Sunday, August 06, 2006

Work from home

The Internet has opened up many opportunities of income. The most common are the Work from Home jobs.The opportunities are unlimited and so are the scams.


1. What are 'Work from Home' jobs?
- Work from home jobs include but are not limited to medical billing, envelope stuffing, assembly work at home, chain letters, multi-level marketing (MLM) , processing medical insurance claims, freelance artists, legal assistants, medical transcriptions, consumer opinions, web surfers, email reading etc.

2. What are the advantages of Work from Home jobs?
- With a Work from Home job you control your hours. You can work at home and take care of your families too. More importantly you can choose your working hours and work part time or full time which ever you want.

3. What are the skill sets required for Work from Home jobs?
- Most Work from Home jobs are not highly technical jobs and require common skills like typing , writing , teaching etc and do not require expensive training. Many Work from Home jobs are computer jobs for which you require an internet connection and a computer. Most Work from Home jobs can be found for free on the internet.

4. What Work from Home schemes should you select?
- This depends on what your interests are.Choose a scheme that will help you do what you enjoy most. Decide whether you want a product or a service based business. Whether it would be for part time or full time and whether it would supplement an income or it would be a primary source of income.

5. What precautions should be taken before joining a Work from Home job?
- Be careful when selecting.Many companies offer high hopes and nothing else.They will say that it will come at no cost to you but will actually con you. Before you join any scheme, try out the product/service yourself. Thoroughly research before starting any business. Look out for the financial stability of the company. Be wary of jobs that sound too good to be true.
Contact BBB (Better Business Bureau) or (Small BusinessAdministration) for advice when selecting a job.

6. What are the most common Work from Home scams?
- Assembly work from home, chain letters, envelope stuffing and online businesses where you pay for a useless guide or computer disk are the most common Work from Home scams which should be avoided.

7. What are the warning signs?
- A few sure signs of Work from Home scams are - Exaggerated claims of potential earnings, requirements of money before telling you how the plan works and the no experience necessary claim.

8. Who are the victims of Work from Home schemes?
- Senior citizens , the disabled, mothers who want to stay at home with their children, people with low income and few job skills and people who want to get rich quick are the easiest victims of Work from Home schemes.

9. What are the safest bets?
- The safest bets are the Freelancing sites wherein you post your resume and bid for a job.