Work at home occupations is on the rise. This is made possible because of the fact that the Internet and computer is used in most people’s homes today.

Many industries today employ people who work at home. The tasks that people would carry out while employed in this way would vary, depending upon needs of the company as well as expertise of the individual.

Advertising-A person employed in this industry would be responsible for a wide variety of tasks related to promotion. For instance, if they have strong written communication skills they might post blogs on a daily basis and become engaged in social marketing pursuits.

Law Firms-This is a person would probably be employed as a paralegal, or legal assistant. They might be hired to work at home if a company is open to working with people who work in this capacity. The more this individual knows about the law the better off they are.

Web Design-Assistants working in this field often help complete tasks assigned to a major website development company. A person employed in this position may also maintain websites and may be responsible for hosting websites on a server.

Graphic Design-Usually these individuals work with either advertisement companies and/or website design companies. The goal is to present a company or individual in the best possible light while establishing a brand or reputation.

Medical Field-This industry is full of medical transcribers who work at home. Usually the code is transcribed from an audio dictation recorded by a health professional after a patient session. Usually this training is found online or through a local college.

Real Estate-Maybe, you would answer calls or design fliers. You might also assist real estate agents with making calls to current homeowners or potential homebuyers. This all would help the agency you work for make smoother transactions.

Accounting-You would assist an accountant or bookkeeper with a variety of tasks. For instance, you may be asked to help with payroll or financial goals records. Maybe you would be required to design spreadsheets used for making office records.

Writing-A person employed at home as a writer may become involved in many different duties. Some of these include language translation, article writing, or letter correspondence. You may be employed as an assistant, or you might work out of your home as a freelance.

Publishing-In this industry, you might work for a local business that needs help with pamphlet creation. Either that or you might be in charge of editing or proofreading a major work such as a full-length book. You could also work for an agent who represents an author polishing up his or her finest work.

General service industries-You could be employed by just about any industry who offers services to people. Your role would be to assist with office duties such as answering inbound calls, conducting Internet research, or creating databases.

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Work at Home Typing for Others

By Diane Cantrell

For many years I searched for a way to work from home using my computer as a way to earn a full-time income. I finally have that satisfaction now because I have found a way to type at home for others.

I first began doing transcription work at a financial services firm I worked at from 1991 to 2004. Some time went by and one of the accountants that I had worked with contacted me to see if I would like to be his personal transcriptionist from my home. I figured this would be a good way to supplement my income so I accepted, and that’s exactly what this work turned out to be.

All of the work I do for him is handled via the internet. He emails me the voice file and I type it and email him back the typed Word document. Simple!

As time went by and my frustration with ‘office politics’ grew, and I knew I had to find some way to turn this transcription work into my full-time business. I found it somewhat difficult to find others like this accountant who would like me to type up their information for them and was not keen on the idea of typing resumes all day.

I began searching online for companies that hire independent contractors to do transcription work for them. What a search it was! I found that in addition to the intermingled transcription businesses out there on the internet were a whole slew of ‘get-rich-now-typing-from-home’ schemes. Many of them sound so promising, that I must admit I was sucked in to trying a few. Some are now making me a little money, but most are sitting on a shelf collecting dust.

I finally was able to find websites that truly want people to succeed in the transcription business and listings of the businesses that really do hire transcriptionists. The first company I found said it wasn’t hiring at the time but that I could leave my email address and would be notified when they were hiring again.

Six months went by and I had long given up on the hope of doing transcription full-time from my home, when lo and behold, they emailed me to say they were hiring and I could test for them if I was interested. I went through the testing and finally scored my first position with a national transcription business as an independent contractor.

During their hiring period we all had more work than we could handle. It was great! But then I realized that they had hired so many ICs (independent contractors) that the work was getting hard to come by. I decided the only thing to do was to secure positions with other transcription businesses to make sure I had a full schedule each week.

I now work exclusively with four transcription companies, one of whom is only quarterly work, one I have to set a schedule two weeks in advance and log in for my scheduled time, one calls me with each job to see if I want it, and the other has me email them how much time I’m available for each day/week and they send me that much work.

So, finally, I can say I work from home full-time with legitimate companies and it’s everything I thought it would be and more! I work when I want and from the comfort of home. The pay is comparable to what I made in offices but the freedom is worth more than the money.