Legitimate Work at Home Job or a Home Business?
Let's face it, a home business isn't for everyone, but there are plenty of you who would like to find legitimate work at home jobs - at least if you could find legitimate work from home- maybe to be with the kids, maybe because you're at your best when you work from home. For whatever reason, finding legitimate work at home jobs isn't an easy task, and I know that many of you have been looking for the perfect telecommuting job opportunity for quite some time. I also know that the number of legitimate work at home jobs pales in comparison to the scams that seem to about everywhere.
The Latest Work from Home Jobs
Here's my hand-picked list of 10 work from home jobs I found on the Web this week along with 10 work from home job opportunities found last week, some offering salary and benefits and all appearing to be perfectly legitimate opportunities to work from home. Page 2 includes an additional 30 work from home jobs from prior weeks.
As far as I can determine, these are all legitimate work at home jobs. I do my best to weed out potential work at home scams. Still, you should be alert when investigating any opportunity to make sure it is, indeed, legitimate work from home.
In some cases, you'll have the flexibility to live anywhere, while in others, candidates are required (or preferred) to live in a certain area because training will take place there, occasional office attendance is a requirement or the customers you'll be serving are in that area. When that's the case, I'll indicate what the local requirements are for that work at home job listing.
Full and Part-Time Work at Home Jobs
Some of the work from home jobs that I select are full-time with salary and benefits. Other opportunities work at home opportunities may be part-time or on a contract basis with no benefits. I know that some of you who are trying to find legitimate work from home may only be available part time, or you may be willing to try something new on a part-time basis. And, there's always the possibility that you can get hired and work from home in a job on a part time or contract basis originally and get hired fill time with a benefits package once you've proven yourself and your ability to work from home.
Steering Clear of Work from Home Job Scams
In the vast majority of cases, legitimate work at home jobs shouldn't require that you pay anything for the privilege to run from home. There are a few legitimate exceptions where you may need to be a membership fee to belong to an independent network of work at home professionals or you may have to pay small amount for training or equipment.
Legitimate Work from Home Job Agencies
You may find that some of the work from home jobs in my hand-picked list require you to register with a work from home job site. You may also have to pay a small membership fee with the work at home job site to have access to their listings and apply for a job. That's usually because I couldn't find the same listing somewhere else and the work at home job looked promising. When I find a work at home job that makes the list from one of these services it's because I felt that service was also legitimate. If you have any experiences to the contrary with these sites, you need to let me know.
Legitimate Work at Home Job Updates Each Week
Stop back every week and check for more pre-screened opportunities to work from home. I do my best to have my legitimate work at home jobs list available first thing every Tuesday morning, however there may be times when publishing the list may be delayed slightly. Don't get discouraged, just stop back and check again.
As always, tread carefully and do your homework on any company you're considering. Good luck, and here's hoping your legitimate work a home job dreams come true!
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Work from Home Jobs - July 7, 2009
- RN Clinical Quality/Compliance Admin (Telecommute - West Virginia)
- VP of Consulting Sales - Nationwide Telecommute
- Part-Time Commission-Based Sales Professional (Work from Home)
- Telecommute Systems Engineer(Colorado Preferred)
- Technical Support Agent - Part-Time (Work from Home)
- Title Examiners (Work from Home - Florida)
- Tech Moms Wanted to Blog (Work from Home Anywhere - English, French or Both Languages)
- Client Manager - Southwest Connecticut (Work from Home)
- Grey-haired CPA Trust Expert (Work from Home - Anywhere in U.S.)
- CSS / HTML Front End Developer (Work from Home - S.F. Bay Area Only)
Work from Home Jobs - June 30, 2009
- Sales/Recruiter (Work from Home)
- Sales Engineer (Test Interconnect; Telecommute)
- Telecommute Systems Engineer
- Human Resources Assistant - Possible Telecommute (Orlando, FL Area)
- Vice-President and General Manager Ingenix Property & Casualty - Telecommute
- Claims Technician - Refund and Recoup Specialist(50% Work from Home - Madison, WI Area)
- Freelance Staff Writer (Work from Home)
- Business Development Rep - IT Staffing & Consulting Services (Work from Home)
- Content Rewriters Needed (Work from Home)
- San Francisco Lifestyle Blogger (Austin TX and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale also Available) - Work from Home
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Poll: Did You Find Work Your Work at Home Job or did it Find You? - Click One:
- It Found Me
- I Went After It and Got It
- A Little Bit of Both
- I'm Not Working from Home But I'm Looking
Check the Latest Work from Home Poll Results
If you've already voted in the Work from Home poll or just want to check the results, you can use this link:
Check the work from home poll results
to see where things stand at any time.
Participate in the Work at Home Forum Discussion
For those of you who would like to go into a bit more detail or voice your thoughts on legitimate work at home jobs, I welcome you to participate in the discussion on this topic in the About Home Business Forum.
Let me know: If you've found a legitimate work from home job, how did you find it? Did you have a strategy or a work from home plan that worked? Do you have any suggestions for others who are looking for work from home jobs?
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