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Does anyone here work from home? I need to get out of my current job and would like to explore any legitimate opportunities. It is a mess trying to search online because everything but everything looks like a scam.
I think most people that work from home in this area still have a specialized area.... I'd guess a lot of IT and jobs like that. I have the option to work from home (but also have a physical office) and I'm a social worker. Do you have a degree? What is your experience in? It might help people direct you to work from home opportunities in this area.
I work from home, but I have a highly specialized education/experience. I work for a company based in another state. I agree with other posters--we need to know your background and skills. It seems like a lot of folks I know have the option to occasionally work from home but mostly work in an office.
There are many people who work from home and never go into a physical office. You should be networking with the right groups (not here) though. There are plenty of legitimate companies who hire home workers. For example, these well known companies hire home workers:
Uhaul
American Airlines
There are other companies who hire masses and contract out for several companies. I have a friend in Durham who does this. She has worked for many different companies depending on the contract. I think Pizza Hut was one of them. The company is called westathome.com.
You want to look at sites who help people find legitimate work.
There are others, but these are a good start to connect with people job hunting as well as veterans of working from home.
One thing for sure is to make sure your resume is polished and tailored to a home working situation. It should highlight your capabilities to work from home. Some people are just not cut out for it. They 'think' it's so easy, when in fact it has its own set of challenges.
Depends on what your good at and what you want to do
Mostly IT jobs I guess, however I started a little part time auto shop out of a building in my backyard (can ya guess lol I have NO HOA) and 3 years later I now find myself getting ready to expand. I have reached the point where to actually "work a real job" i would end up losing...(time, convienece, gas milage to and from, a boss) etc
Life is good...I'm always available for school functions, my sons Karate class, keeping an eye on my 3 old dogs, and my two horrible pibbles..and everyone in the neighborhood not ony gets their cars fixed here, but rest easy I am always home "keeping an eye" on the neighborhood.....
so it really all depends on what you want to do...some folks simply take car of 2 extra kids for friends (careful, too many you are an illegal daycare) and supplement income in that way
you can find something if you look hard enough, and outside the box
I work from home, but I have a highly specialized education/experience. I work for a company based in another state. I agree with other posters--we need to know your background and skills. It seems like a lot of folks I know have the option to occasionally work from home but mostly work in an office.
My situation is simliar to yours...work from home, specialized job with company based in another state. I do a lot of travel to our locations and project management that can be done from home.
Usually it starts as an offshoot of whatever the person was doing (for a boss) before, using networking relationships and good karma from that job. It is very hard to just start from scratch to make a business, especially since you don't seem to know what area to concentrate on. Making and selling art and craft projects comprises a lot of "home businesses", but not a lot of them can support a person fully; usually they are a supplemental income.
In this economy and unemployment, most of the "easy" jobs where you could work from home with no experience or skills would have been taken already, I'd guess. It's tough in the best of circumstances to get a new business off the ground. Good luck to you, but definitely sit down and assess what you have done in the past and how someone might want to pay you to do it for them on your own.
There are many people who work from home and never go into a physical office. You should be networking with the right groups (not here) though. There are plenty of legitimate companies who hire home workers. For example, these well known companies hire home workers:
Uhaul
American Airlines
There are other companies who hire masses and contract out for several companies. I have a friend in Durham who does this. She has worked for many different companies depending on the contract. I think Pizza Hut was one of them. The company is called westathome.com.
You want to look at sites who help people find legitimate work.
There are others, but these are a good start to connect with people job hunting as well as veterans of working from home.
One thing for sure is to make sure your resume is polished and tailored to a home working situation. It should highlight your capabilities to work from home. Some people are just not cut out for it. They 'think' it's so easy, when in fact it has its own set of challenges.
You can also learn about writing articles. Some places like Odesk and Textbroker I hear are good.
I also like the the sites you mentioned. It's nice to be able to read up on other's experiences good or bad and weed out the scams and find real work.
I hear good things about a company called Arise also, but never worked for them.
I just started working from home when I moved down here. Previously, I was working at HQ for my company. My field is somewhat specialized, but it is more about finding a company that encourages and values teleworking.
Add these companies to the list, as I know from personal experience, or friends that they allow teleworking in some of the corporate/regional positions:
Marriott Hotels
B of A
Delta Air Lines
AT&T
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