20 Hot Places to find Telecommuting Jobs to Work From Home

The World Wide Web is all flooded with alludes of work at home opportunity advertisements but hardly anything reliable. Asking for money to invest and grabbing the credit card details has become a tale most of the aspirants have to tell. 

While not all the Work From Home (WFH) jobs offering sites and opportunities are spam, you definitely need to be over cautious. There are sites that are reliable and offer thousands of telecommuting jobs free as well as few other sites with a monthly fee for their services. 

To bring an end to this menace of spam job boards or advertising sites and in-order to help you out to find reliable telecommuting jobs that has flexible working hours here is a piece of hot cake for you to gulp in a jiffy!

Work from the comfort of your home in your couch, from your drawing room or sitting on your kitchen table with laptop in one hand and your coffee bug in the other!

Here is an exhaustive list of sites that have legit telecommuting jobs for you to work remotely that also include Freelance Blogging Jobs as well. 

Search your way to success- 

1) Monster.com search- Make the most of this awesome job hunting website to search for the type of job category you are looking for. Use its versatile search features to search for telecommuting jobs in your chosen field. 

2) Tjobs.com- Known for its USP i.e. providing flexible jobs for the needy, you can take a tour, register and start finding your job for nothing but plain success.

3) LinkUp- This is a job search engine that retrieves jobs free of spam since it searches jobs on company websites. Use appropriate keywords for the category of your job along with the words like telecommute, telecommuting, etc. 

4) SimplyHired.com- Yet another wonderful job hunting site that advertises a range of remote work opportunities. Use the keywords effectively and find your dream job.

5) Jobs on Twitter- Twitter, the micro blog social media platform is the mine of resources created by the people for the people. Search and bag what you deserve. 

6) MediaBistro- Ultimate place to find telecommuting jobs if you are opting for a media position. Search with keywords like freelance, WFH, etc.

Work at Home Jobs if you love to be in Jammies 24X7- 

7) WFH Company Directory- An awesome directory from About.com which has listings of companies that hire for jobs to be done from home. 

8) About.com Jobs- Provides opportunity to WFH and also offers flexible working hours not to mention their excellent pay structure and exposure for the author/writer.

9) WorkAtHomeSpace- Makes your dream come true and helps you juggle your work and domestic cores all from home. 

10) Rat Race Rebellion- This site mostly advertises sites that advertises WFH jobs. Explore and find the best that suits you.

11) MoneyMakingMommy- The only hard work you need to do to get access to the long list of jobs is to scroll down past the information content and ads.

12) WorkAtHomeSuccess- Find all the types of WFH jobs listed here for your earning from home success.

13) TelecommutingUSA- A huge collection of WFH and telecommuting jobs advertisement. 

14) WorkAtHomeCareers-  WFH jobs categorized in a range of niches all reliable and trustworthy. 

15) WorkAtHomeMoms- WFH jobs being posted and updated on daily basis; it is a collection of job advertisements. You can also find business opportunities here.

16) VirtualVocations- Get all the remote working opportunities listed in one place. 

Other sites where you can find work at home jobs-

17) JournalismJobs- Find some jobs related to online media and media in general that can have WFH positions. 

18) WritersWeekly- Jobs that are associated to writing field in particular which also have WFH opportunities. 

19) WriterFind- Find freelancing as well as telecommuting jobs posted on this site. 

20) FreelanceSwitch- Amongst all the types of jobs listed on this site you can also find hundreds of jobs which offer remote working options. 

Disclaimer- Though every single site suggested here is reliable to the heights of my knowledge, it is your prime responsibility to find a job that is legit enough and take-up a job at your own risk. 

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Work from home opportunities for every skill that you have

The world has transformed the way it does business, thanks to the internet. With more and more people spending more and more item at their work stations, their other needs are also taken care of online, thanks to a few enterprising souls. Online businesses are booming, giving rise to work from home opportunities for multitudes.

The huge advantage of WFH is that you can begin immediately; using your existing skill set (e.g. content writing or freelance blogging).

The difficulty in classifying these WFH opportunities is that they are very diverse and new ones crop up each day. So let’s take a look at some of the more popular ones.

