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I need a hom/telephone/pc based job

I am recently divorced.
Savings are running low and I am agorophobic so need home work
So I need a job I can access through my pc
I am very confident over the telephone and can work very flexible hours.


I have been a housewife most of my life so have no real professional skills but I can talk lol

Does anyone know of anything where I can earn maybe 1000 a month?

I would be very greatful of any offer of help
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  • djkaizen
    djkaizen Posts: 176 Forumite
    There are plenty of businesses out there looking telesales staff with a basic salary and commission. Quite literally you spend your day contacting businesses and send out emails with quotes. Very rewarding work.

    Where are you based?
    David James aint got nothing on me
  • clairebads
    clairebads Posts: 5 Forumite
    djkaizen wrote: »
    There are plenty of businesses out there looking telesales staff with a basic salary and commission. Quite literally you spend your day contacting businesses and send out emails with quotes. Very rewarding work.

    Where are you based?

    Hi
    I am based in Worcester west midlands
    Not sure telesales is the best route though, are there any other options?
  • paulwf
    paulwf Posts: 3,269 Forumite
    To be honest the options for something that is 100% home based, doesn't need any previous experience or qualifications, isn't sales and earns £12K a year is going to be very limited.

    Spend the afternoon reading through this forum and you can get a few ideas. However most of them are designed to earn an extra hundred pounds here and there (which is why this forum is called Up Your Income) and even the full time positions are self employed usually without guarantee of minimum wage, holiday, sick pay etc and contracts can be terminated at any time.

    Can you leave the house at all and are you ok around groups of people or does it have to be purely home based?
  • clairebads
    clairebads Posts: 5 Forumite
    paulwf wrote: »
    To be honest the options for something that is 100% home based, doesn't need any previous experience or qualifications, isn't sales and earns £12K a year is going to be very limited.

    Spend the afternoon reading through this forum and you can get a few ideas. However most of them are designed to earn an extra hundred pounds here and there (which is why this forum is called Up Your Income) and even the full time positions are self employed usually without guarantee of minimum wage, holiday, sick pay etc and contracts can be terminated at any time.

    Can you leave the house at all and are you ok around groups of people or does it have to be purely home based?

    Thanks for your help
    I would prefer home based work as I suffer just leaving the house.
    I hoped to pick the brains of people that know what options I have if thats possible.
    Its kind of you to reply
  • paulwf
    paulwf Posts: 3,269 Forumite
    Are there any associations/charities/web groups that you can join that may be able to help you with ideas? I'd imagine your condition is fairly common and so there must be support groups that have had this question many times and may be able to help.

    What sort of things are you interested? Is there anything that could be the basis of a business partnership with the other person doing the going out and selling bit?

    Sorry if my previous post sounded negative, I've tried purely working from home jobs and it is very difficult to make a full time and more importantly long term income from it. I'm sure it can be done though so don't give up!
  • thor
    thor Posts: 5,506 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I think there are two big problems for the op.
    First, as has been pointed out, there is only going to be a limited number of jobs out there that will be suitable for her and secondly, there will be thousands wanting the exact same thing and will be chasing just as hard.
    I'm afraid getting a job these days is almost akin to winning the lottery.
  • globalds
    globalds Posts: 9,431 Forumite
    There is this kind of job..

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1277769/Fury-job-centre-advertises-phone-sex-workers-willing-pose-naked-webcam.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


    Which will tick the box marked money ...But if not then there is an old thread on Arise UK

    here :https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1651163

    From what I remember it was lower level IT support ...first response when a customer phones and says satellite not working kind of thing.
  • QT2006
    QT2006 Posts: 460 Forumite
    I am involved in a company where I sell most of the products online, on phone or in person. I make a lot of money and bonuses, msg me if your interested QT
  • RougeOne
    RougeOne Posts: 38 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    what is it you sell QT and how much extra do you earn per hour??
    "Be Excellent to Each Other!"
  • AngelEyes81
    AngelEyes81 Posts: 76 Forumite
    I would also like to know what the job is.
    I'm looking for something that is home based also as i suffer from social phobia/agoraphobia - though with me it's not the fear of open spaces being outdoors etc, it's being around people and that kind of thing.
    So i'm looking for work that i can do online without using the phone much if at all. Good luck OP and hope you find something soon.

    I did try the adult texting but to make any kinda full time pay money you have to be doing it all day and night 7 days a week.
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