Archive for June, 2008
Working At Home For a Virtual Staffing Agency
Working at home has plenty of options. A virtual staffing agency is one such idea that could work really well for you. If you have office skills, accounting skills, freelance writing experience, transcription or other clerical strengths many people use virtual assistants to help them run their own home business.
How Virtual Assistant Positions Work
An agency will set you up with information about a position and then you do the job. The agency pays you for your work. The end user client will work directly with you but the agency deals with the money. Many virtual assistant agencies will work various ways. Some will interview you and others let you list your services with their site and then let you work with the client and simply handle the money and the connection.
Things to be Wary Of aka Scam Alert
Be wary of a virtual staffing agency that wants to charge you to list with them. They should make their money from the client. Be wary as well of training courses that you need to pay for. You should be able to get training or testing for free in most cases. If you are looking at an agency that charges the virtual assistant, be sure you have done a thorough background check on them.
WAH Resources
odesk.com is a virtual staffing agency for all sorts of positions including work from home clerical positions like data entry and virtual assistance. They provide a place for you to list your resume and connect you with buyers as well as offer you the ability to browse job listings. Payments happen through moneybrokers on an annual basis and odesk takes a % of your hourly rate per client.
teamdoubleclick.net is an agency that works much like a traditional agency that has their own clients. They offer training and interview you for positions such as for real estate VA jobs, telemarketing and more. They pay the telecommuter directly.
Benefits of VA WAH Positions
These positions can allow you to set flexible schedules. You can choose to work part time or full time and accept gigs that work within your desired parameters. Another benefit is safety in terms of getting paid. The agency assumes the risk with the end user client so you are guaranteed to be paid and will have a concrete payday. Some work at home positions carry risk of not getting paid but with an agency, you are minimizing that risk.
WAHM Forum – A Great Resource
So many people dream of working at home that it’s become an industry in itself. There are many services out there that want you to pay for work at home information. You don’t have to pay for basic info! There are countless free resources out there that will help you find work at home jobs. Here is a resource you might not already be aware of:
The work at home Mom forum is a place where you can get helpful tips and advice as well as access a community forum that provides a plethora of job options and a place where you can network. This is a great place to find job postings and information about various work at home jobs including: freelance writing, home sales reps, multilevel marketing companies, transcription, mystery shopping and more.
Not only can you find work at home jobs listed but you can get valuable information on scams to avoid plus tap into the knowledge from other forum members. Membership is free on wahm.com.