1) Data Entry

Business thrives on timely and systematic information. Copious amounts of data is mined and organized to help the strategists make their decisions. The gathering and organizing is outsourced to smaller cheaper firms. Thus the data entry –work from home jobs that scream out from classifieds, flyers or that pop up on various sites require you to just type out a load of data within a stipulated time and post it at the designated site or mail it to your contact person.

The downside is that can get repetitive and it may not pay as much as writing original content for websites.

2) Content Writing

This is a huge (and level) playing field.

a) Ghost-Writing: You deal with your contact only. You do not know where your articles are being posted, whether they are being modified and most certainly, you are never going to see your name appear as author of the content. 

The work has been outsourced (by maybe the parent company whose products have to be written about or a larger US based concern that specializes in finding the ‘Outsources’) to your contacts; they may be a group of individuals working together or a registered company. You would be fourth (or lower) in the hierarchy, and do understand that freelance content writers are the cheaper option.

Your writing may also be in the form of guest posts on blogs. Again, the busy blogger has hired a content writing company to do their work, and they in turn have hired you. Busy blogger needs more visibility for his site; it needs to look like a lot of people are visiting and posting.

The upside of this seemingly gloomy picture is that you do not have to search for work. Once you produce consistently good work and establish yourself with the people who have hired you, you get a steady stream of work. I have known people who make as much as 30,000 INR writing content 5 hours a day, five days a week. The other advantage is that when you go on a holiday, you need only inform your guys in advance that you would not be available to write for a specified period.

Online tutorials probably work the same way, except that you may have to be available for your student across time zones.

b) Content Writing for Websites or Freelance Blogging: A more lucrative content writing option is to directly establish contact with the owners of the website. Register yourself on a good freelance website and watch queries flood your inbox. You can pick one or two people to write for, and the money is better and negotiable – they just want unique and good content.The disadvantage is you have to market yourself.

Types of Freelance Blogging Jobs

3) Medical transcription:

You would need to do a little course, that essentially acquaints you with medical terms and the varied European accents (believe me, the audio files that you get can be a nightmare). Downside – very tight time schedule – it has to be delivered before the doctor on the other side of the world wakes up to the new working day. No doubt, you are paid better for the special skill and inconvenience you take on.

4) Services

Explore your entrepreneurial flair, here. Let me illustrate- Xyz.com has a database of all restaurants in your area/city. Customers logon and place your order from any of the listed places. Their food is delivered home. They pay for the food and tip the guy if you want; the restaurant pays your site for bagging and delivering the order.

Clearly, the sky’s the limit. You need to think out-of-the-box, create win-win situations and you are good to go.

5) Selling

Another example! ABC.com sells Indian handicrafts only via their website. The four partners live in 3 different cities and each works from the comfort of their home. Partner 1 manages the website (maintenance, redesign etc). Partner 2 designs the stuff and liaises with artisans (so there is some travel for her). Partner 3 handles the billing procedures. Partner 4 ensures delivery and manages customer complaints.

WFH can be as diverse or repetitive, as risky or secure as you want it to be. You can choose to grow at your own pace.


Author Bio
I'm Ramya Raju, a freelance writer/web designer from India. I write on varied topics like English Courses, SEO, Web Design, Mobile, Marketing etc., I have an experience of about 8 years in content writing and have worked for top blogs and websites. I'm generally an extrovert; I like photography, anthropology and traveling to different countries to learn the culture and living of the local inhabitants. You can contact me by E-mail (ramyaraju896@gmail.com) or Mobile: 9442474516 my website EnglishCourses

 
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Inspiring Interview of an inspirational woman- Preeti Shenoy

Here I present to you the interview of amazing author of three best selling books- Preeti Shenoy.

• If you are a budding or aspiring writer- She can be your inspiration and role model!
• If you are a woman- She can be your Fem-Inspiration!
• If you are a mother- She can be your parenting mentor!
• If you are a book-coholic or like to read some good stuff then- She is the right person to follow just go to justamotheroftwo.blogspot.in  
• If you want to know her more then you are in the right place. Read on...

I specially requested this interview to Preeti for giving the much needed confidence for women and moms to stick to their decision no matter what.

