Until a few years ago, working from home was the prerogative of exclusively owners of creative professions. However, over time, the labor market has changed, and employers have begun to see the benefit in hiring specialists on a home-office basis. Experts are optimistic that in a few years the number of home-based workers will increase by 15%, which will be facilitated by the desire of employers to optimize the cost of renting office space. As for today, the labor market is not yet ready to provide everyone who wants to find work at home with the desired vacancies. Therefore, you will have to fight for your home-office.
Down with scammers
Those who have ever looked for work from home are probably well aware that the telework segment is literally teeming with offers from unscrupulous employers. Under various tempting pretexts, they bribe gullible job seekers and turn their desire to find a job in their favor. The tricks can be very different:
- Promises of suspiciously high pay for a less-than-dusty job. Do not flatter yourself with the thought that for typing you can get 500 rubles per A4 page in 12 type;
- Offers permanent remote work only after going through some stage, for which you need to pay. This can be paid training or depositing a deposit to receive discs, literature, etc. Any offer of an employer to pay for something should raise suspicions among the applicant;
- Non-specific payment dates, which are constantly postponed due to "force majeure".
Having noticed similar tricks in the behavior of a potential employer, it is recommended to immediately stop all interaction and continue looking for a remote job.
It should be remembered that most often fraudulent employers often speculate on the desire of people to get big money for unskilled work that does not require serious professional skills - typing, posting, surfing the Internet, etc.
Where to look for work from home
The easiest way to find work from home is through dedicated work sites. The most advanced of them have a special search criterion - "remote work" or "freelance". There is an opportunity to find employment for representatives of various professions: copywriters, journalists, PR specialists, programmers, designers, economists, accountants and insurance agents.
But it should be remembered that employers who open remote work vacancies are spoiled by various candidates that are being recalled from all over Russia. Especially from regions with traditionally high unemployment rates. Therefore, the applicant should be prepared for high competition and a large number of applications that will remain unanswered or with a cold-blooded refusal to cooperate.
Studying the resumes of colleagues will help you to survive in the competition for remote work. Maybe it's time to raise the level of professional competence? For example, take courses, which, by the way, can also be completely legally mastered online at special sites. Or maybe it makes sense to supplement your level of skills with additional higher education in a related profession?
If work sites did not help, you can try your luck on sites that are completely designed for work in freelance mode. There are many of them and they all have their own operating principles. However, you should be prepared for the fact that some of them will require payment for top positions in the artist directory, advertising and response to ads.
Work at home and for yourself
If your search for work from home hasn't yielded results, it's time to start thinking about joining the ranks of those who work for themselves. Entrepreneurs who have managed to secure a good income without leaving home can even compete with the leading specialists of prestigious organizations in terms of earnings.
Writing can be used as a skill to get a job or as a path to self-employment: open your own website, start a blog on HowProsto, or write a book.
More options? At home, you can make crafts from clay, various natural materials, dolls and wedding bonbonnieres, and then hand over the goods to souvenir shops for sale or sale. Knowing how to knit, sew and weave can also be made into a small, needy business.
