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Four Easy Ways To Work From Home

By Maria Bashi
Mar 14, 2019
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Working from home sounds like a great idea. You save money on commuting costs, you don’t have to dress up every day, and you can often be flexible with your time, allowing you to care for children, parents, pets, or yourself. However, getting there can feel impossible sometimes.

Read on to learn more about how you can start working from home.

Work Remotely

One option is to work remotely. Under this arrangement, you are technically an employee of a company—you just don’t work out of an actual office. Virtual call centers fall under this category. They employee people like you to answer calls from home. If you have worked in a call center, sales, or retail before, you may already be qualified to take on a remote call center job. This may also be a good option for you if you speak another language fluently. Call centers are often looking for bilingual agents.

If your experience falls more under office-like settings, there are other remote positions you may want to consider. Online data entry, insurance agents, IT support, medical transcription, and more can be done from the comfort of your own home.

Use Your Skills

Think about your skills too. You may have qualifications that will help you find work online. For instance, health insurance companies often hire registered nurses to manage cases and provide treatment authorization. Similarly, teachers may work online as private tutors, and certified public accountants (CPAs) may do taxes or bookkeeping.

Even if you don’t have formal qualifications, you may have other skills that are just as employable, like social media or sewing. Think about the things you know how to do and go from there. Your skills could help you move beyond a work-from-home job to a career. Artists may become graphic designers and writers may work in blogging or content creation.

Try Babysitting

You could also try babysitting. Caring for children is a great way to earn extra money when you have love and patience to give. You could spend a few hours a week or several hours a day taking care of kids in your home or theirs. If playing games, drawing pictures, and doing homework with little ones sounds like fun, talk to some of the people you know. Someone probably needs a sitter at least once a week. Once you build a reputation, your babysitting service can grow exponentially. Plus, you get to set your own rates!

Sitting for pets is another option. Many people hire someone to walk their dogs, sit with them for a few hours during the day, or keep them while the owners go on vacation.

Start Your Own Business

You could also start your own business. Companies such as Amway help people like you get started in direct selling. Amway Business Owners can sell vitamins from Nutrilite, water treatment systems from eSpring, energy drinks from XS, or cosmetics from Artistry — choose whatever interests you most!

When you start looking for work-from-home jobs, some of the ones you encounter may not be legitimate, but many are not. Just do your research. Some people ask if Amway is a scam. Don’t worry, it’s not. Over three million people around the world sell for the company. Amway is not a pyramid scheme, either — you won’t be asked to recruit other salespeople. You also are not required to purchase anything. Instead, you simply earn a commission on each sale.  Just be realistic on income expectations.

Conclusion

Working from home is a goal for many people, but it is difficult to know where to start. Remote work is one possibility, or you could try your hand caring for kids (or pets), but that’s only a start. Work-from-home jobs also include using your skills online or starting your own direct selling business. With a little research, you can find a work-at-home job that WORKS for you.

 

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