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I created this post in response to a discussion I started having with @Mach123, but it's about work-from-home resources if anyone is interested or wants to discuss further. I thought I would put this here since I am always mucking up threads with long, off-topic posts.
I finished a long stint of college 3 years ago. The whole time I had expected to end up working from home, so I did a lot of research on the topic and fell for some work-from-home scams, too. After I finished school, my first job did not involve working from home, but I am working on that again, right now.
Rat Race Rebellion has turned into my favorite resource on the topic. Here is their welcome page: New? Start Here!. Their BIG LIST of jobs and side gigs is here: The Ultimate Big List of Work from Home Jobs & Gigs and there are a lot of different options to consider. The founders of the site have long histories in work-from-home employment, and the jobs and side gigs they list on the site are said to be fully screened. I have researched a lot of the options on my own, and it looks like they really are screened.
They also offer a $50 class on finding your first work-from-home job/side gig. I went ahead and took the class because while I had been getting local interviews, the moment I switched to looking for only work-from-home jobs, I stopped getting calls, but later I discovered that they have a whole lot of what is in the class, available for free, here: Speed Up Your Job Search with Our FREE RRR Learning Units .
No, they aren't paying me. I legitimately decided I liked this resource based on a whole lot of research I have done on work-from-home resources, though I do tend to be loyal.
I also learned to use Google’s search tools to look for jobs. It never occurred to me that companies often do post job openings on their own websites before posting to big job boards. In theory, if they find a qualified applicant through their own website, the job posting won’t ever make it to Indeed. By searching with Google, you can find jobs listed on company websites that are not out there in the convenient masses provided by the big job boards.
I didn’t know how it worked. Here’s an example of what to put into a Google search box:
“Administrative assistant” + part-time + remote
The quotes will go around two words you want to keep together in a search. The plus signs add more to the search. You can also include minus signs if there is something you don’t want to see like this:
“Administrative assistant” + part-time + remote - “front desk”
Of course, there are a lot of words that can be swapped, too. Here, you might have “clerical worker” or secretary in the place of the job title. You might swap part-time for “part time.” And remote can be virtual, work from home, etc.
What you will get from Google is a box that reads “Jobs” at the top. This box will contain job listings from job boards. Beneath that, there will be search results from across the web, some from job boards, some from who-knows-where and some directly from the websites of the companies that posted them.
If you click on “Tools” beneath the search box, you can also decide how far back in history you want to look. It ranges from searching for results that were posted in the last hour to any time. Obviously, applying for jobs that were posted two years ago could waste a lot of time.
My situation is that right now since I have a solid education in English and writing and have a TEFL certificate, I am looking at online tutoring as my next thing. I have tutoring experience but not online tutoring experience, so I am signed up to start as a volunteer with a couple of companies starting in January. I toyed with the idea of freelance writing for a long time, but since I don’t enjoy marketing myself and don’t have any social networking accounts, I am happy to be paid less, have regular work, and have someone else take of the advertising. I really can’t see myself as a regular “gig worker” because I can’t stand the stress of always being on the lookout for the next thing. Luckily, my husband has benefits and I don’t need to have them. Those are just a few of the things that I, personally, had to consider before making any solid decisions about my next endeavor.
It has been quite a process for me after ending up in a village after our fateful relocation from Portland. I did NOT want to work from home, because I like people, but right now, it seems like the best option and tutoring means that I will be working with people, so that helps my outlook.
There are, of course, a lot of other work-from-home resources out there and LOTS of places are looking for remote workers during the pandemic and many of those places will probably keep them on as remote workers even if/when this thing ends. There is Virtual Vocations, FlexJobs, and WAHM.com. Indeed also lets you search for “remote” positions. Amazon and many other large companies hire remote workers and the Arise platform might be interesting if customer service is your thing. If all you need is a part-time gig, however, that BIG LIST has a lot of different options.
Well, I hope that some of that is somewhat helpful to someone. Feel free to ask for clarification -- I burned through this post pretty quickly, so it won't surprise me if it isn't all worded in a readable way.
