Monday, December 21, 2009
Top 6 Free Work At Home Job Sites
I’ve been in the work at home field since I was in college and I’m 30 something now. So I’ve seen a lot in terms of the work at home world. I basically got started in this industry because I was scammed. My site WorkAtHomeCareers.com has been cited numerous times as a resource to help people avoid scams by many major publications. No I’m not tooting my own horn. I just want you to be aware of my experience and why it gives me some insight as to what makes a great work at home resource versuses a some web page thrown up to push clickbank products. (No offense to those websites.). Too often people assume that the websites in the top of the search engine results are the best. This is true for certain industries but not all. Search engines can get it really right or really wrong depending how their algorithms are working that given day, week or month.
As a result of this I’ve come up with some basic standards of what makes up a top notch work at home job site. They are as follows:
> Does said work at home website provide legitimate work from home job leads?
> Is said work at home website updated with new jobs regularly (Meaning daily or weekly)?
> Does said work at home website research the job leads to the best of their ability?
> Is said work at home website membership free?
> Is said work at home website totally free to the work at home seekers?
So based on these standards, I have come up with a list of work at home websites that I think fits many or all of the characteristics listed above. Again this is my opinion. If you don’t like it, tough luck! No just kidding. I’d be very interested in hearing your opinion so include your comments below this post.
And with no further delay here is my list of the Top 5 Free Work At Home Job Sites for 2007 in no particular order:
1. RatRaceRebellion.com
2. MoneyMakingMommy.com
3. 2Work-At-Home.com
4. WorkAtHomeCareers.com
5. Wahm.com
6. Onlinedatajobs
So that’s my list. All of these website do a great job of keeping their jobs updated and researched. They also manage to be profitable by balancing their ads with the jobs which is what keeps these sites free to work at home seekers. And more importantly you don’t have to jump through hoops to access their free work from home job resources. I’ve seen some other sites that had real potential but then they force you to sign up for a membership or pay a fee. I understand the logic behind it but based on the standards I set up for this list, they didn’t make the cut because of it. The sites listed above are well known in their industry so you won’t read a lot of complaints about these sites being a scam, rip off or fraud.
Work At Home With Google.com (No Fees)
Well my friends, Google is no exception. Google has an affiliate program known as Adsense where they pay bloggers like myself to display ads on our sites related to the helpful content that we write. Every time someone happens to click on one of these ads, we get paid a set amount. Now for the most part I have a great relationship with Google. I literally earn thousands of dollars per month as an affiliate for them and a number of other companies. With that said, I don’t always like the ads that Google displays on my sites. It’s one of the reasons why I’m so vigilant about encouraging you to do your research on our scam page for anything that requires a fee. The techniques described there usually help many of you avoid the bad ads that may slip past Google’s watchful eye, which brings me to the Google work from home opportunity that you’re desperately seeking.
So How Can You Work At Home For Google?
Ads! No I’m not talking about becoming an Adsense affiliate and running your own site. I know for most of you that’s already out of the question. But did you know that some of the ads that go through Google are are actually reviewed by a real person? Well yes they are and you can get paid to become one of those reviewers. There are actually known as Ad Quality Raters.
What is A Google Ad Quality Rater?
Well here’s the work at home job description straight from Google’s mouth:
"As an Ads Quality Rater, you will be responsible for reporting and tracking the visual quality and content accuracy of Google advertisements. Ads Quality Raters use an online tool to examine advertising-related data of different kinds and provide feedback and analysis to Google. Projects worked on may involve examining and analyzing text, web pages, images, and other kinds of information. You will need an in depth and up-to-date familiarity with English- speaking web culture and media. Additionally, you will apply this knowledge to a broad range of interests and topics. Ads Quality Raters possess excellent written communication skills and web analytic capabilities. You will be required to work 10-20 hours a week on a self-directed schedule.
Responsibilities:
Evaluate the accuracy of Google search engine results.
Communicate effectiveness of web layouts and information via the online tool.
Requirements:
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
Fluency in English.
Extensive familiarity with U.S. culture and media.
Excellent web research and analytical capabilities.
A high speed internet connection.
Valid U.S. work authorization.
How To Get Started?
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to temporaryjobs@google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include Ads Quality Rater – English – Temporary.
This opportunity’s availability often changes. So although it may not be open now it may be later and it’s still a good idea to give it shot. So that’s a legitimate and no fees way to work at home with Google.
Warning About Google Work At Home Products, Systems, etc….
Let me do you a favor by telling you to avoid any Google Work At Home product, system, DVD or ebook you may come across. Unless it’s making it clear from jump, that it will be teaching you about affiliate marketing or using Adwords. At the end of the day most of these so called Google work at home opportunities are misrepresenting Google and the affiliate marketing industry to get your money. They’ll lure you in by telling you that you’ll get paid just for typing ads and filling out forms for thousands of companies. That’s B.S. It’s not that simple and involves a lot more than they’re leading on. The problem is when they get your money that’s when they reveal the truth if at all. You end up being a victim that thinks that Google is endorsing these companies, when they’re not. If you want to learn about affiliate marketing and how that ties into Google’s search engine, I would highly recommend you read my affiliate marketing article by clicking here.
I’ll say this again, Google will never charge you to work for them. You should be skeptical of company charging you for any so called Google work at home product, system, etc. I don’t care what the company’s name or URL is. It’s pretty much all the same. You can see a clear example of this with my Google Money Tree scam article.
