15 Jobs You Can Do From Home—or Anywhere You Choose
15 Jobs You Can Do From Home—or Anywhere You Choose
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1. Customer Care or Member Service Representative
Customer care or service representatives answer client questions, solve their problems, and help them with orders over the phone or digitally, and it’s one of the easiest work-from-home jobs to break into. Most entry-level reps earn about $12 an hour but more experienced reps average about $15.50 an hour, with an average hourly rate of $14.
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2. Website Tester
Website testers assess websites and web applications for quality and usability on multiple devices, including desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Testers visit a website or use an app, complete a few tasks, and share their insights.They give honest feedback on usability and clarity as well as their engagement level with the content
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3. Online Educator
Similar to traditional teachers, online educators provide instruction for specific subjects, prepare lesson plans, and monitor student progress. This position is perfect for anyone with a teaching degree and a specific skill such as fluency in a foreign language.You’ll teach a class via an online platform such as Zoom or Google Meet.
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4. Virtual Assistant
Virtual assistants do everything from scheduling appointments to conducting research. Some positions focus solely on administrative tasks like maintaining calendars and schedules and invoicing clients while others require experience in copywriting and social media management.
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5. Captioner
Captioners transcribe pre-recorded audio and video, so typing quickly and accurately is an essential skill for this job. You can also sign up to caption live television programs, though many people who do this have also worked as court reporters and use a stenotype machine with a phonetic keyboard and special software to ensure accuracy.
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6. Transcriptionist
Transcriptionists listen to voice recordings and convert them into documents. Medical and law offices use transcriptionists to type out dictated notes from doctors and lawyers. Most firms require an understanding of medical terms and practices or legal jargon.
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7. SEO Specialist
An SEO (or search engine optimization) specialist analyzes, reviews, and implements changes to websites to maximize the number of people visiting the website and improve the site’s rank on search engines. Most positions require at least one year of experience and familiarity with industry SEO tools and techniques such as Google Analytics and website building platforms like Squarespace.
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8. Online Therapist
Online therapists provide mental health support in real time through digital platforms such as video conferencing, phone calls, or text messaging. You’ll need to have a master’s degree in psychology or social work and unrestricted license to practice online, so there’s an upfront investment.
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9. Proofreader
A proofreader ensures written content is free of grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and formatting errors. If you have attention to detail and are familiar with the AP Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style, you can make an average of about $18 an hour proofreading for advertising agencies, websites, public relations firms, and textbook writers.
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10. Survey Taker
A number of companies will pay you to take surveys to give them your honest opinion about games, movies, consumer products, and general interest topics. Payment ranges from $1 to $20 per completed survey.
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11. Mobile Notary
A notary public acts as a representative of the state to certify the proper execution of documents such as real estate transactions, powers of attorney, and prenuptial agreements. If you’re certified as a public notary, you can also get certified, bonded, and insured as a mobile notary.
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12. Virtual Bookkeeper
If you have experience invoicing clients, running payroll, and managing accounts, you can easily find a virtual bookkeeping position by contracting directly with a local company or signing up with an agency such as Bookminders; many require a bachelor’s degree in accounting and knowledge of QuickBooks.
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13. Medical Coder
This position will require you to become a Certified Professional Coder to accurately read a patient’s medical chart, analyze it, determine their diagnoses, and then categorize the diagnoses and medical procedures according to a national classification system that enables physicians to submit medical claims to insurers.
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14. Marketing Consultant
If you have experience in digital marketing or branding, you can help companies create coordinated campaigns using SEO, email marketing, social media, and more.
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15. Web Developer
More technology companies are moving their positions from office to flexible or remote roles. If you have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, completed a bootcamp program, or have other comparable programming experience, you could look for full-time job listings that offer flexible or remote work locations.
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A Few Quick Tips for Landing a Work-From-Home Job
With an increasing number of people seeking flexible hours and roles, the application process is getting more competitive. There are also online scams posing as work-from-home opportunities that you need to beware of. Here’s what you need to do to land a remote job and avoid the scams:
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Apply Quickly
The key to being hired for one of these work-from home positions is to apply as soon as the position is posted, says Charlette Beasley of Fit Small Business, a digital resource for small business owners. “It’s not unusual for 100 to 150 people to respond to an ad within the first hour it’s posted,” she says.
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Make Your Work-From-Home Skills Shine
Employees who work from home need to be self-starters and highly motivated. So make sure that when you apply, you highlight those qualities and any other soft skills that show your ability to work independently, Silverman says. Call attention to your talent for keeping track of your own productivity and proactively asking for help, he says.
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Avoid Scams
Before you apply for a position be sure that it’s a legitimate online job with an actual company. Even if it’s a company you’ve never heard of, you should be able to find information about the firm and look up reviews of the company online, Beasley says.In other words, you want to make sure the organization has a digital footprint beyond something they create themselves.