Best of luck!
I finished a long stint of college 3 years ago. The whole time I had expected to end up working from home, so I did a lot of research on the topic and fell for some work-from-home scams, too. After I finished school, my first job did not involve working from home, but I am working on that again, right now.
Rat Race Rebellion has turned into my favorite resource on the topic. Here is their welcome page: New? Start Here!. Their BIG LIST of jobs and side gigs is here: The Ultimate Big List of Work from Home Jobs & Gigs and there are a lot of different options to consider. The founders of the site have long histories in work-from-home employment, and the jobs and side gigs they list on the site are said to be fully screened. I have researched a lot of the options on my own, and it looks like they really are screened.
They also offer a $50 class on finding your first work-from-home job/side gig. I went ahead and took the class because while I had been getting local interviews, the moment I switched to looking for only work-from-home jobs, I stopped getting calls, but later I discovered that they have a whole lot of what is in the class, available for free, here: Speed Up Your Job Search with Our FREE RRR Learning Units .
No, they aren't paying me. I legitimately decided I liked this resource based on a whole lot of research I have done on work-from-home resources, though I do tend to be loyal.
I also learned to use Google’s search tools to look for jobs. It never occurred to me that companies often do post job openings on their own websites before posting to big job boards. In theory, if they find a qualified applicant through their own website, the job posting won’t ever make it to Indeed. By searching with Google, you can find jobs listed on company websites that are not out there in the convenient masses provided by the big job boards.
I didn’t know how it worked. Here’s an example of what to put into a Google search box:
“Administrative assistant” + part-time + remote
The quotes will go around two words you want to keep together in a search. The plus signs add more to the search. You can also include minus signs if there is something you don’t want to see like this:
“Administrative assistant” + part-time + remote - “front desk”
Of course, there are a lot of words that can be swapped, too. Here, you might have “clerical worker” or secretary in the place of the job title. You might swap part-time for “part time.” And remote can be virtual, work from home, etc.
What you will get from Google is a box that reads “Jobs” at the top. This box will contain job listings from job boards. Beneath that, there will be search results from across the web, some from job boards, some from who-knows-where and some directly from the websites of the companies that posted them.
If you click on “Tools” beneath the search box, you can also decide how far back in history you want to look. It ranges from searching for results that were posted in the last hour to any time. Obviously, applying for jobs that were posted two years ago could waste a lot of time.
My situation is that right now since I have a solid education in English and writing and have a TEFL certificate, I am looking at online tutoring as my next thing. I have tutoring experience but not online tutoring experience, so I am signed up to start as a volunteer with a couple of companies starting in January. I toyed with the idea of freelance writing for a long time, but since I don’t enjoy marketing myself and don’t have any social networking accounts, I am happy to be paid less, have regular work, and have someone else take of the advertising. I really can’t see myself as a regular “gig worker” because I can’t stand the stress of always being on the lookout for the next thing. Luckily, my husband has benefits and I don’t need to have them. Those are just a few of the things that I, personally, had to consider before making any solid decisions about my next endeavor.
It has been quite a process for me after ending up in a village after our fateful relocation from Portland. I did NOT want to work from home, because I like people, but right now, it seems like the best option and tutoring means that I will be working with people, so that helps my outlook.
There are, of course, a lot of other work-from-home resources out there and LOTS of places are looking for remote workers during the pandemic and many of those places will probably keep them on as remote workers even if/when this thing ends. There is Virtual Vocations, FlexJobs, and WAHM.com. Indeed also lets you search for “remote” positions. Amazon and many other large companies hire remote workers and the Arise platform might be interesting if customer service is your thing. If all you need is a part-time gig, however, that BIG LIST has a lot of different options.
Well, I hope that some of that is somewhat helpful to someone. Feel free to ask for clarification -- I burned through this post pretty quickly, so it won't surprise me if it isn't all worded in a readable way.
Best of luck!