WORK AT HOME JOBS
Have you been searching the job sites for a legitimate work at home job?
When searching, do you type in "work at home" or "work from home" as the main keywords?
Unfortunately, this usually results in many opportunities that require money upfront,
and not so many legitimate jobs.
The way to avoid these types of ads, is by using better search terms. The best words
to use are "telecommuting", "home office", "independent contractor", and "freelance".
When teamed with your particular skill these terms should produce mostly legitimate jobs.
Make sure you research anything that sounds too good to be true, these are
usually the scams. If in doubt, go to one of the more popular work at home
message boards or forums and ask for advice or do a search for the company
name on your favorite search engine.
5 Simple Techniques to Work at Home Forever
Copyright © Sylvie Charrier
Author of "You Can Work in Your PJs"
If you've spent any time online, you will already
know that there are lots of scams out there! You might have even
begun to doubt that there are any work-at-home positions available
for serious jobseekers. If this sounds like you, you aren't alone!
Believe me, there are real home based jobs,
but what most of the work at home sites omit in their information
packages is that it takes work to get work. Finding a telecommuting
job can be a full time job in itself, but if you don't have all
the facts, you will be spinning your wheels trying to get somewhere
or you will probably give up within a few weeks. That would be
a shame, because there aren't enough high quality telecommuters
as it is!
Look, I know you’re skeptical. So was
I, a few short years ago. That was before I started implementing
some very unique strategies that allowed me to generate so much
work from my small home office, that I needed to hire extra staff
just to keep up with it all!
The strategies I used are actually very simple,
and you can duplicate these ideas to become a very successful
telecommuter. In fact, I want you to copy my techniques, even
if it means I create my own competition! Why? Because every time
a new person starts to work from home more successfully and efficiently,
that means one more employer is happy with the concept of hiring
homeworkers! That means everyone gets more jobs, and more opportunities
to do what we all love to do…working at home in our pyjamas!
So, let’s cover the top 5 simple techniques
you can use to work at home forever, shall we?
1. Never pay for any job!
There is never a good reason to pay for work, and I am amazed
at how many jobseekers waste precious time and money chasing after
schemes that will never pay. It wastes a lot of time you could
better spend targeting your jobsearch to legitimate and valid
work.
2. Get your materials ready!
You are going to need to be ready before you start looking for
work. You will need a specialized telecommuter’s resume,
an excellent cover letter template, and an online portfolio that
showcases samples of your work. Without these things in place
ahead of time, you will not be ready for rapid response when an
employer needs to see your stuff.
3. Make sure you have all the equipment
and software you’re going to need! Depending on
your skill set, you’re probably going to need special software
and equipment to do your job right. Don’t expect an employer
to pay for these things. A prospective employer is more likely
to hire the next person who is properly equipped, rather than
hire you if you expect the employer to pay for what you need to
do your job.
4. Know what you do for a living!
This is an absolute necessity if you want to work from home. You
may think that you want to do “typing at home”, but
if that’s all you can think of, then you’re wasting
time. Think about how your typing skills will be useful to your
employer, come up with creative applications of that skill, set
up samples to show what your service looks like, and plan ahead
on how much you will charge for that service. Be willing to tell
prospective employers exactly what you do and how much you charge
for it.
5. Change your strategy! Instead
of looking for jobs that have already been posted online, and
have already been taken, look for companies that are well suited
for your talents. Create your own work by contacting companies
that have not yet posted jobs online, and eliminate the competition.
But, make sure you know exactly what service you plan to offer
that company, and why it is useful to them. Don’t bother
contacting companies by sending vague resumes. That technique
never works! Contact targeted companies with specific services
in mind, and let them know you are open to alternate suggestions.
These techniques work extremely well, and using
them allowed me to build my home based service company from scratch,
without spending a dime on advertising. I was broke when I started
working from home, and I didn’t have a computer. Using these
techniques, I was able to slowly build my business and develop
a client base that has consistently earned me more money than
if I was working onsite. You can do it too!
This article is excerpted from “You Can Work in Your PJs”, a real world guide to telecommuting. Sylvie Charrier
works from home full time and wrote this book to share her unique
techniques with others. You can download your copy here
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