The idea of work from home employment conjures up a range of visions for people from all walks of life. Probably the most inviting is the one where you’re doing your job from the comfort of your home right in your footy pajamas. But when it comes to work from home jobs, what are we really talking about? You hear so much about success stories but then you also hear about all the scams. Is it something you can actually count on to keep the lights on and food in the fridge? Many are finding out that the answer to that question is yes and yes.
The internet has brought us many things but it has also brought us telecommuting- a word that, believe it or not, was coined back in 1973. Thanks to the internet, it’s only recently that we’re all becoming more familiar with the phrase. From the tiny dairy farm community in North Dakota to the tiny goat farm community in India, we are now a connected society thanks to telecommunications. And that means getting to appreciate yet another phrase for telecommuting, a wonderful perk of the internet called work from home employment. Not only has it become more popular with those in need of work, it is also popular with businesses as well.
A work from home employment opportunity can entail everything from technical support to survey research to order taking to inside sales. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. While some choose to work from home part time others take on full time work- and do quite well at it. Many jobs start out at minimum wage but depending on prior experience and skills can pay much more. While minimum wage may not sound much to most, considering gas, meals and other work related expenses are not coming out of it, the take home pay is not so bad- even for part time hours. And many have even managed to make ends meet working full time at minimum wage moving up in pay as they gain more skill and more experience.
These days, there are so many work from home employment options that there are entire websites dedicated to not only finding work from home companies but pointing out businesses that are good to work for, bad to work for and which ones are outright scams. Unless you are one of the naïve that gets caught up in the ‘make a million dollars overnight’ schemes, finding a work from home opportunity isn’t all that difficult anymore. Hiring home based workers is often the most cost effective way for most businesses to stay afloat. And with the internet reaching worldwide, there is no shortage of people looking and waiting to fill open positions.
With the economy being what it is and both people and businesses being hard hit, the work from home culture has taken off in a whole new direction. More and more opportunities are being created every day and there is no telling to what heights things will evolve to over time. What can be said is that legitimate work from home employment opportunities are creating hopeful job prospects where there used to be none.
