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total scam ?
I don't want to do a Google search for obvious reasons LOL.
Anyway, I am capable of working part- time, but I'm in school right now and applying for SSI so getting a "real" job would be a bad idea.
Also, I could really use a job that would allow me to save a up a large amount of money in a short period of time, it could be very temporary. The thing that sucks, is that I still have to report any kind of income to my Section 8 worker so it'd have to be relatively stable over the course of at least a few months.
I don't expect much. but I don't really know where to ask without being bombarded by bs 
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| Depends where you live. Often telecommuting starts after you are trained on a job, and they know what you are doing. |
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Ellendra
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Alpine Access (click the name) offers 100% telecommuting jobs. That's where I work.
(Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for the company. And yes, the Non-Disclosure Agreement requires me to say that whenever I mention Alpine Access by name.) |
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| There aren't many jobs that you can do entirely from your home. The main ones that come to mind involve either starting up your own business or doing web-based work. Perhaps it'd be possible to get a job doing something like CAD or graphics design from your home also, but most jobs in those fields aren't going to be home-based. |
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My SO does translation from home. If you are interested, I can ask him for details. HOWEVER, some clients are really big PitAs and it might take a lot of prodding to get the money you owe. Some clients were like that to him.
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I stumbled upon http://www.triond.com/ today. But I have not tried it, and I do not get paid for promoting it. I did read abit on the terms of agreement, and from what I could see, they pay you 50% of the advert income that comes from the page where you wrote an article, they pay it to your paypal account, but they will not pay anything until you reach atleast US $50.
I've been thinking about this myself, working from home, and the least scam-like thing I found were filling out market research forms(surveys). You would have to register on different sites, and they will send you emails each time you are elligible for a market research(if you use lenses or glasses, you could get questions about that, etc). It seems to be alot of work for little pay, from what I've read, but atleast its honest work. The hardest part is registering on all the sites and filling out the needed info before you even start working. And there are software to make it easier to fill out forms with standard information, so instead of filling out your age/gender/country etc each time, you can click a button. It could shave some time of the work.
I would like to hear more about this topic, working from home, as those are the kinda jobs I am looking for atm. I have a degree in computer engineering, my main skill is programming websites, but still I find it hard to be my own boss and produce webpages/start my own small company from home. I would rather be an employee. |
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Ive heard of @ Home Phone Banks before. The only issue I know about is that they usually ask that you set your home up to be able to do certain things (Like multiple Phone Lines, or have a certain Internet Bandwidth, etc etc).
Medical Transcription used to be Hands down THE Numero Uno @ Home Job that was viable and too hard to pick up (You had to make an initial investment of usually ~$250-300 for the equipment, but you could even get that cheaply if you watched Craigslist or struck lucky in a Thrift store), but Ive heard alot of those jobs are going overseas now because its so much cheaper there (Not that transcription ever paid THAT well, but Thank the guys that thought it would be brilliant to pay Phillipinos .35cents an hour rather then $8.00 for more of a headache).........
Ive heard about Translation before as well. But thats basically your own business and as the person that brought it up comes with its own pitfalls. You also have to generally be bilingual.....
The internet stuff is probably the easiest anymore to get into, (Not that its particularly easy), but if you like *Working* on computers (Working, not playing), are a self starter, and either have an interest in it or can fake one long enough to learn the coding and be good enough with it to impress enough people to pay you for something you designed or built, it can be made to work. You'll want to go to your library and take out "C++ For Dummies", and quickly move into Java. There are about half a dozen others you're probably going to want to familiarize yourself with, but my understanding is that those 2 are considered core learning if you want to start.
After that theres all manner of Home business opportunities. I know a Guy that has a day job, but he turns cars on the side. Basically buys a car at auction or for as cheaply as he can, do a little improvement work on it, then sell it for as close to twice the price as you think you can get away with. Hes pretty successful at it, but he owns 2 houses and uses one of the garages in one of them to work on the vehicles.
After that, go enroll in college and get an IT (Particularly 3D Graphical Design) or Engineering Degree. Those two fields are the ones that seem to be pumping out the most Work at Home jobs..... If you can draw it and send it in an email, you really dont need to drive into work with it after all do ya?
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| Aldran wrote: | Ive heard of @ Home Phone Banks before. The only issue I know about is that they usually ask that you set your home up to be able to do certain things (Like multiple Phone Lines, or have a certain Internet Bandwidth, etc etc).
Medical Transcription used to be Hands down THE Numero Uno @ Home Job that was viable and too hard to pick up (You had to make an initial investment of usually ~$250-300 for the equipment, but you could even get that cheaply if you watched Craigslist or struck lucky in a Thrift store), but Ive heard alot of those jobs are going overseas now because its so much cheaper there (Not that transcription ever paid THAT well, but Thank the guys that thought it would be brilliant to pay Phillipinos .35cents an hour rather then $8.00 for more of a headache).........
Ive heard about Translation before as well. But thats basically your own business and as the person that brought it up comes with its own pitfalls. You also have to generally be bilingual.....
