Working from home is a common dream for everyone, especially in relation to being able to earn a living while staying at home, and that, in a legal way of course. Whether you want to boost your monthly income with extra odd jobs at home, or if you don’t like to be inactive while waiting for a new job, or also, if you are interested in the career of a self-employed entrepreneur, then working from home may be an option for you. However, in this sector of work from home, you should also remain vigilant, because recently, scams have also multiplied considerably in this field, mainly on the Internet, and this, in several forms, such as requests for funds, advertisements temptation, and offers that seem too good and very easy to access… Distrust must be essential in the face of these facts to avoid pitfalls.
There are certain jobs at home which one can freely practice at home and which one can undertake legally.
If you have a great passion for writing, then the job for you will be to be a freelance journalist (on this subject, take a look at the UpWork platform, new name of the famous oDesk). Thanks to the Internet, it will be easier for you to follow the news and access all kinds of information. The goal will be to sell your articles to editorial agencies, magazines or websites. Know how to target your customers, depending on each theme you have chosen for your articles. If you want to aim far, also consider becoming a writer, and then offer your works to publishers.
Still within the framework of a serious work at home, you can also consider becoming an external agent of a call center. Also called Call-Center, these companies often recruit new agents. What you need is just to have a quiet office where you can work easily. Your language skills will still have to be at the right level to perform well in this activity. A good organization in terms of your availability will also be desired. On the other hand, the company that employs you will provide you with all the equipment necessary to perform your services (telephone, headset, computer, software, etc.).
If you also have products to sell: clothing, kitchen items, vegetables, cosmetics… To sell them more easily, without having to create an online store, consider offering them on Facebook instead, just by creating a page just for your products, or even by creating a blog. Free, but rather effective means.
If you are interested in the secretarial profession, know that it is also a profession that is now accessible to you, thanks to the Internet. You would be put in touch with your employer via online software, so that he can tell you all his recommendations, and all the tasks that you should accomplish for his part (telephone reception, making appointments, planning management client…).
Other jobs at home are also available, but for that, you will need to set aside time to discover all these jobs that allow you to earn a good living, without having to travel, and why not become your own boss? If you don’t really like working on someone’s account, you should know that other means are also available to you on the Internet to become a self-employed entrepreneur. Getting started in an online business is now relatively easy, by launching and monetizing your blog, thanks to Amazon affiliation for example.
Finally, and as mentioned in the introduction, be vigilant about possible scams on the subject. Envelope stuffing, for example, is plagued by this evil, as I mentioned again a few weeks ago on this blog.