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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Work-at-home opportunities

A good article by Fortune's senior writer, Anne Fisher, regarding work-at-home opportunities. As per the article, the following firms provide legitimate work-at-home 'opportunities:

Alpine Access
Convergys
Staffcentrix

Jobs at these firms range from handling customer calls to acting as receptionist or appointment secretary. The last firm, Staffcentrix, has been matching people with virtual-assistant jobs who perform duties similar to those performed by the executive assistants in an office. As per the article, the firm's co-founders, Christine Durst and Michael Haaren, have also written a useful book called The 2-Second Commute: Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants.

While for the work-at-home person, the advantages include flexible work schedule and ability to avoid commute, firms offering such jobs also benefit as they don't have to provide expensive office space.

I hadn't heard of these firms earlier, so it's good to know that there are legit opportunities that are available for working from home. Otherwise, we just come across so many scam websites and firms, asking for payments simply to view work-at-home opportunity - that's a red flag that such a web site/firm is likely to be a scam since legitimate job sites, offering work-at-home-opportunities, will not be charging any fee to view for such jobs.

Also, even with legitimate firms, most positions are not likely to offer any benefits, and chances are that you will working as an independent contractor, which among other things, means you will be paying the entire 15.3% social security/medical tax (rather than just 7.65% that's paid as an employee, with the remaining 7.65% paid by the employer). In addition, your hourly salary rate is also likely to be lower at such firms.

For complete article, see:

CNNMoney.com: Commute to work in 30 seconds

For a related article by Anne Fisher, see:

CNNMoney.com: Want to Work From Home? Maybe You Can

Related books on Working from home/home based business:

The 60-Second Commute: A Guide to Your 24/7 Home Office Life

The 30 Second Commute : The Ultimate Guide to Starting and Operating a Home-Based Business

posted by Ruby @ 7:42 AM

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