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This virtual job board shows postings for telecommuting, remote, and home-based telecommute jobs that are current. These positions are updated daily. If you are looking for remote employment, browse the opportunities listed here. If you are looking to hire remote employees, post a job here today! This site displays updated employment opportunities for part-time, seasonal, and full-time candidates interested in working remotely.
What is telecommuting? Telecommuting means working from a flexible location and often according to a flexible schedule. The place of work in teleworking positions is one other than the main office of business production. Telecommuters often work from a home office--but not always. Over the past few decades, teleworking opportunities have experienced booming growth, particularly considering the real estate challenges of "brick and mortar establishments, as well as the rise of online companies supported by employees who may or may not live nearby.
The word "telecommuting" was coined in 1973, and over the past three and a half decades, remote positions have grown to number over 2 million individuals across the United States who identify their home as their primary location of work. Over 17 million people, however, identify home as an occasional location of work.
What businesses or industries offer legit online jobs? Several industries offer actual virtual positions, both full-time and part-time. These include the following:
Scams and Payment Schemes Work from home scams are extremely common. Due to the high number of schemes involving up front pay for "work from home positions", the Federal Trade Commission established Project False Hopes to find and shut down internet work-at-home scams. When applying to telecommuting jobs, the FTC advises job seekers to avoid giving information to any establishment that asks for payment of any kind for consideration. In addition, the FTC advises that ads for remote positions that seem too good to be true probably are. Scam job ads often ask for contact information and display very vague requirements, if any.
Candidates seeking to work from home on a full-time, part-time or freelance basis may wish to bookmark this virtual job board. Check daily, as jobs are frequently updated.
What is telecommuting? Telecommuting means working from a flexible location and often according to a flexible schedule. The place of work in teleworking positions is one other than the main office of business production. Telecommuters often work from a home office--but not always. Over the past few decades, teleworking opportunities have experienced booming growth, particularly considering the real estate challenges of "brick and mortar establishments, as well as the rise of online companies supported by employees who may or may not live nearby.
The word "telecommuting" was coined in 1973, and over the past three and a half decades, remote positions have grown to number over 2 million individuals across the United States who identify their home as their primary location of work. Over 17 million people, however, identify home as an occasional location of work.
What businesses or industries offer legit online jobs? Several industries offer actual virtual positions, both full-time and part-time. These include the following:
- Teachers and Tutors: Online tutor and teacher positions number in the thousands. Nearly every subject imaginable is now taught online. Online English and foreign language teaching is a desirable position that often pays $20 per hour or more. Some teachers are able to obtain elementary, middle, and high school teaching positions online working on a full-time basis with benefits from companies like K12.com and many other online schools.
- Academic Jobs Online: Teaching isn't the only academic job. Professors, assistant professors, course coordinators, subject area researchers, and research assistants can also find work online. While many of these positions are seasonal, working in acadamia holds a certain level of prestige, even for lower level positions, and tends to pay better than many other types of telework.
- Federal Government: As of 2009, over 100,000 federal government employees worked from home with telecommuting as an employee benefit. During this time of government cuts, it is uncertain if this number has remained steady; however, many federal employees also work flex schedules, which require primary work hours from a government office with part-time hours from home.
- Call Centers: Many call center positions allow employees to work from home. This helps both companies reduce costs involved with securing and insuring office space, and because remote work is considered desirable, sometimes helps companies attain highly qualified workers at lower rates of pay--a tradeoff that many staff members are more than happy to make for the purpose of convenience and work-related costs like gas, wardr obe, lunches, tolls, and parking.
- Internet Marketing: The internet marketing field offers freelance jobs and opportunities working remotely in a variety of positions, including web building and development, search engine optimization, ppc (pay per click) marketing, social media marketing, blog writing, and link building. Full-time jobs in this field are usually done from offices and marketing agencies; however, many part-time telecommuting positions are available in internet marketing.
- Programming: Computer programming positions for full-time work are most often done from offices. However, there are numerous opportunities for freelance developers to work from home by contract--and many of these positions pay extremely well.
- Bookkeeping: As with many fields, working full-time as a bookkeeper is generally done in the office. Nevertheless, there are numerous part-time positions offered for small businesses and home businesses that specify the ability to work from a home office.
- Writing and Editing: These days, writing jobs are not as easy to find as in the past because near native English speakers who are highly educated are able to offer inexpenisve and high-quality writing from locations like India and the Philipines. Writing gigs on a freelance basis, however, are frequently offered by companies that provide online news, web content writing and advertising services, marketing agencies, curriculum design companies, and publishing houses. These short-term positions are often done from home offices, and some offer high pay.
Scams and Payment Schemes Work from home scams are extremely common. Due to the high number of schemes involving up front pay for "work from home positions", the Federal Trade Commission established Project False Hopes to find and shut down internet work-at-home scams. When applying to telecommuting jobs, the FTC advises job seekers to avoid giving information to any establishment that asks for payment of any kind for consideration. In addition, the FTC advises that ads for remote positions that seem too good to be true probably are. Scam job ads often ask for contact information and display very vague requirements, if any.
Candidates seeking to work from home on a full-time, part-time or freelance basis may wish to bookmark this virtual job board. Check daily, as jobs are frequently updated.