If you were to  type in the words “work from home jobs” into any popular search engine you’ll be presented with thousands of results. When I used Google, I got over 153 million results. If you look a little closer at the results you’ll see one thing in common. The majority will have the appeal of making thousands of dollars for what they would call “little work with no experience needed”. For the average job seeker, this would be very appealing and you’d be on your way to falling into …

Having work at home jobs offers many benefits and conveniences for people who desperately need to work out of their home. However, if not carefully considered, working out of the home can also be a very difficult way to make a living. The image people often get when they think about working from home is one of luxury and ease, when in reality, work at home jobs take a high level of self-discipline and time management skills. Below are a list of some of the biggest challenges to working from …

They are everywhere- scammers posting misleading offers and targeting prospective home workers. Unfortunately people are often prejudiced indefinitely about working from home and are left to believe that the possibility of working at home does not exist. This simply is not true. There are many ways to earn a living from home. Many people do it every day. They have just learned how to find legitimate ways to earn a living at home. In this article, I will explain how to spot work at home scams and how to do …

The work from home lifestyle allows us to work from just about anywhere globally, as long as we can get an Internet connection. I’ve worked on mega cruise ships, on white sandy beaches in the Caribbean and poolside at many hotels globally. When I had to take our car in to get serviced recently, I figured that instead of having the courtesy shuttle take me home and then have to come back and get me when the service job was completed, I’d stay in the waiting lounge and work on …

I think I went about 10 years without seeing the dentist, since I didn’t have any sort of coverage and our children came “first”. That’s usually the mindset when you have kids and you don’t have the benefits of group coverage. I was happily working form home and my wife was back in college pursuing her nursing degree, so none of us had a traditional 9-5 job with health benefits. Every visit to the dentist meant that we had to dip into our wallets to pay up. Same can be …

Do you freelance? Over the years dealing with people who are looking for a job they can do from home and being part of the telecommuting industry, I found myself generalizing that “freelancing” meant working on a computer. To be honest I never considered that freelancing is basically an umbrella term for people who work when they want and in most instances, on a contract basis. For those of you who’s not familiar with the term, it simply means”somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer …

If you work from home, you know how important it is to maintain high levels of productivity, whether you’re a freelancer working for yourself or a telecommuter who must still answer to a supervisor. Working from home, despite the myth, is actually not always easy and relaxed. In fact, working from home can create even more distractions than working in an office. Therefore, it’s important for people who work from home to limit as many of the distractions as possible. One of the easiest ways to do this is to …

With just two days left in 201o I feel that I must cover this question so Janice can get started looking for a job that she can do from home in Atlanta in the new year. Janice wrote in a few days ago asking for help finding a job that she can do from home in Atlanta. In this video I’ll touch on 2 key points Janice and any other job seeker looking for a job, can refer to…
1. Sometimes your current job is your best option for working from …

One of the sad realities of looking for a job you can do from home, is the fact that you’ll come across more scams than real job opportunities. The online scammers know that people looking for work is somewhat desperate, so they target them with their scams. In this episode of the work from home minute, I’ll share some tips with you on how you can save yourself from being the victims of these scams. Should you have any relating questions, especially if it applies to finding a work at …

Early last month we launched our monthly question and answer segment and the response was tremendous. It seems that the work at home industry leaves for many questions, especially with all the scams there are online which target people looking for jobs they can do from home. Over the past few weeks I’ve been busy trying to get all your questions answered via all the videos I’ve been sharing. Were these videos helpful? (leave your response below)
Last month we focused on the job application process, so this month we’d like …