The toughest thing you will face when using the internet is finding legitimate, free resources that offer a basis for you to start earning money online. Sometimes it will take long hours of research just to find one site that can help you get started.
I decided to document the various sites I came across and would like to share them with you.
If you are a stay at home mom or dad, retiree, student, on disability, recently laid off your job, or just want a part-time job you can find it with telecommuting, freelance work on the internet.
More opportunities are opening up for virtual assistants, data entry jobs, freelance photography and graphic design jobs.
Best Sites For Finding Legitimate Work Opportunities across The Web
1. WAHM (Work at Home Mom)
Is a resource website for work at home moms and dads, providing business directory, online job listings and a forum for people to share their experiences with various networks. Some of the telecommuting and freelance work include, medical transcription, call center jobs, data entry, translation jobs, court researcher, legal coding and more. Get more details at WAHM.com
2. Online Writing Jobs
This site lists hundreds of jobs for freelancers, if you are looking for writing jobs they have a pretty comprehensive listing updated regularly. Most popular areas include, magazine writing, copywriting, proofreading, copyediting, resume writing, technical writing and many more. Get more details at online-writing-jobs.com with hyphens.
3. Work At Home Careers
Find legitimate work at home jobs, fully researched and listed with detailed articles written by Eddie Salomon to help you in your search. What I like about the site is that it is pretty straight forward and gives insight into the work at home community and how to avoid getting scammed. Get more details at workathomecareers.com
4. Work At Home Desk
Makes it easy to find work at home job leads, all the information is free and you can get updates and information on work at home opportunities. The free work at home job directory provides job leads, articles and a newsletter. Get more details at workathomedesk.com
5. Simply Hired Job Search Engine
They are a job search site and one of the first to utilize SEO to help jobseekers find employment through the search engines. You can find local jobs, salary comparisons, employment trends and millions of job listings all in one place. Get more details at simplyhired.com
6. Jobs For Bloggers (problogger)
Here you can find a list of jobs posted each week by third party advertisers. The problogger job board part of the blog owned by Dareen Rowse has probably been one of the first sites to list openings for those looking to work from their home computers. Types of jobs include, pet writer, fashion writer, home an garden writer, gadget writer, youth sports writer, instrumental music writer, travel writer, and many more blog networks. Get more details at: jobs.problogger.net
7. Job Search (About.com)
Here you can get employment and career advice for job listings, resume writing, employment information and techniques from job search guide Alison Doyle. what I like about this site is that they cover the whole process of finding a job, losing a job and preparing for interviews and putting together cover letters and references. Get more details at jobsearch.about.com
8. Mechanical Turk (Amazon)
Is an internet marketplace provided by Amazon to give tasks called (HITs) some human intelligence tasks are tag an image, translate a language, write answers to questions, collect email addresses, find product information and proofread OCR data. Get more details at mturk.com
9. Freelance (oDesk)
A global marketplace where companies hire freelancers and teams to complete projects. Businesses that hire remote workers usually pay higher wages and give consistent work. Outsourcing is becoming more popular as a means to contract out jobs. The staffing marketplace and management platform makes working at home easier. You can browse jobs by category or skill. Get more details at odesk.com
10. Virtual Call Center Jobs
Customer service, telemarketing, customer care agent are just a few of the titles you will have working from home in a call center job. Top companies include: Alpine Access, LiveOps, AT&T, Microsoft, Verizon, Vontage, Dell, Cingular and West at Home agents. Get more details at Indeed.com
It took me a while to come up with these sites and you will have to do your due diligence to find more occupations on the internet. Just remember if it sounds to good to be true than it probably is. Also you should not pay any money upfront for a job or job listings.
You May Also Like : Virtual Job Club by Tory Johnson from Good Morning America and author of the book "Fired to Hired: Bouncing Back from Job Loss to Get to Work Right Now". Visit her website at WomenForHire.com
I decided to document the various sites I came across and would like to share them with you.
If you are a stay at home mom or dad, retiree, student, on disability, recently laid off your job, or just want a part-time job you can find it with telecommuting, freelance work on the internet.
More opportunities are opening up for virtual assistants, data entry jobs, freelance photography and graphic design jobs.
Best Sites For Finding Legitimate Work Opportunities across The Web
1. WAHM (Work at Home Mom)
Is a resource website for work at home moms and dads, providing business directory, online job listings and a forum for people to share their experiences with various networks. Some of the telecommuting and freelance work include, medical transcription, call center jobs, data entry, translation jobs, court researcher, legal coding and more. Get more details at WAHM.com
2. Online Writing Jobs
This site lists hundreds of jobs for freelancers, if you are looking for writing jobs they have a pretty comprehensive listing updated regularly. Most popular areas include, magazine writing, copywriting, proofreading, copyediting, resume writing, technical writing and many more. Get more details at online-writing-jobs.com with hyphens.
3. Work At Home Careers
Find legitimate work at home jobs, fully researched and listed with detailed articles written by Eddie Salomon to help you in your search. What I like about the site is that it is pretty straight forward and gives insight into the work at home community and how to avoid getting scammed. Get more details at workathomecareers.com
4. Work At Home Desk
Makes it easy to find work at home job leads, all the information is free and you can get updates and information on work at home opportunities. The free work at home job directory provides job leads, articles and a newsletter. Get more details at workathomedesk.com
5. Simply Hired Job Search Engine
They are a job search site and one of the first to utilize SEO to help jobseekers find employment through the search engines. You can find local jobs, salary comparisons, employment trends and millions of job listings all in one place. Get more details at simplyhired.com
6. Jobs For Bloggers (problogger)
Here you can find a list of jobs posted each week by third party advertisers. The problogger job board part of the blog owned by Dareen Rowse has probably been one of the first sites to list openings for those looking to work from their home computers. Types of jobs include, pet writer, fashion writer, home an garden writer, gadget writer, youth sports writer, instrumental music writer, travel writer, and many more blog networks. Get more details at: jobs.problogger.net
7. Job Search (About.com)
Here you can get employment and career advice for job listings, resume writing, employment information and techniques from job search guide Alison Doyle. what I like about this site is that they cover the whole process of finding a job, losing a job and preparing for interviews and putting together cover letters and references. Get more details at jobsearch.about.com
8. Mechanical Turk (Amazon)
Is an internet marketplace provided by Amazon to give tasks called (HITs) some human intelligence tasks are tag an image, translate a language, write answers to questions, collect email addresses, find product information and proofread OCR data. Get more details at mturk.com
9. Freelance (oDesk)
A global marketplace where companies hire freelancers and teams to complete projects. Businesses that hire remote workers usually pay higher wages and give consistent work. Outsourcing is becoming more popular as a means to contract out jobs. The staffing marketplace and management platform makes working at home easier. You can browse jobs by category or skill. Get more details at odesk.com
10. Virtual Call Center Jobs
Customer service, telemarketing, customer care agent are just a few of the titles you will have working from home in a call center job. Top companies include: Alpine Access, LiveOps, AT&T, Microsoft, Verizon, Vontage, Dell, Cingular and West at Home agents. Get more details at Indeed.com
It took me a while to come up with these sites and you will have to do your due diligence to find more occupations on the internet. Just remember if it sounds to good to be true than it probably is. Also you should not pay any money upfront for a job or job listings.
You May Also Like : Virtual Job Club by Tory Johnson from Good Morning America and author of the book "Fired to Hired: Bouncing Back from Job Loss to Get to Work Right Now". Visit her website at WomenForHire.com