10 best work at homes
Searching for jobs you can do from home used to be a matter of scanning the Sunday classifieds for offers to get rich quick by stuffing envelopes.
Now, exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away. But so are the scams.
Two years ago, when The Rat Race Rebellion began tracking at-home jobs, there were 30 scams for every legitimate opportunity. Now, with 4,500 to 5,000 work-at-home job ads screened weekly, the Web site finds 57 phonies for every one that's for real, says Christine Durst, CEO of The Rat Race Rebellion.
Nevertheless, there's no shortage of people who dream of beating the odds and earning a living from home.
10 good stay-at-home careers
- Virtual assistant.
- Medical transcriptionist.
- Translator.
- Web developer/designer.
- Call center representative.
- Tech support specialist.
- Travel agent.
- Teacher.
- Writer/editor.
- Franchise owner.
- Parents who say they want to spend more time with their children.
- Trailing military spouses who, according to Durst, by virtue of their spouse's career need to pick up and move every few years.
- Retirees needing supplemental income.
- People with disabilities.
It's difficult to be a good parent and simultaneously work well at home, says Durst, because most jobs require blocks of uninterrupted time to accomplish tasks, and children's schedules are less than predictable. For those who do choose to walk the tightrope between paid work and parenting, consider deadline-oriented work. Durst says it's generally better for those with younger children than schedule-oriented hourly work.
