Online employment through the Internet holds a lot of
promise in providing the means for a person to generate
income from their homes or anywhere in the world. But like
any good thing, there are those who have polluted the
Internet with their scams to promise you great earnings
online while at the same time stealing money from you. The
online employment scammer is faceless but very dangerous in
that he or she can hide behind the cloak of being not only
secretive but remote and out of reach. Here are some things
to be aware of before you venture into the world of online
employment.
First of all, online employment is not going to make you
rich overnight. In fact, it may not make you rich at all.
Most who work online have either the same standard of
living or lower than what they had before if working on a
freelance basis. If you are working for a company who is
paying you a regular salary then this is not so much of an
issue. What we are referring to is the self-employed person
working through online employment or freelancing
opportunities. This person has to constantly be seeking new
work in order to thrive as the work will not knock at the
door on its own. That means that at times, when the work
gets hard to come by, the online worker can become
desperate and susceptible to scams that promise big money
quickly and for a minimum of work. If you remember
anything, remember that if an online employment opportunity
is too good to be true then it is probably 99% not true.
So the desperate person working online will typically take
any job that comes along, work for any price, and offer
services for free because the thought of not having work is
too scary. While it is understandable that an online
freelancer might have to lower prices in order to get work,
there is a point where it becomes ridiculous. Just remember
that while it seems there are many who pay low, it is not a
good idea for you to work for too low because it presents
your work as "cheap" and of low-quality. Hold your ground
and don't lower your prices below a level you want. A
scammer trying to get your services for next to nothing
will detect your willingness to roll over and will continue
to try to get more and more out of you—never
intending to pay more.
The other thing a desperate person seeking online
employment does is work without any guarantees of payment.
This why it is good to go through online job sites like
Elance. com and Script lance. com (and there are others)
where the payment for the job can be set aside in escrow.
You can see that the person buying your services is serious
and has the money to pay for them. You can maybe relax this
as you continue to work for the person and know his or her
payment habits but initially, you need to protect your work
investment.
And never pay too much to find work. Some of these job
sites charge membership fees which is probably okay as long
as the amount they charge is minimal. For example, don't
pay an annual membership fee to a job site that is $125.00
only to realize at the end of the year you never got any
jobs or any payments from jobs on the site. If you are
going to pay membership fees, start very small and make
sure your prices are such that you can recover those costs.
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My name is Tom Husnik. I live in Minnesota. my web site is:
http://www.mybestfixitbiz.com
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