5 Simple Techniques to Work at Home Forever
Copyright © 2003, Sylvie Charrier
Author of "You Can Work in Your PJs"
If you've spent any time online, you will
already know that there are lots of scams
out there! You might have even begun to
doubt that there are any
work-at-home
positions available for serious jobseekers.
If this sounds like you, you aren't alone!
Believe me, there are real
home based jobs,
but what most of the work at home sites omit
in their information packages is that it
takes work to get work. Finding a
telecommuting job can be a full time job in
itself, but if you don't have all the facts,
you will be spinning your wheels trying to
get somewhere or you will probably give up
within a few weeks. That would be a shame,
because there aren't enough high quality
telecommuters as it is!
Look, I know you’re skeptical. So was I, a
few short years ago. That was before I
started implementing some very unique
strategies that allowed me to generate so
much work from my small home office, that I
needed to hire extra staff just to keep up
with it all!
The strategies I used are actually very
simple, and you can duplicate these ideas to
become a very successful telecommuter. In
fact, I want you to copy my techniques, even
if it means I create my own competition!
Why? Because every time a new person starts
to work from home more successfully and
efficiently, that means one more employer is
happy with the concept of hiring homeworkers!
That means everyone gets
more jobs, and more
opportunities to do what we all love to
do…working at home in our pyjamas!
So, let’s cover the top 5 simple
techniques you can use to work at home
forever, shall we?
1. Never pay for any job! There is
never a good reason to pay for work, and I
am amazed at how many jobseekers waste
precious time and money chasing after
schemes that will never pay. It wastes a lot
of time you could better spend targeting
your jobsearch to legitimate and valid work.
2. Get your materials ready! You are
going to need to be ready before you start
looking for work. You will need a
specialized telecommuter’s resume, an
excellent cover letter template, and an
online portfolio that showcases samples of
your work. Without these things in place
ahead of time, you will not be ready for
rapid response when an employer needs to see
your stuff.
3. Make sure you have all the equipment
and software you’re going to need!
Depending on your skill set, you’re probably
going to need special software and equipment
to do your job right. Don’t expect an
employer to pay for these things. A
prospective employer is more likely to hire
the next person who is properly equipped,
rather than hire you if you expect the
employer to pay for what you need to do your
job.
4. Know what you do for a living!
This is an absolute necessity if you want to
work from home. You may think that you want
to do “typing at home”, but if that’s all
you can think of, then you’re wasting time.
Think about how your typing skills will be
useful to your employer, come up with
creative applications of that skill, set up
samples to show what your service looks
like, and plan ahead on how much you will
charge for that service. Be willing to tell
prospective employers exactly what you do
and how much you charge for it.
5. Change your strategy! Instead of
looking for jobs that have already been
posted online, and have already been taken,
look for companies that are well suited for
your talents. Create your own work by
contacting companies that have not yet
posted jobs online, and eliminate the
competition. But, make sure you know exactly
what service you plan to offer that company,
and why it is useful to them. Don’t bother
contacting companies by sending vague
resumes. That technique never works! Contact
targeted companies with specific services in
mind, and let them know you are open to
alternate suggestions.
These techniques work extremely well, and
using them allowed me to build my home based
service company from scratch, without
spending a dime on advertising. I was broke
when I started
working from home, and I
didn’t have a computer. Using these
techniques, I was able to slowly build my
business and develop a client base that has
consistently earned me more money than if I
was working onsite. You can do it too!
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This article is excerpted from “You Can Work
in Your PJs”, a real world guide to
telecommuting. Sylvie Charrier works from
home full time and wrote this book to share
her unique techniques with others. You can
download your copy of “You Can Work in Your
PJs” by
visiting this link.
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