| Work at home jobs are becoming more and more | | | | advertising, affiliate products and more. Basically, if you |
| popular, but there are still some that can be done more | | | | have strong writing skills, there are endless ways to |
| easily in a home environment. This article shares 10 of | | | | turn them into a paying venture. |
| the most common types of work at home jobs you | | | | Requirements: Even better, the only requirements for |
| will find online. | | | | working at home as a writer would be having the skills |
| 1) Customer Service | | | | and motivation to do it. It may be helpful to have at |
| Thanks to the internet and software programs that | | | | least the basic software programs that most clients |
| allow you to log in to a company's system from home, | | | | would use, such as Microsoft Word. |
| it is easy for employers to hire remote customer | | | | 6) Graphic Design |
| service agents. Imagine sitting in your home office, | | | | Just like web design, graphics design can be done |
| answering telephone calls from people all over the | | | | from home too. This would involve the creation of |
| world. That is a reality for many thousands of | | | | digital images like artwork, company logos and web |
| home-workers today! The duties that come along with | | | | site graphics. Graphic designers can also work with |
| customer service positions vary from company to | | | | print images, but that would more likely be done for a |
| company, but most often you would be answering | | | | local company, even if you could still work at home |
| customer phone calls, providing general customer | | | | much of the time. |
| service, addressing complaints, entering orders into the | | | | Requirements: Once again, software programs for |
| company computer system online, and so on. | | | | graphic design would be needed, as well as proper |
| Requirements: Most companies would require you to | | | | training. |
| have an updated home office environment with | | | | 7) Sales |
| computer, telephone, headset, and fax machine, though | | | | Sales jobs can be done from home by telephone or |
| this will vary depending on the job duties. | | | | internet, but some may also require daily visits to |
| 2) Telemarketing | | | | prospective clients. Some sales jobs would pay |
| Telemarketing is another job that can easily be done | | | | commission-only (you would only get paid if you make |
| from home. Most often this involves making cold calls | | | | sales), but some do offer a base salary plus |
| to sales leads and either selling merchandise or | | | | commission. |
| services directly, or sometimes you would be simply | | | | Requirements: This will vary depending on the |
| setting appointments for sales people to close the sale. | | | | company and type of sales job, but most often you |
| Requirements: Most of these jobs would require an | | | | would need to have some sales experience, and a |
| unlimited phone plan so you could make long distance | | | | home office with computer, telephone and fax |
| calls without extra charges, but some companies do | | | | machine. |
| have a program where you could log into their system | | | | 8) Virtual Assisting |
| online and make the calls over a broadband | | | | Virtual assisting is becoming one of the more popular |
| connection. Some of these jobs do require sales or | | | | work at home jobs these days. Most often these jobs |
| telemarketing experience, but some are willing to train. | | | | require basic clerical skills like knowing how to use a |
| 3) Transcription | | | | computer, the internet, telephone, email, word |
| Transcription is done by listening to audio files and | | | | processing programs like Microsoft Word, as well as |
| typing them into written form. There are two basic | | | | spreadsheets, perhaps accounting software, and other |
| types of transcription jobs: medical and general. | | | | basic office equipment. A virtual assistant can work |
| Medical transcription requires more intensive training so | | | | solely for one employer, or be a freelance independent |
| you will know the medical terminology used on the | | | | contractor. The duties of a virtual assistant would most |
| recordings, which are often created by doctors and | | | | often involve answering telephones, doing clerical work, |
| other health professionals. General transcription can | | | | answering email inquiries from clients, sending mailings, |
| include many different types of audio recordings, such | | | | making travel arrangements, and more. (It varies |
| as meeting notes, seminars, teleseminars, and | | | | greatly depending on the employer.) |
| interviews. | | | | Requirements: Usually you would need an updated |
| Requirements: Transcription jobs will usually require | | | | computer system, telephone, fax machine, and the |
| equipment like software programs that can play the | | | | right software programs that your employer would |
| audio files at various speeds, and sometimes a | | | | use. |
| specialized foot pedal is also required to control the | | | | 9) Teaching/Tutoring |
| software. You may also need a special headset. | | | | Teaching and tutoring jobs can also easily be done |
| 4) Web Design | | | | from home, and they can apply to different settings. |
| Web design jobs are great options for working at | | | | For example, you could tutor children who need help |
| home. You can either work as an employee for a | | | | with their studies, or teach English as a second |
| company, or as a freelancer who hires out your skills | | | | language to adults. You could work independently on |
| to many different clients. These jobs would obviously | | | | your own, or sign on with a company who will connect |
| require that you have knowledge of web design, | | | | you with clients. |
| HTML, CSS, PHP, and other computer languages. | | | | Requirements: Besides specialized knowledge and |
| Requirements: The only equipment requirements for | | | | teaching credentials, very little equipment is needed for |
| web design work at home jobs would be the | | | | this kind of work at home job. |
| software you need to create, design and update web | | | | 10) Consulting |
| pages. Some companies might require you to use a | | | | If you have specialized knowledge in specific areas, |
| specific program like Dreamweaver, but others might | | | | you may be able to create a lucrative consulting |
| not. | | | | practice from home. There are consultants for pretty |
| 5) Writing | | | | much everything, from legal to medical to business to |
| Writing is a great option for working at home too. You | | | | personal life coaching! Consider your areas of |
| could either work for one company exclusively or | | | | expertise and ask yourself if people would be willing to |
| freelance for many clients. This job also offers great | | | | pay money to learn from you. More often consulting is |
| flexibility with the types of writing and publications you | | | | done on an independent basis rather than working |
| can choose from. You could write for print markets | | | | specifically for one company. |
| like magazines, or focus on online publications by | | | | Requirements: Depending on the type of consulting you |
| writing for e-newsletters and e-zines. Writers are | | | | would be doing, you may need a full home office setup |
| needed for many different types of materials, such as | | | | as well as other equipment or software programs |
| sales brochures, technical manuals, parenting | | | | related to your line of work. |
| publications, health websites - you can even be a | | | | There are many other types of jobs that can be done |
| "ghostwriter" for people who want to publish their own | | | | from home, but these are probably the most common. |
| books but don't have strong writing skills! Writers can | | | | However, as technology continues to advance we will |
| also create their own income by writing and selling | | | | likely see more and more opportunities to do even |
| e-books online, creating content websites funded by | | | | more jobs from home in the future. |