With all the corporate downsizing going on in the world and
the shipping of jobs overseas to countries where labor is
cheaper, it is quite possible that one can find himself or
herself without a job. It's a very tough situation to be
in. You might be in this boat and have heard that there are
employment opportunities on the internet where you can work
online and get paid for it and all from the comfort of your
home. Well, it is possible but it is not a get rich quick
scheme. If you keep your expectations in check and make
informed decisions you too can enjoy this new way of
working through online employment opportunities.
More that likely, if you find work through an online
employment opportunity, you are going to be what is called
a freelancer. There are really very few online employment
opportunities where companies hire you as their employee
and pay you a bi-weekly wage. Usually, something like the
latter occurs when an employee has already worked on the
company premises for quite some time and the company knows
and trusts him or her. We are not saying that these types
of jobs don't exist (where you start working from home
right away) but that they are rare. So, you are more than
likely going to find yourself as a self-employed person.
Now you have to decide what it is you are going to do. This
requires taking an inventory of your skills. What is your
education in? You will find that online employment
opportunities work best for jobs that work well in an
internet domain. In other words, the best online employment
opportunities are those where you can send the product of
your work electronically. So usually you will see web
designers, web programmers, computer programmers, writers,
photographers, artists, translators, and transcribers
working from the internet because the products of all these
professions can be sent electronically.
Not only can the products from these professions be sent
electronically but they are traditionally freelance
professions too. Companies these days typically don't hire
fulltime translators specializing in one language. It would
not be cost-effective. So, for example, the translation
company will call a freelance translator they have in their
database when they receive an order to do a translation for
the language that translator is qualified for. If you
cannot identify yourself with any skills that fit well for
online work then you need to either get the training
required or not pursue online employment opportunities.
So once you have made the decision of what services to
provide, you then need to find the people hiring. When you
are first starting out with online employment, you will
need to build a portfolio of your works. A portfolio is not
just a resume although it can include one. It is more of a
catalog of your best works. For example, web designers will
take screenshots of some of their page design and put them
in their portfolio.
Now that you have your portfolio, you will want to know
where to start looking for work. A good place to start is
the online freelancer job sites like Elance.com,
Getafreelancer.com, and Scriptlance.com. There are many of
these sites. You can also check Craiglist.org,
Talkfreelance.com, and Digital Point Forums for those
seeking the services of a freelancer.
Online employment can be very rewarding but at the same
time it can be very stressful. For starters, you are going
to have to be constantly seeking out new work. Just make
sure you take care of yourself physically and take a break
once in awhile.
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My name is Tom Husnik. I live in Minnesota. my web site is
at: http://www.thesmarthomebiz.com
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