| Anyone who can make a living from home has | | | | 3. Consulting: If you have a particular trade or skill, you |
| achieved the true new American dream. They are | | | | might get on as an online consultant for a company. |
| sometimes hard to find and you have to watch out for | | | | The term consultant sounds like you need a bunch of |
| fly by night places, but staying with it, you will find | | | | degrees to qualify, but a plumber could be a consultant |
| something that works out just fine for you. You will | | | | for a large home materials place. He would be |
| work from home. | | | | available to help customers over the phone or via the |
| Here a 6 legitimate telecommute jobs that are | | | | internet. |
| available and a brief description of what they entail as | | | | 4. Virtual Assistant: This is like being the electronic |
| you work from home: | | | | secretary to an executive except you won't be asked |
| | | | to fetch the coffee! These people book appointments, |
| 1. Customer service help desk. This can apply to | | | | read and answer emails, plan trips, type reports and |
| almost any large corporation who needs someone to | | | | whatever else an on-site secretary does. |
| handle customer problems. This involves learning a lot | | | | 5. Sales Person: Some firms use only telephone sales |
| about the company in question, its products and who | | | | people who work from home. Others, make phone |
| does what inside the company so you will know who | | | | calls to follow up on a sales call. This also becomes |
| to contact to fix the customer's problem. | | | | the job of the home sales follow up team. |
| 2. Data entry: This involves getting either paper or | | | | 6. Telemarketer: This one is hard on the nerves, but |
| electronic downloads of information and entering it into | | | | the pay can be quite good if you work for a place that |
| a company's data base. Accuracy is important as is | | | | pays commissions and not by the hour. Another |
| typing speed and punctuality. What is promised for | | | | benefit is that you can set your own hours usually for |
| Friday noon has to be ready by Friday noon and so | | | | this one. |
| on. | | | | |