This is for stay at home moms trying to justify their decision of giving up their career for bringing up kids. This is also to give a boost to those moms who are career women and fighting the guilt of giving less time to their kids. 

Before moving on I highly recommend you to read this wonderful post from Preeti Shenoy on her blog titled 'Are you in 'drift mode'?

1. Hey Preeti, can you tell us a little about your current professional status?

Preeti- This is a good question.  Guess you know that I am an author of three best sellers and am currently working on my fourth book. I am also an artist and I specialise in pencil portraits though I have also done other mediums too, especially mixed media.  I am a poet, a prolific blogger and have started making customised quilled monogrammed cards too. In the middle of all this I also am a mother and a wife. Therefore my professional status currently is extra super busy.   :)

2. What are your hobbies and interests? Tell us more about you and your family.

Preeti- My hobbies are Art, Yoga and Playing Basketball. My interests are Gardening, Reading and creating stuff and my passion is Fitness and Dogs (specifically Doberman). My family consists of my husband , two children aged 14 and 11 and a hyperactive Doberman named Lostris.

3. What are your qualifications and what was your first job? How long were you in this profession?

Preeti- My educational qualifications are several and varied and too many to list! 

I have more than six Post graduate qualifications that also include an internationally recognised qualification in portraiture from U.K, an M.A in Sociology as well an All India first rank in P.R and Advertising.

My first job was a long time back. I worked for an MNC in Mumbai. Was in the profession for two years.

4. When did you get married? How old were you then?

Preeti- I got married in 1995.  I was 23. 

If this is some kind of a trick question to calculate my age, no need for that. I am quite proud of my age and I never hide it! I am forty.

5. When did you take a break from your career and why?

Preeti- I never took a break. I simply quit when I got married. I moved to Gwalior from Mumbai as my husband was posted there at that time. It made no sense to work.

6. What was it like giving up your career and being a home maker? Did you ever regret your decision or felt lost without a career?

Preeti- No, never regretted it.  The time spent in raising my son and daughter, reading to them and playing with them, I treasure as the happiest times in my life.

And even when I was doing that I always had time for my passion and my interests.

I did feel though that people tend to stereotype housewives or homemakers which I did not like.

7. How did you come out of your hibernation as a stay at home mom and gave yourself a much deserved second chance to your career?

Preeti- I never hibernated. I was never a ‘stay-at-home’ mom. When my son was one and a half, I taught at a pre-school, where I could take him with me. So I never left him in a crèche or in someone else’s care. I discovered I had a natural inclination with children and I was (and still am) very good with children. I taught at this pre-school, till my daughter was born. Once she was six months old, I started thinking workshops for children, along with a friend. They were very well received and extremely successful. I also used to conduct these workshops for a few International schools. I ran my own art classes too and there was always a huge waiting list of students wanting to join.  When my daughter turned two, I went back to teaching at their school, where I could leave home with them and come back with them.

8. How did you become an author? Was the career transition difficult?

Preeti- I started a blog in 2006 to get over the deep grief of losing my father. I had always written even before that. Many of my stories and articles had won prizes at state level and University level in inter-collegiate competitions.

When I started the blog, my words began pouring in torrents, like the Indian monsoons. It was a flood, a deluge. Oddly they comforted many even though I was writing primarily for myself. I began getting many mails. The readers of my blog grew like an inverted pyramid, gradually but steadily. My blog skyrocketed to 'Top blogs' in the Indian blogosphere. I started getting a lot of response internationally too. My writings had transcended geographical boundaries and touched feelings which are universal.

Around this time, I began writing articles for Times of India and Readers Digest. I also wrote poetry which struck a chord in many hearts, some of which was published. People began writing to me, asking me to put my posts into a book. Being an author was something I always only had dreamt about. But the encouragement and overwhelming response I got from my blog finally goaded me to write to a few publishers. The result was '34 Bubblegums and Candies' which was launched in October 2008. In 2011 ‘Life is what you make it’ was published and it was one of the top selling books of 2011 and continues to be in the Nielson list of top books in India. My third book ‘Tea for two and a piece of cake’ was released in 2012 (In February this year) and it has already sold more than 30K copies and gone into next reprint.

So you see, the ‘career transition’ (if you want to call it that) just happened.

