Friday, February 27, 2009

Get Laid Off Is Not The End Of The World

By Marenda Hughes Taylor

Are people actually earning $8-$30 an hour working from the comfort of their home? You may be amazed to learn that well over 100,000 Americans work from home.

While the number of people telecommuting is somewhat low, the good news is, its growing. As people become more aware of telecommuting jobs and as more companies embrace the business model, the opportunities will continue to grow.

What exactly is teleworking?

Telecommuting is when a person works from home on a computer and/or telephone system that is tied in to the principal network of the company/employer.

Studies show that people that work from home are more productive, less stressed, unlikely to call out sick, and have an overall higher quality of life. Consequently, organizations that employ work from home agents enjoy low turn over rates, increased efficiency, increased productivity, increased profits, and increased customer satisfaction. Moreover, telecommuting is an environment friendly business model that helps to reduce highway congestion, fuel use, and air pollution.

What exactly do teleworkers do?

Market Research

Technical Support

Third Party Verification

Data Entry

Order Processing

Data Entry

Technical Support

Technical Support

How to get hired as a telecommuter?

Almost all work from home jobs have professional prerequisites in addition to equipment requirements. Prospective teleworkers should be disciplined self-starters with impeccable communication skills and the ability to work without supervision. Before applying for a work from home job, do an honest self assessment to determine if working from home is really for you. Can you resist the urge to watch television or go back to sleep? Will you goof off on Facebook or get your work done? Do you own a computer that was made in the last 5 years? Is your internet connection fast or are you still on dial up? Do you have a telephone line can be used for business purposes? Can you alleviate or control background noise? If you meet these basic requirements, you will find a job working from home!

Start updating your resume and begin your work from home job search. Use this list of companies:

www.liveops.com Liveops World's largest virtual call center with hosted, on-demand call center platform and 20000 at-home agents for inbound and outbound calls.

Working Solutions Working Solutions was created in 1996, to provide more legitimate work-at-home opportunities for those caring for family members, looking for supplemental income, and wanting or needing to work from home.

VoiceLog you get to choose what hours you would like to work and if VoiceLog has the customer need, you'll get scheduled.

Arise makes it easy for you to operate your customer interaction business from home.

www.apply.westathome.com West Corporation, Leading CRM solution provider, offering comprehensive customer service outsourcing programs.

West Corporation employees take pleasure in earning an income from the convenience of their own home.

Cloud 10 Corp rewarding work from home for at home professionals.

Alpine Access As employees of Alpine Access, you will experience a different kind of job, working from the comfort of your own home-office.

VirtuServe regularly seeks independent contractor call center agents for our Canada-based work-at-home agent program.

www.speak-write.com/web SpeakWrite, Qualified legal or general transcriptionists work from their own home.

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