The internet stuff is probably the easiest anymore to get into, (Not that its particularly easy), but if you like *Working* on computers (Working, not playing), are a self starter, and either have an interest in it or can fake one long enough to learn the coding and be good enough with it to impress enough people to pay you for something you designed or built, it can be made to work. You'll want to go to your library and take out "C++ For Dummies", and quickly move into Java. There are about half a dozen others you're probably going to want to familiarize yourself with, but my understanding is that those 2 are considered core learning if you want to start.
After that theres all manner of Home business opportunities. I know a Guy that has a day job, but he turns cars on the side. Basically buys a car at auction or for as cheaply as he can, do a little improvement work on it, then sell it for as close to twice the price as you think you can get away with. Hes pretty successful at it, but he owns 2 houses and uses one of the garages in one of them to work on the vehicles.
After that, go enroll in college and get an IT (Particularly 3D Graphical Design) or Engineering Degree. Those two fields are the ones that seem to be pumping out the most Work at Home jobs..... If you can draw it and send it in an email, you really dont need to drive into work with it after all do ya?
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Thanks. I'll probably end with a PT job sooner than later and forget about the SSI thing but it looks there might be some ways for me to earn some extra cash online.
I actually will be starting Java and C+/C++ classes in about a year, I have other classes before that BUT it's good to know that I can do some programming work before I get my degree, I'm going for a Bachelor's so it'll be 4 years, MAYBE a little less if I take extra classes.
I'd much rather give up whatever coffee shop/retail kind of job I'm probably going to be once I take those classes and do some programming work for home, as long as it's consistent.
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| I think a good at home job for me would be to make things and sell them. I haven't been able to think of anything to make though. |
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Aldran
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@hanyo:
Thats an excellent idea. But be warned, thats more of an at home business then a job, lol ^^. The biggest question though is how are you going to get your wares out for people to buy?
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The degree may not actually be the most important thing. It wont hurt to be sure, and if you can complete, I highly recommend doing so. I will caution though, DO NOT take out ANY Student Loans if you can avoid it, EVER. They are one of only TWO loans not covered by Bankruptcy, and with the economy right now the way it is, there are people that are up to their eyeballs in debt because of student loans..... Biggest damn scam going on right now, and it'll be the next bubble to burst assuming Europe fixes itself (Unlikely IMHO, but w/e) and the banks aren't successful in getting Dodd-Frank
Point being, if you work for yourself, do you care about a piece of paper on your wall? You just need to know you can get the jobs you decide to take for yourself done when you agree to do them by. Thats the whole crux of being your own boss. The degree will look good starting out to perspective customers, but what will do it more then anything else if you're going to run your own "Build your website" business or something will be examples, particularly successful examples, even more so if those examples come with References. This whole business has gotten alot more competitive in the past Decade from my understanding of it, but there will always be people looking for cheaper alternatives then what they're currently using with better functionality.
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| Aldran wrote: | @hanyo:
Thats an excellent idea. But be warned, thats more of an at home business then a job, lol ^^. The biggest question though is how are you going to get your wares out for people to buy? |
I guess ebay. I also know someone that has a store and maybe if I could make something nice enough they could sell it there. Their store sells a lot of handmade and locally made stuff. |
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| Ellendra wrote: | Alpine Access (click the name) offers 100% telecommuting jobs. That's where I work.
(Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for the company. And yes, the Non-Disclosure Agreement requires me to say that whenever I mention Alpine Access by name.) |
I checked this out a little , this looks like something I'd really like to do while in school.
Can I ask though, is the income consistent? I would do this at least for a few years but I need to have income to report to my Section 8 Housing people.
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| EXPECIALLY wrote: | | Ellendra wrote: | Alpine Access (click the name) offers 100% telecommuting jobs. That's where I work.
(Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for the company. And yes, the Non-Disclosure Agreement requires me to say that whenever I mention Alpine Access by name.) |
I checked this out a little , this looks like something I'd really like to do while in school.
Can I ask though, is the income consistent? I would do this at least for a few years but I need to have income to report to my Section 8 Housing people. |
The hourly pay is consistant. You can work out with them how many hours you can work. I'm full-time, but they also have part-time and jump-on positions. The training period is full-time, and depending on which department you get hired for, training can last anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks.
Sometimes, if there's too many agents on duty and not enough calls coming in, they'll ask agents to leave early or take an hour off or something, but I've only seen that a few times in the last year.
Before working for Alpine I checked out several work-at-home companies. After sifting out the obvious scams, most of the ones I found would hire you as an independant contractor, not as an actual employee, which means no benefits and more tax headaches. With Alpine, you'd be an actual employee, complete with W-2 and company benefits. And I'm starting to sound like an advertisement so I'm going to stop there  |
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| Well, there are tons of legit jobs you can do from home. One of the most popular work-at-home jobs that I know of is medical transcription. The work involves listening to taped doctor dictations and transcribing them on a word processor. The text drafts of these dictations prepared by MTs are used as patient records, medical correspondence and other administrative material. The job is pretty responsible and you have to have great credentials to secure work in the field. One way to get these credentials is by completing a formal medical transcription training program from a vocational school like Career Step. |
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You might be interested in fiverr and jivver, sites where you advertise and sell your services or products for $5 and $10, respectively. Fiverr seems to be the more popular of the two. I've personally only made one sale so far, but I'm not really offering anything too unique.
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