Many a times, people prefer work from home as an option or an opportunity to earn sitting at home and also denoting time for your family. Well the benefits for the employer and employee are mutual. For the employer, it provides improved retention of employees, e.g. home working can help retain working parents with childcare responsibilities, a wider pool of applicants from which to recruit, eg disabled people who may prefer to work from home, possible productivity gains through staff having fewer interruptions and less commuting time, increased staff motivation with reduced stress and sickness levels, savings on office space and other facilities , possible location of sales staff near clients rather than being based in your premises. For the employees, they save time on commuting and transportation, save money lunches and shopping, less stress and anxiety, having closer relations with family and friends.
Working at home gives Flexibility of timings and amount of work, but it is very important to devote your time into home based jobs. Generally, people like to get started paying no fee initially or something that can be started free of cost. Freelancing is an easy way to get paid as per the amount of work you do.
Plan for the time to be denoted for work:[/i][/b]
You should not be occupied with much Household chores as it will reduce your efficiency and concentration on your Work at Home Job.
Managing the Resources:[/i][/b]
For example, if you decide to Bake Cakes at Home to supply to the Bakeries, make sure the Oven and other accessories can be arranged by you and fits into the Budget kept for investment into this Home Business Opportunity.
Proper Planning and Patience:[/i][/b]
Many people ignore the planning part, and jump directly to the implementation of the work at home project. This should be avoided. There should be proper planning while starting a business, investment targets and profit targets should be well defined, time period of the project and labor requirements should be assessed.
Proper Environment:[/i][/b]
Even while working from home people get frustrated even if they plan for the benefits of working from home. Hence it is suggested that, you should set up a separate room in your Home for your Business. When people mix their work and home together this situation arises. That room should be set in such a way, that your clients can also be entertained there.
What can you do at home?
Writing[/b]
Writing is a great option for working at home too. You could either work for one company exclusively or freelance for many clients. Writers are needed for many different types of materials, such as sales brochures, technical manuals, parenting publications, health websites - you can even be a "ghostwriter" for people who want to publish their own books but don't have strong writing skills! Writers can also create their own income by writing and selling e-books online, creating content websites funded by advertising, affiliate products and more. Basically, if you have strong writing skills, there are endless ways to turn them into a paying venture.
Customer Service[/b]
Thanks to the internet and software programs that allow you to log in to a company's system from home, it is easy for employers to hire remote customer service agents. Imagine sitting in your home office, answering telephone calls from people all over the world. The duties that come along with customer service positions vary from company to company, but most often you would be answering customer phone calls, providing general customer service, addressing complaints, entering orders into the company computer system online, and so on.
Telemarketing[/b]
Telemarketing is another job that can easily be done from home. Most often this involves making cold calls to sales leads and either selling merchandise or services directly, or sometimes you would be simply setting appointments for sales people to close the sale.
Transcription[/b]
Transcription is done by listening to audio files and typing them into written form. There are two basic types of transcription jobs: medical and general. Medical transcription requires more intensive training so you will know the medical terminology used on the recordings, which are often created by doctors and other health professionals. General transcription can include many different types of audio recordings, such as meeting notes, seminars, teleseminars, and interviews.
Web Design[/b]
Web design jobs are great options for working at home. You can either work as an employee for a company, or as a freelancer who hires out your skills to many different clients. These jobs would obviously require that you have knowledge of web design, HTML, CSS, PHP, and other computer languages.
Graphic Design[/b]
Just like web design, graphics design can be done from home too. This would involve the creation of digital images like artwork, company logos and web site graphics. Graphic designers can also work with print images, but that would more likely be done for a local company, even if you could still work at home much of the time.
Sales[/b]
Sales jobs can be done from home by telephone or internet, but some may also require daily visits to prospective clients. Some sales jobs would pay commission-only (you would only get paid if you make sales), but some do offer a base salary plus commission.
Virtual Assisting[/b]
Virtual assisting is becoming one of the more popular work at home jobs these days. Most often these jobs require basic clerical skills like knowing how to use a computer, the internet, telephone, email, word processing programs like Microsoft Word, as well as spreadsheets, perhaps accounting software, and other basic office equipment.
Teaching/Tutoring[/b]
Teaching and tutoring jobs can also easily be done from home, and they can apply to different settings. For example, you could tutor children who need help with their studies, or teach English as a second language to adults. You could work independently on your own, or sign on with a company who will connect you with clients.
Consulting[/b]
If you have specialized knowledge in specific areas, you may be able to create a lucrative consulting practice from home. There are consultants for pretty much everything, from legal to medical to business to personal life coaching! Consider your areas of expertise and ask yourself if people would be willing to pay money to learn from you. More often consulting is done on an independent basis rather than working specifically for one company.