Working from the comfort of your own home is great. It's worth the effort to find the right job.If you prefer just a temporary job or being a freelancer, several sites come to mind, including sologig.com and elance.com. Note that there may be fees associated with registration and utilization of services, so do your homework.
If you’re looking for more stability, the SAFEST way to look for a work from home job is at a site like moneyfromhome.net that offers a huge selection of REAL work from home jobs like data entry, customer service, writing or editing, administrative support, account executives, recruiters, mystery shopping, and scam-free surveys, all 100% from home. At that site members can choose from up to 1600 REAL work from home jobs of all different types that are already certified to be safes. There are almost no direct sales jobs to bother with, no scams and very few or no temporary gigs. The positions are more permanent.Check out suitable jobs, do some comparisons on pay ranges, and find out as much as you can about the company. Remember that once you get the job you’re going to have to give out your name, address and social security number or tax ID number… so be absolutely 100% sure that you’re dealing with a reputable company.Scary stuff especially considering that there are more than 4,990,000 work from home scam entries on Google alone.
Then there are the big search engines of course. Tons of choices there. The scams advertise there, too, so beware! Most of the listings at these sites are not temporary, but some are. Some of the most common big sites are monster.com and careerbuilder.com. In most cases you’re able to post your resume right on these sites at no charge. If you’re concerned about security or privacy, and you should be, you can opt to browse the listings at these sites absolutely free.
Don’t forget about looking for a work from home job right in your own home town. Use the job search engine to narrow your selection and describe the type of work that best suits you. You never know what will pop up in your area! It’s not a bad idea to check out local newspapers, community newspapers and message boards for jobs in your field. Larger papers sometimes have smaller sister publications, so take advantage of any links to job sites. Depending on your locale, another great source of information is the local Chamber of Commerce. Don’t be afraid to give a call and ask some questions!
If you want to find a great work from home job, you’re going to have to do some research.
When you’ve found a couple of work from home positions that interest you, you’re going to have to send your resume and a cover letter. This is an important step in your job search and it is critical. It’s you in competition with the best. How do you outshine the best? You don’t do it with a resume you created when shoulder pads were in style. Nor is it a good idea to send in the resume you put together in college. (You know, the one you just kept adding to.) Yes, it still lists your high school band teacher as a reference but it got you a job a couple of years ago!
Consider having a resume done by a Certified Professional Resume Writer. You and your work from home career are worth it. Your career and the opportunity to work at home is at stake, so it’s best left to an expert. Maybe you do your own taxes, install your own plumbing, and in your spare time rewire your home for 220, but this is something you will definitely want to outsource! You’re paying for years of experience, alignment with professional resume writing standards, industry expertise, and hopefully, some sound advice.
Plan on taking a bit more time to land your work from home dream job. Do your research, spend some time getting to know the company, its culture and its reputation. Check the company out locally or nationally if you have to but in all cases, check them out. Then send out those resumes and find your work from home dream job
Monday, September 10, 2007
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If you want to really attract customers from all walks of business life, you must have imagination, and you must have common sense. Neither is as abundant as you might imagine.
Imagination means writing inexpensive classified ads that return tens of thousands of dollars in return. It means carving out a niche in the marketplace, and creating a business identity that is exclusively yours. It means looking ahead with total confidence, and seeing yourself as the owner of a multi-million dollar business.
Common sense is something altogether different. It means realizing that nobody, except in their dreams, gets rich overnight. It also means that if you have tested something out West and it sold like wildfire, chances are it will move just as well in the East, South, and North.
Common sense will also tell you that once you decide to take the plunge, you will probably lie awake on some nights and wonder if you have bought too many office supplies, or if you will make enough profit to justify the new typewriters and computer system that seemed so necessary just a few days before. Common sense will also tell you that there are bound to be some mistakes, and that customers can sometimes be fickle, unpredictable, and demanding. In fact, there may be days when you wish you were doing something else.
OPERATE BY BUSINESS RULES THAT INSURE SUCCESS & SURVIVAL
Most people who start their own home-based business don't fail because they didn't come up with great business ideas. They fail because they just don't know how to execute and market the product of service they have to offer.
There's really no excuse for this to happen. To begin with, you should check to make certain your idea is sound. You shouldn't launch a business or service without paying special attention to at least one, or more likely several of the following laws that have evolved through business experience:
IMPORTANT BUSINESS RULES TO REMEMBER:
* Make or do something different or better than the market now offers.
* Find a way to distribute the produce or provide the service faster and at less cost.
* Produce something timely to meet a want or need.
* Give People something they want that is either too difficult or too expensive to get elsewhere.
* Package it more attractively, more reliably, or both.
* Sell and provide only quality items or services and avoid poor workmanship at all costs.
* Always give good service even if it demands hard work and long hours.
* Always do small-scale testing so you can make your mistakes in miniature.
* Use intelligence and tact when dealing with customers or supply sources.
* Study your field until you have a basic understanding of it; then try to find new and better ways of doing it.
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