Working from home ideas...

MrsTinks

I currently have a decent job, a bit too much stress and not quite enough pay, but isn't that true of most jobs

However I have decided that if at all possible I can I want to work from home mainly to help reduce my carbon footprint It would mean I can get shot of the 2nd car and only use my OHs when I need to at the weekend. But... What work can I do from home? I've never worked from home so this is new territory for me. My current salary is about £25k before tax (obviously a fair bit gets eaten by running a car... fuel, maintenace, tax and the dreaded insurance) so this should save me a few thousand a year too...

So are there any jobs working from home that you can think of that would enable me to earn a half decent income or am I living in cloudcuckoo land with this dream?

shameless-about-money

http://dropshipforum.co.uk/portal.php

Mark7799

What skills do you have?

How much space do you have to work from home?

This may be a help
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858805&topicId=1073859137&r.s=tl

MrsTinks

Well I work as a technical support supervisor (although after a meeting the other day my job role has been split as there was too much to do. All staff training will be passed to someone else and I will specialise more on Account management, client relationships and basically keeping a very important client happy with the figures we produce. I still have a lot of day to day duties to ensure we retain our high service levels but I can hand over any agent training and development to someone else.) I come from a technical back ground but mainly I guess I have people skills and organisational skills.
I looked at moving into things like wedding co-ordinating but this wouldn't help me reduce my carbon footprint :S but I am very good at organising events.
I can speak 3 languages and write two...
I can type fast, pack envelopes,walk dogs... loads of stuff that is probably irrelevant

MrsTinks

oh and I have a box room I'd use as an office - storage space is a little... sparce as far as stock storage is concerned

Mark7799

tine wrote:

Well I work as a technical support supervisor (although after a meeting the other day my job role has been split as there was too much to do. All staff training will be passed to someone else and I will specialise more on Account management, client relationships and basically keeping a very important client happy with the figures we produce. I still have a lot of day to day duties to ensure we retain our high service levels but I can hand over any agent training and development to someone else.) I come from a technical back ground but mainly I guess I have people skills and organisational skills.
I looked at moving into things like wedding co-ordinating but this wouldn't help me reduce my carbon footprint :S but I am very good at organising events.
I can speak 3 languages and write two...

Translation service?
I can type fast, pack envelopes,walk dogs... loads of stuff that is probably irrelevant

Dog walking/ pet sitting?

IT support - this would probably not reduce your carbon footprint as you'd be out on visits

Might be worth contacting Business Link (assuming you are in England) although I doubt any of these will replicate your salary. How much do you need to live on - rheotorical question, not expecting you to post that here:D

MrsTinks

Well dog walking has reared it's head but I just can't see how I can make enough money from it... not unless I get a LOT of dogs to walk... mind you it would certainly help with my "get fit" regime :rotfl:

translation... is a possibility

as for how much do I need to live on... well that is a jolly good question lol!!!

timbo86

Whats the deal with dropshipping? How do you go about doing it and can you make any money from it