Help finding legit work from home job

NJshore40 · September 2012

Unfortunately my husbands raise fell through after we confirmed with my current job that I am switching from full to part time once the baby comes. We are trying to figure out ways we can fill the income gap without me needing to find childcare and the added expense that brings. I have a business Undergrad degree and a masters in teaching and my background is mainly in education.

I've been looking online, but some of them seem like scams and the rest seem like telemarketing jobs( of which I am not interested).

Anyone have a work from home job that is legitimate? how did you find it? Ideas on where to find one?

Cherry3142 · September 2012

I'm in the same boat in terms of looking for WAH jobs. I've looked on the ones geared towards moms with no luck so far. I hope you don't mind, but if someone has a legit resource, I'd also be interested!

Hope we find something soon!

Rochell · September 2012

How about tutoring or teaching at night in an adult school or community colleg, i believe you only need a masters

ASmallWonder · September 2012

The truth is that a WAH job that doesn't require you to also have child care is extremely rare. Employers want you dedicated to them for the time they're paying you, which makes sense. A baby and a job are both full time responsibilities. Have you thought about starting a home daycare?

ATMmom324 · September 2012

Medical transcription?

susanmosley · September 2012

ATMmom324:
Medical transcription?

This isnt something you just sign up for and do. She would have to complete a year + of school first. And then trying to listen to doctors and do dictations alongside a busy, noisy toddler would not be likely.

NJshore40 · September 2012

Rochell:
How about tutoring or teaching at night in an adult school or community colleg, i believe you only need a masters

This is obviously more of my comfort zone since its in education field. The issue is child care, but if it's after school hours, it might be easier for My family who have jobs to help out.

Maybe I should just call a few local offices and see if they have take home paper work. This seems like more of a word of mouth or have to know someone senerio though.

Rochell · September 2012

tutoring and adult school usually are evening hours....WAH stuff is tough w/o childcare and a newborn is a fulltime job...you can also look at just cutting your costs at home....cable, internet, food costs...etc

Venus04d · September 2012

A lot of insurance companies have started hiring people that work at home to contact patients after they've been released from the doctor or given a diagnosis to give or get information/updates on their care. Humana is one of them.

More and more companies are hiring people who work from home. I would check Craigslist and your local job listings often. Just watch for scams, if you have to pay for anything it's obviously not legit.

PrimRoseMama · September 2012

www.starwoodhotels.com

You can work from home booking hotel rooms. You will need to have help with baby though because you need to minimize background noise. You can work an hour or two a day.

Good luck. I will be honest that working from home is way harder than it sounds.

CarolynTheRed · September 2012

Honestly - network. Tell everyone you have ever worked with that you're looking for some extra work, preferably with most of it being from home (don't count out something that would require occasional meetings on site or similar). Put it on your linkedIn profile, hell, post it on Facebook if you have contacts there who have related jobs. Someone who can vouch for you is more likely to let you have alternate work arrangements (evenings, weekends, work from home when you can, etc). It sucks, and it's hard, but you need to stand out somehow. You can also see if there's something you can offer to do - you can sometimes invent a job for yourself if you talk to someone with hiring authority.

Basically - what unusual skills do you have, and who in your network might want to use them? Is there anyone you know who might know someone who might want to use them?

(I am currently on leave, but have done a lot of work from home/flexible work. I've done college teaching, among other things - beware, many institutions pay crap, mine has a union and contracts become permanent after a few years, so it's worth it. I also have some unusual technical skills - you might too, or you might be able to develop them.)

LyndseylovesHugh · September 2012

elmoali:
The truth is that a WAH job that doesn't require you to also have child care is extremely rare. Employers want you dedicated to them for the time they're paying you, which makes sense. A baby and a job are both full time responsibilities. Have you thought about starting a home daycare?

This. I WAH, but it took me years of establishing myself in my industry (high tech) to be given that option and my company requires that I have full time child care and a quiet place to work with no interruptions from a baby, just like if I were in the office. There is no way I would be able to care for my child while getting my work done.

ETA: Everyone I know who works from home started in the office and worked their way into that type of position, it was not something they sought out because they wanted to work from home, it just turned into that. I think it will be pretty difficult (not impossible, just difficult) to find something legitimate that you can just jump into and start off working from home. I think your best bet is tutoring since education is your field, you already have good experience in that field so it will be so much easier to get work. But you will have to have child care while you do it.

littlemac1117 · September 2012

elmoali:
The truth is that a WAH job that doesn't require you to also have child care is extremely rare. Employers want you dedicated to them for the time they're paying you, which makes sense. A baby and a job are both full time responsibilities. Have you thought about starting a home daycare?

