Unemployed Mother makes P287,800/Month

Have You Ever Thought About Working Online?

Jenny Pineda never thought she would have a job working home-based until one day she filled out a simple form online. Before she knew it, she discovered a simple way to earn money in her spare time...

A friend told me about Jenny’s experience last month and so I decided to feature her story in our local business report. She told me her amazing story. "I actually make about P 225,000 - P 315,000 a month using the internet. At first it was a great way to supplement our income in my spare time. Now I earn even more money than my previous job! Which is amazing considering I only work about 10-15 hours a week from home.

Working online has been a financial windfall for Jenny and her husband who worked long hours at a local manufacturing company to provide for their family. "I work hard and always look for ways to save or make more money, so that we can give our children the opportunities that we never had when we were young."

I asked her about how she started her remarkable journey. "I was on the Internet one day, and read that a large restaurant chain was asking for people’s opinions on their new hamburger. We had eaten there the previous night, so I spent less than 2 minutes telling them what I liked about it. They thanked me for my feedback and gave me P450! I was amazed that these international companies were willing to pay me so much for my opinion! I was so excited at how simple it was, and started to research ways to do more surveys like that. After more investigation I found a company that helped all these international companies do market research for their products. After I signed up for their Survey Income Kit, I was making over P227, 500 a month. It's really simple, I am not a computer whiz, but I can use the internet. Every day they send me a list of surveys and I just pick which ones I want to do. I don't even have to sell anything and nobody has to buy anything. It feels great that they value my opinion on popular and famous brands and companies."

For those of you that have seen the internet sites that promise you can make billions of pesos online Jenny warns that this is not the promise being made here and that most of those sites are false representations of earnings you can make. “We never tell anyone they'll make billions of pesos, in fact I think this is the ONLY online system that says you probably WON'T make billions, but you can generate a legitimate income from home like I do that replaced my full time job.” click here for more information

Avoiding Work at Home Scams

Tips for Avoiding Work From Home Scams:

There are more work from home job scams than there are real work from job listings, so, job seekers need to be really careful when searching for and evaluating work at home job listings. Presume that the position is a scam, unless there is compelling evidence to the contrary. Take the time to research the position, the company including talking to other people who work there. That way, you wont be scammed and you will be using your best efforts and best judgment to find a legitimate work from home job.

• If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
  
  
• Evaluate every listing you look at very carefully. Find out if there's a salary or if you're paid on commission. Ask how often are you paid. Ask what equipment (hardware/software) you need to provide. Find out what support the company provides?
  
  
• If you get an unsolicited email telling you that a company that you have never heard of wants to hire you for a job where you don't need experience or skills and can make a lot of money, trash it. There's lots of out there, some of which are personalized and sound quite legitimate.
  
  
• Be carefully of listings that guarantee you wealth or financial success or that will help you get rich fast from home. They will probably do none of the above.
  
  
• Do not send money! Legitimate employers don't charge you to get started or for anything else.
  

• Also, don't send money for work at home directories or start-up kits. Free information and job listings are available online.
  
  
• Ask for references - request a list of other employees or contractors to see how this has worked for them.
  
  

Work at Home Suggestions:

• Be flexible - consider freelance work or projects as well as full-time employment. At least it will get you started.
  
  
• Employed now? Ask your employer about the possibility of work some hours from home.
  
  
• Be patient and be prepared to spend a lot of time weeding through scams and junking listings to get to legitimate openings.

Guide to Finding Work at Home Jobs II

Guide to Finding Work at Home Jobs II

• Work at Home Job Listings
• Types of Work at Home Jobs
• How to Find a Work from Home Job
• Work at Home Companies
• Work at Home Scams

How to Find a Work at Home Job

Finding a work from home job isn't easy. It's going to take some work and research to find a legitimate job. First, review the types of work at home jobs that are available, along with job listings. Then, check out the lists of companies that are known to be "telecommuting friendly" and most of these employers list work from home jobs online.

Work From Home Jobs

• Call Center Jobs
• Home Agent Jobs
• Mystery Shopping Jobs
• Online Tutor Jobs
• Transcription Jobs
• Virtual Assistant Jobs
• Work From Home Job Listings
• Work at Home Company Directory
• Work at Home Career Information

Work at Home Job Listings

In addition to companies that typically hire employees that work from home, there are sites where you can find work at home job listings. Carefully review the listings you find, because you will find scams can slip through the cracks and get posted on even the best sites.