 

9. How are you managing your work life balance? Is your family supportive?

Preeti- I am very fortunate to have the family I have. Satish is extremely supportive and understanding. My kids are darlings. The thing is I have given my everything for my kids. Even today I am ALWAYS at home when they come back from school. I still read to my daughter (who is 11 and a voracious reader herself) and I still spend ‘special talking time’ with both of them.

10. How do your kids feel about you today? Do you think your compromise has paid off?

Preeti- There was never a ‘compromise’. The moment a word like ‘compromise’ comes in, it implies that you have ‘sacrificed’ something. I am blessed to be fortunate enough to have it all!

Both my children are super proud of me. They felt so good to hear me speak at the TED talk.

Both of them said “Mom, you rocked. You were awesome!” My daughter said that she clapped the loudest.

The only thing is I have slogged my butt off (to use a slang) to get where I am today. It wasn’t easy. But it definitely was worth it.

11. What would you like to tell Moms out there who have taken a career break for family and some where feel guilty about it?

Preeti- If you really and genuinely love spending time with your child, then the question of regret does not arise. You are clearly deciding that your child is a priority at this point in your life. You are putting your career on hold. You have made a choice that your child is everything for you. Stick with it.

If you are career oriented and do not mind leaving your child in someone else’s care, then do not regret that either! You are happy when you are working which is fine.

At the end of the day, do what makes YOU feel happy and satisfied. Decide what YOU want, then stick to your choice and have no regrets.

A yoga buff, ex-basket ball player, amazing wife (I am sure Mr. Satish will have a even better word!), mom of two, an author, card maker, painting artist, pencil portrait artist and yes a Dobe lover (I have never seen her miss this one) all bundled in one. Isn't she a super woman and a great inspiration?

What do you think?    

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A decision to grow as a freelance blogger

Better late than never. After five long years of hibernation I feel liberated today. Today is a day of realisation. I have been struggling with myself for long while now. A struggle to know myself; a struggle to  rediscover my lost goals. 

The year 2006 was a special one for me. I graduated in Masters of Computer Science. Also it was special because I was lucky enough to find a job immediately. I remember, our results were not out yet. In just a month after I finished my final semester exams I was absorbed as a lecturer. My students were just two years younger to me. Yes, I had already began giving lectures to under graduates in computer science. I was enjoying my work and slowly getting used to the new classrooms and lectures, was a student a month ago and now a lecturer.

The year 2007 brought in another turning point in my life. I found the love of my life, I got married. Then relocated to Bangalore. For all the obvious reasons I could not get back to work. Settled down happily for the role of homemaker. But, deep down some where I was unhappy of not doing anything worthwhile in life. 

My life continued to be a dilemma. 

The year 2009, I got the gift of my life. I gave birth to a wonderful baby boy. I started my new journey of life as a mother. This is such a wonderful phase of a woman's life. Motherhood has its own two faces to uncover to a new mother. I happened to see both the sides. The least I could do was thinking of what next?

The year 2010, I seriously started considering work from home options. This way I will be able to pursue my interests and also not have to stay away from my child. But what, was the next question.

It's now 2012, today is 8 April, and I have made my mind to choose the freelance writer as my career. This journey of writing all begun soon after my marriage. I discovered the concept called on-line diary or the blog. I started a blog on Rediff.com to kill the time. I slowly started gaining interest in writing.  I began to browse web randomly to know more about blogging. I came across bloggers who are were freelance writers. This was a topic I needed to explore. Meanwhile I started concentrating on improving my writting skills. I wanted to jump into the pool of freelancing only after preparation and research so that I don't drown.

Here is my first blog which I no more use- HaveSomeHoney. And my second blog is HaveYourShareOfHoney which I still peek into once in a while. I actually gave a second thought before including these links here. I was a hopeless writer then (I really feel so when I read those posts today). But then I know I have evolved steadily. I am sure I must show it to you guys. I still have to go a long way as far as producing a good content is concerned. But there is nothing going to stop me. 

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

                                                            George Edward Woodberry

                                      

Now is the chance to make a career transition and I will for sure not let it slip out of my hands. I know I can make it and I will for sure give a try (and that only to succeed).

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