REAL Jobs at Home

Updated on February 26, 2009
R.B. asks from York Haven, PA
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Does any one out there know of a ligitamate work from home oppurtunity? I am not looking to make a million dollars, I just need to supplement my current income. I am a single Mom and struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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R.

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R.D.

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R., There are many legitimate jobs available for you when working from home. The list can be narrowed by your interests and abilities. You mentioned you have some disabilities preventing your from working. Perhaps that is the place to start. What can you do? What do you enjoy doing? You also mentioned you are going to school. That is wonderful. What field of study? Perhaps there is a work from home opportunity within the field. I have many friends who work from home. One is a day care provider and has a in-home day care. Another friend is a medical transcriptionist. She sits at her computer 8 hours 5 days a week typing. Granted, she had special classes to be trained for this position. Another friend was trained as a K-12 school teacher and now works from home as an Online Learning Instructor. Personally, I have my own business from my home as a Mary Kay consultant. So, there are many choices. If you would like to talk further please zip me a message. I'd love to explore your options with you. Best Wishes.

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C.B.

answers from York on

I actually do For Your Pleasure, which is an adult toy party company, and also Premier Designs, so I can give you information on either of those if you're interested.
If you're interested in more of a "job", then here are some links for you that you might want to look into:
(Sorry, I know it's a lot)

West - http://www.workathomeagent.com/ - this is a call center job in which you would take calls for multiple vendors. You work as an independant contractor and are paid per minute of talk time regardless of whether or not the customer purchases the item.

Alpine Access - http://www.alpineaccess.com/ - this is also a call center employer. They pay an average of $9.00 per hour. You must have a landline/hardwire phone line to be employed with them.

Uhaul - http://jobs.uhaul.com/job_detail.aspx?aval_job_id=23698&a.... - This is a call center job in which you work as a dispatcher for road side assistance for people who have rented Uhaul equipment and then had mechanical problems. They pay $7.00 per hour. You do not have to have a phone line to work for Uhaul, their phone system is via the internet. You must have (or purchase) a USB headset.

Liveops - http://www.liveops.com/ - this call center type job requires that you pay for a background check. Typical pay is $6.00 to 8.50 per hour. You work as an IC. They do charge a $30.00 fee to process a background check but this IS a legit business.

Workingsol - http://www.workingsol.com/ - This is a another call center job. This job pays between $7.20 and $30.00. They hire ICs and they currently do not support Windows Vista.

Teletech - http://www.hirepoint.com/ - The pay rate varies with this employer.

Cloud10 - http://www.cloud10corp.com/careercenter/ - pay rate varies by the individual project that you work on. This is a legit company and they allow you to have a lot of control when it comes to your schedule. You can work between 20-32hrs per week with them.

Telereach - http://www.telereachjobs.com/4-0.cfm - pay rate varies between 12.00-25.00 per hour. This is an appointment setting position.

HomesourceAmerica - http://www.homesourceamerica.com/athomeprofessionals.html - pay rate varies based upon performance and sales. This is an outbound sales position

Westat - http://www.westat.com/atHome/index.cfm - at-home telephone data collectors - $8.25 to 12.25 per hour starting pay

Marriott - https://greatcareers.marriott.com/default.asp?strLocation... - home based reservation agent -

Brighten Communication - http://www.brightenemployment.com/employment.aspx - various telephone work as well as some non-telephone positions - pay varies based upon type of work ranging from $12 per hour

Service 800 - http://www.service800.com/RepApplication.asp - work consists of telephone work regarding customer service surveys

This is also a list of transcription job links:

http://www.accuscribe.net/

http://www.accutranglobal.com/index.html - hires medical and general transcriptionists

http://alltype.net/pages/3.html

https://www.alphabest.com/ - both medical and general

http://www.amphionmedical.com/html/employment.php - also hires medical coders

http://www.appliedmedicalservices.com/sb_sections/section... hires medical trans/coders and billing

http://www.ascendhealthcare.com/employment.htm

http://www.spi-bpo.com/web/spi/landing.jsp?fldr_id=197&am....

http://www.execuscribe.com/Team.htm - medical and general trans.

http://www.appliedmedicalservices.com/index.html - medical trans/coding/billing

http://www.leeperfect.com/

http://www.medigrafix.com/employment/

http://www.mountainwestprocessing.com/ - medical and general

http://www.mvts.net/contactus.htm

http://www.ntitech.com/medical.html

http://www.ositranscription.com/recruiting.html

http://www.phoenixmedcom.com/requirements.htm

http://www.prolegalservices.com/ - legal trans

http://www.rtostat.com/transcriptionist_inquiry.htm

http://www.spectramedi.com/jobopening.htm

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S.V.

answers from York on

Hi R.,

I was wondering if you found what you were looking for yet? I am with a very ligit company that has been in business for almost 23 years now. I love that with my business I am honestly at home all the time and my kids are right by side! And the best part is I'm not selling anything or carrying any type of inventory. If you'd like to get more information (totally free and no obligation) just let me know!

Good Luck and God Bless! I remember my years of searching... it's disheartening, but don't give up! You'll find the perfect solution!

S.

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C.S.

answers from Lancaster on

Hi R.!

I have found that the women I have known who are in your position benefit by asking local businesses for "take home" work when available. For instance, one lady I knew went to a company that did mass mailings once per week. She arranged to bring home the letters, stuff the envelopes, and sort them into the piles that are needed to do bulk mailing (the company taught her what the postal service wanted). Also, I knew a lady who could take her children to the office after hours and do the vacuuming and clean the bathrooms. These companies wanted to do that because they were paying another employee $20/hour plus benefits to do it, and these women they only had to pay minimum wage. You probably already know what the rules are with disablility payment in terms of how much you can make and still get disability; jobs like these are great for that.

I am at home with my 5 kids and began my own business with Life Force International. There are also other legitimate companies out there that aren't get-rich-schemes, even though they pay out on multiple levels. However, it sounds like you need linear income, meaning you do work and then you get paid at the end of the week. Legitimate MLM companies can pay that way, but you need time to build the volume, which I'm sure you'd like to have more income right away!

I wish you only the best as you continue your job search, and hope you hook into something real soon! I'd be interested in knowing what you find when you do!

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K.R.

answers from York on

Hi R.. I just recently have started 2 home jobs. I work for ThirtyOne gifts which is a fun company for women! I also am with Noah's Ark Animal Workshop.
my sites are
www.mythirtyone.com/K.
www.noahsarkanimalworkshop.com/kaylarichcreek3918

If you'd like to know more about either let me know!!!

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