Many people today want to work from home. Some need to out of necessity, others want to out of convenience. Single moms or single dads with children, rather than put their kids in daycare, often work from home. Others work from home because of medical necessity. They simply cannot work in an office environment.
The focus of this article is work from home careers that give you a full-time income, instead of part-time work and income.
A couple of years ago, finding work from home jobs meant knowing someone on the inside--there were not that many jobs available. Since then, many companies have realized the cost savings of hiring telecommuting employees. There are more work from home careers available now, but they are still hard to find.
Almost any job can be structured to work from home. The most common are creative jobs, such as writers, artists, designers, or freelancers and consultants. Another job category that lends itself to home work is call center help.
Another option for a work at home career is to start your own business. One of the deciding factors in this decision is your personal skill sets and temperament. Being your own boss in your own business is difficult, and needs a specific type of personality and skills. Telecommuting, working for someone else, on the other hand, requires a different skill set and personality.
If you are just starting out in the workforce, you may not have developed a skill set, so telecommuting may be the route for you. Some companies will hire you even if you have a high-school education or less. Look at your experiences, including any volunteer work you have done. Try to re-phrase these experiences into something employers will find valuable. One example is being an officer of a school club. This can be re-phrased into leadership ability, team building or team motivation. A successful campaign to increase club membership can be re-phrased into successful project management.
Older persons looking to work from home may have skill sets gained on the job. They can transfer their skills from their career to telecommuting. Someone in the medical field, such as a nurse, can work from home as a medical transcriptionist or a call-center nurse. An engineer can transfer his or her skills into contracting or consulting.
Some in-demand work at home jobs are writers, editors or proof readers, either telecommuting or freelancing. Call center agents make outgoing or receive incoming calls for general customer service or technical support. Transcriptionists are also in demand. The medical and legal fields use transcriptionists, usually as independent contractors. Teachers can turn their skills into tutoring. Desktop publishers or graphic designers can also do contract work.
So, you see, there are many options available to someone looking for a work from home career. While most jobs found on the internet work out to small incomes, some, as mentioned above, can become full-time, full-income opportunities, either in telecommuting, contracting or as your own business.