LinkUp
Job search engine LinkUp.com searches only for jobs on company web sites, so it's a good way to avoid scams. Search using "telecommute" or "telecommuting" as a keyword to find legitimate work at home job listings.

SimplyHired.com Work at Home Jobs
Use Simply Hired's "telecommute" search options for find work at home job listings from job boards, company web sites, and other sources.

Work at Home Job Listings
Work from home job sites that include just work at home job listings.

More Work at Home Listings From Job Search Engines
Job search engine sites allow users to search by keyword and location. If you have specific skills (i.e. insurance claims, customer service, web design) such by those skills and terms like work at home, freelance, telecommute, etc.

Craigslist
Search for work at home freelance positions by entering "freelance" or "work at home" as a keyword in the search box on the front page of the site. Otherwise, click on the city that interests you and review the list of job openings.

Job Boards
Monster, CareerBuilder, Yahoo! Hot Jobs and the other top job boards all contain work at home job listings. It takes some work just to weed through the postings, but, they are there. Search using keywords like "freelance" "telecommute" "work from home" and "work at home" as well as by the type of work you are interested in. Again, be specific.

A Word of Work From Home Warning

Jobs that promise you oodles of money with little investment of time and no experience aren't legitimate. Legitimate work at home jobs are going to require that you have skills relevant to the position. Many jobs require skills like writing, graphic design, programming or web design, for example. If you don't have any experience in the field(s) you are interested in, it's going to be difficult to find an employer willing to hire you. Most employers who are willing to hire someone to work from home want workers who can work independently and get the job done with little guidance.

Finally, please take the time to research every job lead you find and every site you visit carefully. Even sites that purport to be impartial sometimes aren't. I just visited a site that supposedly had general information on telecommuting. They recommended their top sites, all of which happened to be affiliated indirectly with the first site and all of which charged a fee.

Guide to Finding Work at Home Jobs

Real Work at Home Jobs

Are there real work at home jobs? Yes there are some, but, they are not nearly as plentiful as you would think considering the amount of interest there is in working from home. They are also difficult to find.

However, there are companies that hire for work from home jobs and you can find work at home job listings online.

Job seekers who are interested in home employment need to spend a good deal of time searching for legitimate opportunities, as well as a significant amount of time weeding through scams.

Getting Started Working at Home

Many people who work from home started out working in an office, but, were able to arrange with their employer to work some or all of time at home. I have an acquaintance who relocated to Washington, DC. Her employer decided to enable her to work from home, rather than losing a valuable employee. I have another acquaintance who works part-time from the office and part-time from home in order to accommodate her children's school schedules. My sister-in-law schedules home nursing care visits from home. In those cases, employees, who had already proven themselves to be valuable to their employer, were able to negotiate flexible work schedules.

Companies That Hire Work From Home Employees

There are companies that hire employees directly to work from their homes. Check the sites that list work at home jobs. Some of these positions are those where you cover a territory, for an insurance company or a consumer products firm, for example, and spend some time on the road and some time in your home office. There are also customer service, recruiting, sales, scheduling, technical, writing, and telemarketing jobs available. In many cases, the jobs are part-time, commission-based, or pay a lump sum for a completed project.

In other cases, you can work as a home based agent where you are an employee of the company who works from a home office, providing customer service to client companies. Virtual assistants provide administrative, secretarial, and clerical support, as well as creative and/or technical services for clients.

Work at home transcriptionists are usually independent contractors who transcribe and edit recorded reports onto their home computer. Online tutors work for internet based companies that offer help, within a variety of subject areas, to students of all ages.

If you're looking to make a little extra money, paid surveys are a possibility, but do be careful about avoiding scams.

Full-time jobs that provide health insurance, a pension, vacation, and other benefits while you work full-time from home, especially if you don't have experience, are few and far between. Finding them online is a little like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Be Flexible
Flexibility is one key to successfully working from home. If you are willing to consider freelance or contract employment or willing to combine a couple of part-time positions, you'll have a greater chance of success in finding opportunities that are legitimate. It's also critically important to take the time to search for positions and to thoroughly research those that sound viable.