In any event, i hope I’ve provided you a clearer picture of the real opportunities available from Google
By the way another great mega company to work at home for is Amazon.com. You can check out their work at home opportunity.
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About Medical Transcriptionist (Typist)?
2. I just don’t have the money it takes to invest in myself and medical transcription training. What can I do? This question really hits home because I’ve been in the same situation. Unlike college where I was able to get financial aid, many of these home based training programs don’t provide this. But to my surprise the Virtual Learning Center addresses this and provides its students financial aid & flexible payment arrangements so that whatever your budget is, they will help you get the training you need to start your work at home career as a medical transcriptionist. It’s obvious that they understand the plight of the work at home seeker and are not just some company that’s about making money. You can also go to your local community colleges to see if they offer any medical transcription courses and financial aid. Chances are if you can’t afford to buy the training on your own, you’ll qualify for financial aid.
3. I have years of experience with typing and data entry, why do i need to invest in medical transcription training? Well with all due respect, your years of generic typing and data entry skills aren’t a commodity in this job market anymore. Why? Please consider the fact that everyone uses a computer now, this means that they can probably type just as well as you. 10-30 years ago typist were an asset because it was just the opposite. Most people didn’t have computers nor the need to type. So when typing needed to be done, companies scrambled to get a highly skilled typist like yourself because it was such a specialized skill. So that’s the reality of your skill set. But with that said medical transcription is still a specialized skill so there is still a great demand for those professionals. I may know how to type well but I definitely don’t have the skills involved in medical typing. So that’s why we encourage people like yourself to get specialized in Medical Transcription. Your years of generic typing skills coupled with your newly acquired Medical transcription skills will truly make you an asset to a company.
What Are You Going To Do Now?
In any event, I hope this addresses the questions, objections and concerns that many of you have expressed or were quietly thinking. I really hope that I have brought home the point that chasing after fantasy generic typing and data entry jobs is illogical when you understand the reality of our computerized world and the fact that now nearly everyone can type pretty well. So with that said, if you’re dead set on doing nothing more than typing, then now you know how to achieve this. But don’t make the mistake of continuing to spend hours and hours searching job boards for generic typing jobs. This will lead to a number of things; frustration, desperation and possibly being scammed or mislead by info products. So save yourself the trouble and go after something that is actually available. Now if for some reason despite all the options I’ve provided to you, you’ve decided that you’re not going to pursue a career in medical transcription, than you may want to look in to a non traditional way of typing at home.
Please note that this work at home opportunity isn’t a traditional typing at home job. Furthermore, it won’t make you anywhere near the salary that Medical Transcription can provide. But it will make you some money and can be started now and with no specialized training. But don’t expect to support your family with it. So you’ve been forewarned. Check out a non traditional way to make money typing at home by clicking here. Good luck either way!
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What’s The Best Free Typing or Data Entry Company?
Please for goodness sake, stop badgering me with that question already, Jeez! Just kidding folks. You know I love your questions. But seriously, despite my best effort to introduce you to the ‘finer things” in life via other non-typing and data entry work at home opportunities. You guys are still persistently asking for the least available work at home jobs on the planet, data entry and typing!
Many of my loyal subscribers know how I feel about these jobs. I don’t like them because so many of you have been scammed because you’ve limited yourself to them. Furthermore scam artist prey on work at home seekers that look for these jobs because they know people are so desperate to find them and aren’t willing to act on other opportunities that can make them more money. Finally, I hate to sound like a “Negative Nancy”, but there isn’t a lot of availability of these jobs unless you’re willing to make them for yourself like I did or to explore another version of them which I will cover below. With that said I’ve done my best to provide you with the few available typing and data entry jobs by listing them at our work at home companies page.
And recently I posted a great in depth interview from a successful work at home professional who is a Virtual Assistant that makes money at home typing and doing other things. But alas, I still don’t think that’s enough information. You know I like to over-deliver. So I tore myself away from playing the Nintendo Wii with my lovely, waddling wife (Sorry babe for beating you in bowling in your condition. lol.) and have taken the time to create a video just for you. The video provides you with my best typing work at home opportunity. Some of you may have already heard me talk about this work at home career in my comments on the articles of this blog. Either way I think you’ll find this video very helpful in finding legitimate, free and more importantly AVAILABLE typing jobs!
Now that you watched the video, what are you going to do? Are you going to continue to do what you’ve been doing which has lead to nothing or scams and job at home? Or are you going to take action?
Are Medical Transcription (Typing) Jobs Actually Available & Where Can I Find Them?
Can You Really Make Money At Home As A Medical Transcriptionist (Typist)? I understand your skepticism but you don’t need to take my word for it. Click on the links below to read from your follow loyal subscribers who took action on my advice and work at home as medical transcriptionist.
So How Do I Get Started With Medical Transcription?
Step 1: Get Training! I know that you think your current typing and data entry skills are the bomb! But trust me when I say medical transcription companies will not hire you without some form of training. So don’t even waste their time or yours applying without exploring one or more of the training options. I searched high and low to find some that were affordable for you or offered financial aid. So take advantage of them. Visit one or more of the following websites for affordable training options.
Medical Transcription At Home
Inside Medical Transcription
Virtual Learning Center (Highly Recommend Because of Job Placement For Graduates!)
Medical Training Programs
Step 2: After you’ve been trained, visit our Medical transcription (typing) jobs section at WorkAtHomeCareers.com and start applying. For those of you that train with the Virtual Learning Center they will also provide you with job placement assistance.