave, personal leave, funeral leave, parental leave, floating holidays, etc., into what most call a "Paid Time Off Bank" that allows employees a certain number of days. Many companies use the PTO Bank to curb unscheduled absenteeism. The number of days in the bank is usually just slightly less than the total number of paid leave days an employee would otherwise get. Sabbaticals, both paid and unpaid, are also making a comeback.
Time-saving assistance
Concierge services, onsite shopping, consumer resources, buying, leasing and maintaining cars, home repairs, real estate listings, house cleaning and other services that help employees save time are gaining in popularity again as the economy surges ahead. They're a win/win, saving time for employees as workloads grow, helping employers get more work done, and acting as an enticement as they recruit new talent.
Emotional wellbeing
Most employees offer the services of an Employee Assistance Program. Developed in the early 70s to help with employees' alcoholism and addiction issues, their mandate has grown. Still the experts in alcohol and drug intervention assistance, counseling for gambling and eating disorders, they also provide counseling for grief and loss, personal relationships, work relationships, marriage and family issues, divorce and separation, mental health issues, violence and crisis, work-life balance and stress management.
Financial assistance
Sometimes included in EAP services, financial counseling is growing in importance. Companies are offering assistance with budgeting, credit and collections, home buying and renting, saving and investing, retirement planning, insurance and taxes. Many offer low-interest loans for housing, college and personal emergencies.
Legal assistance
Many employers offer the services of a lawyer to talk with employees about wills, consumer protection, estate and probate law, family and elder law, real estate issues, living wills and other legal issues. Some subsidize the service and some arrange for lower group rates.
Relocation
It pays to offer as much assistance as possible to make sure relocation is a success. Most offer help with selling current homes and finding housing in the new location. Many help spouses to find a job and assist with school issues, childcare, financial counseling and transportation. They also have well organized programs, including support groups, for expatriates returning from overseas.
Health benefits
Health insurance may be the most important work-life benefit of all. As costs skyrocket, more employers are switching to consumer-driven plans, offering employees the option of high-deductible, lower cost health savings accounts.
Wellness
Fitness programs, disease prevention, smoking cessation, obesity programs, nutrition and diet assistance all have a measurable payoff in keeping employees healthier, which not only cuts health care costs but raises productivity and reduces absenteeism.
Parenting, childcare and child development
When the field of work and family was first invented, in the mid-80s, childcare was pretty much its sole focus, and it's still an important piece of keeping a workforce productive. It includes helping those who want to be parents with infertility counseling and financial assistance, and even, in some cases, in vitro fertilization. It often means helping new parents with adoption leave and financial assistance, and of course finding or providing regular and after-school care, summer care, backup and sick child care. Most companies now offer parenting seminars and support groups. Some provide summer programs for older children and teens and many offer college support of various kinds. There's special help for single parents and support groups for blended families.
Exceptional caregiving, eldercare, special needs children
There are now about 120 million caregivers in the U.S. and an estimated 60% are also in the workplace. As the boomer generation moves into their 60s, both of those numbers will grow very fast. So more companies will provide or facilitate the services of geriatric care managers, help find or provide eldercare, backup care or caregiving assistance along with resources for emergencies, special needs children, disabled adults, legal or financial resources and information, needs assessment, evaluation of eldercare facilities, caregiver support groups and eldercare fairs.
Learn More About Work-life HERE
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