| With the popularity of work at home jobs, many | | | | with availability "full time", "part time", "freelance", and |
| employment seekers are falling victim to paying for | | | | industry "your desired job title", leads will instantly |
| telecommuting leads. Fortunately, this doesn't have to | | | | appear on your computer's screen. |
| be you. With all of the available resources on the | | | | Unfortunately, even some free employment leads are |
| Internet for potential telecommuters, leads are just a | | | | not as they appear. Many job sites place ads on the |
| mouse-click away. | | | | Internet, and when clicked, employment seekers are |
| To find leads, a person can search on his or her own | | | | immediately taken to a membership page; where for a |
| and/or join home job forums. To maximize an | | | | fee, the contact information for the employment can |
| employment seeker's potential of landing a job, it is | | | | be accessed. A way to turn this fee-for-lead into a |
| best to use a combination of keyword-specific Internet | | | | free lead is to copy part of the job description and |
| searches and networking on work at home forums. | | | | using quotes, perform an Internet search. |
| Internet searches can not only be used to find free | | | | Most likely, the employment and contact information will |
| work at home leads, but can also help potential | | | | appear on another free site. If however, the only |
| telecommuters find industry-specific forums especially | | | | search results displayed revert back to the fee-for-job |
| designed for remote employees. | | | | site, skip this one and move on to something else. |
| When searching for employment leads using the | | | | Paying for employment can be a big mistake, as a job |
| Internet, a seeker must use as many valid search | | | | seeker never knows how old the positing is, or if the |
| terms as possible. Some keywords used to help find | | | | position is still open. By narrowing search criteria, using |
| these leads include: "telecommuting", "telecommute", | | | | the Internet is definitely possible. |
| "virtual", "remote", and "your home office". Combined | | | | |