Sunday, March 1, 2009

How To Find Work During Massive Job Cuts

By Marenda

Are people actually earning $8-$30 an hour working from the comfort of their home? You may be amazed to learn that well over 100,000 Americans work from home.

While the number of people telecommuting is somewhat low, the good news is, its growing. As people become more aware of telecommuting jobs and as more companies embrace the business model, the opportunities will continue to grow.

What is telecommuting?

Telecommuting is when an employee or independent contractor works from home on a computer and or telephone system that is connected to the main network of the company.

Studies show that people that work from home are more productive, less stressed, unlikely to call out sick, and have an overall higher quality of life. Consequently, organizations that employ work from home agents enjoy low turn over rates, increased efficiency, increased productivity, increased profits, and increased customer satisfaction. Moreover, telecommuting is an environment friendly business model that helps to reduce highway congestion, fuel use, and air pollution.

What do telecommuters do?

Market Research

Sales

Order Processing

Market Research

Third Party Verification

Data Entry

Customer Service

Technical Support

How do you get a job working from home?

Almost all work from home jobs have professional prerequisites in addition to equipment requirements. Prospective teleworkers should be disciplined self-starters with impeccable communication skills and the ability to work without supervision. Before applying for a work from home job, do an honest self assessment to determine if working from home is really for you. Can you resist the urge to watch television or go back to sleep? Will you goof off on Facebook or get your work done? Do you own a computer that was made in the last 5 years? Is your internet connection fast or are you still on dial up? Do you have a telephone line can be used for business purposes? Can you alleviate or control background noise? If you meet these basic requirements, you will find a job working from home!

Start updating your resume and begin your work from home job search. Use this list of companies:

www.liveops.com Liveops World's largest virtual call center with hosted, on-demand call center platform and 20000 at-home agents for inbound and outbound calls.

www.bsgclearing.com VoiceLog, #1 provider of third party verification services in the US. Operators receive live verification calls for telephone companies and other service industries looking to help combat sales fraud. All calls are recorded for quality assurance and compliance purposes.

VoiceLog you get to choose what hours you would like to work and if VoiceLog has the customer need, you'll get scheduled.

Arise offers the opportunity to work independently from the comfort of a home office to handle phone, web chat and email requests.

www.apply.westathome.com West Corporation, Leading CRM solution provider, offering comprehensive customer service outsourcing programs.

West Corporation employees take pleasure in earning an income from the convenience of their own home.

Cloud 10 Corp rewarding work from home for at home professionals.

Alpine Access As employees of Alpine Access, you will experience a different kind of job, working from the comfort of your own home-office.

VirtuServe regularly seeks independent contractor call center agents for our Canada-based work-at-home agent program.

www.speak-write.com/web SpeakWrite, Qualified legal or general transcriptionists work from their own home.

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