One way to increase your chances of working at home is to be open to making some sacrifices. Rather than focusing on finding the perfect work at home job, think about changes you could make to widen the net.
Take a pay cut.
A recent Citrix Online report on “the World Wide Workplace” cited a forecast from [...]
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Many times I’ve blogged about data entry ads that are all over the Internet. Just about all of them (if not all) are scams, and I always advise against pursuing a data entry ad that you see online or in a newspaper ad.
However, that is not to say that there are not companies that hire [...]
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Today there was a job posted on my site that immediately aroused suspicion. The job was for a “package manager”. Since I have seen many scams that involve shipping packages, I knew I should really look at this one.
Here’s what they posted:
Honest workers needed for a package processing company located in NY, but any location [...]
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This could be a very short blog post:
You apply for a work at home job just as you would for any other job- with professionalism and a resume.
But it’s not going to be a short post.
Unfortunately, I just lost another client that had posted a job listing with me. (You did know that we have [...]
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The worse the economy gets, the more active the scammers are. Today someone emailed me to ask my opinion on a mystery shopper job they’d been offered. They had received this letter along with a check for $3,900:
As you can (barely) see, the letter directs the new employee to cash the check and then wire [...]
Have you been looking for a telecommute job? Have you ever considered turning your current job into a telecommute job?
Many people work at home because they pitched telecommuting to their boss, and won them over.
The first thing to consider is whether or not your job can be done from home. Not every job [...]
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The answer may be easier than you think, but there’s a catch.
The truth is that you find a telecommute job just like you find any other job- with research, persistence and a bit of job search savvy.
The caveat? Ever wonder why more companies don’t advertise telecommute jobs? In this competitive job market you’d think [...]
Every day, I’ll get an email that goes something like this: “I’ve been looking for a home based job for x number of months now…with no luck. I just want something I can do in the evenings or on weekends so I can supplement my income. Can you help me?”
You might be thinking, [...]
While identity theft is nothing new, the Web has opened up whole new world of opportunity for identity thieves.
According the FBI, identity theft is the top online fraud. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is it’s number one source of consumer complaints – 42 percent of all complaints.
The thief will use your [...]
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