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Home-based working is growing rapidly, according to a 2004
survey by ITAC, the association for advancing work from
anywhere.
The number of employed Americans who worked from home, from as
little as 1 day a year to full time, grew from 41.3 million in
2003 to 44.4 million in 2005.
As quoted by an Individual -"For me, working out of my home is
the best thing I have ever done. It has allowed me to purchase
my home and buy my dream car. I make more money now than I ever
would have been able to working outside of my home. I have been
working out of my home for 7 years."
Contrary to the findings of the
Department of Labor findings, our group of workers made
money at home.
In fact, 48.1 percent of the people who took the online survey
indicated they made more money because they worked at home than
they would have if they didn't work at home. Moreover, 25.5
percent of the work-at-homers said they made significantly more
money working at home than they would have if they did not work
at home.
In present times websites like
Elance and
Freelance Work Exchange
opens a wide door of
opportunities for work from home job openings. may it be a
consultant looking for online opportunities, or an HR
professional thinking about consulting. In addition to graphic designers, web designers, freelance
writers,
data entry operators
or legal experts, there are numerous job openings posted on the
internet today.
These resources provide career advice, career change counseling,
career opportunity, and job search information for you.
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An Investment That Paid Off
Karyn Martin was
cautious about launching her freelance career online, but she soon
got results:
"I
remember the days when I dreamed of being a freelancer," she says.
"The word seemed magical to me somehow. Romantic, almost. Now, after
having actually been a freelancer for a while, the scales have been
lifted from my eyes and I have seen the light. You pay for being able
to manipulate your time. You pay by working more, working harder, and
- hopefully - working smarter. But what you get in return is
priceless. Now I can call the shots about when I work, for whom I
work, and how much I make."
One day, Karyn decided she was no longer willing to commute in
smog-laden traffic to sit in a cubicle for eight hours, come home,
eat, sleep, wake up, and then do it all over again. Going through the
same routine, day after day, week after week , only to wake up one day
old and tired - wondering how life might have been if she'd had the
guts to go it alone.
So she decided to become a freelancer - but how would she find work? She
had spent endless hours surfing the 'net, signing up with one
freelance site after another. Yet there was an incredible amount of
competition. She never seemed to win any bids, and was adamant about
not lowering her hourly rate.
| "Then I discovered Freelance Work Exchange," she says. "I had heard
"don't pay to work!" repeatedly, and I was too poor to risk getting
scammed, but I took a chance one day when I was flush and sent twenty
bucks to gain access to the Freelance Work Exchange Professional
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Since then, I've edited a sales letter, a follow-up letter,
an 11-page Web site, and a brochure. I'm 'on call' to do
pinch-hit proofreading for a medical newsletter editor in
Florida while he's on vacation, sick, etc. And I've landed a gig
editing a new Canadian magazine coming out this fall. All this
from taking a $20 chance on Freelance Work Exchange."
Of course, it helped to send prospects a few previous work samples
she'd had the presence of mind to scan and save on disk. Also, since
she has been 'in the business' for more than five years, she has a
fairly good résumé with some experience to back up the claims, along
with a strong list of references.
"For every one of you out there feeling a little discouraged, and
especially for those of you on the verge of throwing in the towel, I'm
here to tell you this. There may not be a Santa Claus, but there is a
place to find work without paying some ridiculous "transaction fee" or
never knowing whether or not the projects are 'fresh' - and even the
name is easy to remember - Freelance Work Exchange."
Be the next work-at-home success story.
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to get instant access to hundreds of freelance jobs.
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