I’m always in the hunt for news relating to our industry. It’s the only way for me to really keep up with trends and developments, since telecommuting or working from home can be very lonely and when you’re not surrounded (no chats by the water cooler) by people in the industry you tend to loose touch with it. This is one of the main reasons why I have my “google alerts” set to fetch relating news about the telecommuting industry.
Don’t get me wrong, there are hundreds of forums and groups …

With all the talk these days about Blackberry, iPhone, smartpohne, texting, apps etc I’ve been getting the feeling that I’m being left behind. I’ve been making a living for the past 10 years with computers online and I didn’t even own a cell phone. After-all I work from home so if anyone ever wanted to get hold of me they could either email or phone me on my land line. Whenever we were out, either Caron or one of our girls would have their cell phone with them, in the …

Within the next few days I’ll have to get myself organized to travel for a couple weeks. This means preparing myself for work while traveling, since I plan on taking full advantage of this work from home gig. I work from home, so there’s no reason why I can’t work from someone elses home. After-all we’ll be staying at my sister’s place and not only does she have 100% uptime wireless connection (faster speed than what I work with currently), her fiance said it was ok to work on his …

If you’ve just begun your search for a work at home job, you probably have a beautiful concept of what working from home is like. You probably imagine yourself waking up whenever you want, sliding your feet into fuzzy slippers and shuffling to the kitchen to get some coffee, then shuffling along to your office to put in another wonderful day at work, then later going to the mailbox to pick up your weekly paycheck of several thousand dollars. I hate to burst your bubble, but it doesn’t work that …

I see this question asked pretty frequently, and today I’d like to offer some tips about how to get started working at home when you have no experience.
- Consider the experience you do have, whether it’s work or life related. Chances are you know how to do SOMETHING, even if you haven’t done it in a job capacity. See if you can find jobs that would use the knowledge you have, or at least touch on them in some way.
- Aim for “easier” jobs to begin with, like outbound telemarketing. …

If you’ve just begun your work-at-home search, you are likely feeling confused and overwhelmed by all the options out there. How do you know what’s legitimate? How do you avoid the scams? Are there really jobs you can do from home? Yes!
So many people are happily working from home, and you can too. You just have to know where to look. This article will explain the types of work you can do at home, which basically fall into four categories:
Working for an Employer – (This is often called “telecommuting.”) There …

As you may have noticed by now, we’ve finally launched the new home of Genuinejobs.com. Over the past 6 months we’ve listened to your views and feedback about the old website and what you wanted to see and be able to do. The past month was very hectic and a lot of hard work went into this amazing new design we’ve rolled out on June 5th. I’d like to personally thank Aniket and the staff at SpecMedia for their continued effort and all the long hours they’ve put in the …