So you've made the decision to telecommute. Now how many of
those newsletters have you signed up for that promise sending
endless job opportunities straight to your email box once
a week or some even every day? Before I took over ownership
of this website the previous owner was dedicated to providing
quality telecommuting jobs delivered straight to your email
box three days a week.
While this in and of itself isn't necessarily bad (there
is a possibility you might find a nice telecommuting job this
way), I'd like to shed some light on things you might not
have considered. And armed with this new knowledge your job
hunt can lead to a telecommuting job you love.
By all means stay subscribed to all those free job list ezines.
There's a possibility of finding one that matches your desire
and you landing a good job. But below are three issues you
need to consider before deciding to totally rely on these
free job lists alone for your work at home job search.
Issue One:
So you've signed up for ten quality free telecommuting job
lists that will be providing you with a plethora of job choices
to aide in your search to successfully telecommute from the
comfort of your home. That is great. You took a big step to
finding your telecommuting dream job. But so did 100,000+
other people!
I'm reminded of an email I received recently from a well
known free telecommuting job list site. After receiving an
email stating that I had been pre-approved for a credit card,
they asked in the personal signature of the email if I got
a chance to apply for any of the last vacant jobs posted in
their jobs database. Then it went on to say to hurry over
before the vacancies are filled because this message was being
read by over 127,000 people!
Now don't get me wrong, this website is providing a good
service. These quality job lists are very popular and everybody
and their mother are jumping on board fueled by their desire
to work from home. Now given that these job lists provide
about 20 telecommuting job leads in each issue, what are your
chances of landing one of those jobs? That is if one happens
to match your qualifications? And that brings me to my second
point...
Issue Two:
You have certain skills, and yes, there are also skills you
don't have. The jobs that are going to be sent to you are
going to require their own set of skills. What are the chances
that the jobs in those lists are going to match up perfectly
to your job skill set? Slim at best.
Unless you're lucky or happen to be in a field where telecommuting
jobs are abundant...for instance, computers...you might have
trouble finding a good match. But even if you are in one of
these special fields the competition for telecommuting jobs
in this realm is even stiffer.
Now granted, you could go out and acquire the skills for
a certain job through online courses, books, etc. But in the
time it takes to do this, you can kiss that awesome job opportunity
you saw in that recent email goodbye. Because with 100,000+
potential candidates looking at it, it'll be gone within a
few days. Wouldn't it make more sense to locate jobs that
fit your qualifications from the start, rather than waiting
to receive that email containing that one job that fits you
perfectly.
Issue Three:
Telecommuting is hot right now. Where do you think the truly
"good" jobs for telecommuting are going to be found?
The kind with companies dedicated in supporting you in your
telecommuting efforts. Now, put yourself in the shoes of a
manager in a reputable company looking to hire someone into
a position that allows telecommuting. Are you going to list
this job all over the internet boasting of it's telecommuting
opportunities?
Employers know there are a lot of people who would like to
telecommute today. If they listed this job as such, they would
be faced with the time consuming task of scanning through
endless resumes trying to find a candidate that actually meets
the qualifications of the position. They know that most of
those candidates' resumes won't meet the job skill set required
and are only desperate would-be telecommuters who send out
their resume at every kind of opportunity. An employer's time
is better spent on other things. Always remember this in your
job pursuit: The employer is looking for a qualified employee,
not a telecommuter.
Now, don't get discouraged by all the negativity mentioned
above. We're going to discuss how to find a good job so you
CAN telecommute and spend more time with your family or whatever
reason you have for wanting to telecommute.
But first I needed to open your eyes to some issues. There
are great telecommuting jobs out there that fit your unique
set of skills and passions. You'll just need to dig for them.
Here are some useful tips for finding them:
1. Treat your job search like a non-telecommute job
search. Remember employers want employees, not telecommuters.
And accept the fact that a telecommuting job search can take
up to three times as long as a traditional job search.
2. Go after the jobs that you are qualified for.
Here's an idea: Go to the job boards that require employers
to pay a hefty fee to list their job opportunity. There are
many out there. This will help weed out the scam artists.
Very few of them will want to lay down $200 or more to list
their scam.
Go perform a search at Monster or a job board of your choice
and place "telecommuting", "telecommute",
"telework", "work from home" and other
keyword phrases you can think of in the keyword field, choose
your category (highly recommended, refer to Reason 2 above),
and possibly narrow your search to your immediate location.
Some of the better telecommuting jobs will require you to
visit the office from time to time.
3. Do your job search by looking for companies that
are "Telecommuter Friendly" rather than searching
for individual jobs from the start. When you find
them go to their websites and look for their available position
openings. There's a possibility of finding a job that meets
your skill set and desires. Some of the sites we reviewed
provide these lists as part of their service. Check the reviews
out by clicking here.
4. And finally, one of the better ways to find telecommuting
jobs is through a company dedicated to locating them for you.
There are reputable companies who spend their time working
with companies that are looking to hire telecommuters. Now
granted some of these job list sites are better than others
and you'll more than likely have to pay for the work the companies
have done locating these job leads for you. They don't have
large advertising budgets like the larger free online job
search engines.
But that's were Telecommute Now comes in. We spend our time
reviewing the better sites and present our findings based
on what's beyond the login page. We list the top three on
the homepage and others as they become available in the "site
reviews" section of our website.
By going this route for finding a telecommuting job, you'll
save yourself time and your competition for a particular job
you are interested in will be a lot less. Fewer people hang
out on the inside of these pay-for-access membership sites,
thus giving you the advantage for landing a job you find interesting.
These websites are a good resource to invest in. They are
dedicated to providing work from home job seekers with legitimate
telecommuting positions without all the business "opportunities",
mlm, and other unwanted schemes and scams that are so present
on the internet today. Click
here to see reviews of the better telecommuting job sites.
These tips should get you headed in the right direction.
If at first you don't succeed...don't give up. You'll find
that work from home job you enjoy and you can start the search
for your new job by using one or more of the methods above.
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