This is what I was going to say. The daycare is a good idea, or even just taking on one kid to babysit during the week? Also, if you are crafty, you could make things to sell online?

JoNi2010 · September 2012

elmoali:
The truth is that a WAH job that doesn't require you to also have child care is extremely rare.

Agreed. DH actually works from home 4-5days/week. There is NO way he can work and take care of the baby. Actually, even when I'm on maternity leave, he will probably have to convert into the conventional going-to-office just because he is not sure how noisy the baby will be at home. And when I go back to work, the baby will have to go to daycare and DH could resume WAH.

You may be able to find something that is super flexible and requiring just maybe 2-3 hours of work at home but I can't think of anything at this point. You'll have to network some.

dcunningham2 · September 2012

Check out odesk.com

It's a website for businesses to post work - some of it is one-time projects like creating websites or logos while others are ongoing work. I found a job through there that requires some computer work and some phone calls. I will say that working the phone calls around my daughter's schedule has been impossible at times. Her naptime has been all over the place or nonexistent lately which makes it hard to stick to a routine. But I have been lucky in that the company I'm working for is super laidback and I don't have a certain number of hours I have to meet weekly. Normally I try for at least 10, but lately I've been way lower than that.

I do plan on taking maternity leave when the baby comes because I'm honestly not sure how things will go with a newborn AND toddler, so I want to give myself time to adjust before getting back into it.

Also, check out queenoftherandomjob.com, she makes a full-time living out of doing odd jobs online.

Sillygirl85 · September 2012

Have you considered working as a Behavior Health Professional? They often hire people with an education background for this job. My husband works for a company called Providence and his provides home based services to children with Autism in the early evenings. He works full time, but they hire part time as well. It works out great for us because I am a teacher and we only have to send our son to daycare for an hour or two everyday when our work schedules overlap.

RuthieGemal · September 2012

you can be an Avon representative

DelBride2012 · September 2012

Have you ever taken the GRE or LSAT, or did you do well on the SAT/ACT? It's not WAH but it is evening/weekend work and if you have a high score, is well-compensated.

NJshore40 · September 2012

dcunningham2:
Check out odesk.com

It's a website for businesses to post work - some of it is one-time projects like creating websites or logos while others are ongoing work. I found a job through there that requires some computer work and some phone calls. I will say that working the phone calls around my daughter's schedule has been impossible at times. Her naptime has been all over the place or nonexistent lately which makes it hard to stick to a routine. But I have been lucky in that the company I'm working for is super laidback and I don't have a certain number of hours I have to meet weekly. Normally I try for at least 10, but lately I've been way lower than that.

I do plan on taking maternity leave when the baby comes because I'm honestly not sure how things will go with a newborn AND toddler, so I want to give myself time to adjust before getting back into it.

Also, check out queenoftherandomjob.com, she makes a full-time living out of doing odd jobs online.

Great resources thanks!

barine · September 2012

I used to work for these companies a long time ago. It is legitimate and pay ranges from $8-15 per hr depending on experience, skills and company. The second is Teletech work at home. Easy job basically taking calls from customers and they have contracts with popular companies like Bestbuy, Sprint, Banks etc. Most require a land line phone and you have to make sure caller id, voicemail, call waiting is disconnected especially during your work. I did temp for about 6 months while pregnant with my daugther.

https://careers.convergysworkathome.com/

https://www.hirepoint.com/athome-en-US/

www.liveops.com

https://jobs.alpineaccess.com/

I hope you get hired with one of those!

ShantiOm · September 2012

I second this. I worked long and hard to qualify for WAH. They expect more from me now. I will have child care during the day. Gl you never know.

LyndseylovesHugh:
elmoali:
The truth is that a WAH job that doesn't require you to also have child care is extremely rare. Employers want you dedicated to them for the time they're paying you, which makes sense. A baby and a job are both full time responsibilities. Have you thought about starting a home daycare?
This. I WAH, but it took me years of establishing myself in my industry (high tech) to be given that option and my company requires that I have full time child care and a quiet place to work with no interruptions from a baby, just like if I were in the office. There is no way I would be able to care for my child while getting my work done.
ETA: Everyone I know who works from home started in the office and worked their way into that type of position, it was not something they sought out because they wanted to work from home, it just turned into that. I think it will be pretty difficult (not impossible, just difficult) to find something legitimate that you can just jump into and start off working from home. I think your best bet is tutoring since education is your field, you already have good experience in that field so it will be so much easier to get work. But you will have to have child care while you do it.

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