working from home

newcook

Hi all!

do any of you work from home??? what do you do? do you have any jobs going?!?!!?

seriously - I am interested in what jobs people do from home - I am going through the slow process of registering as a childminder but cant see it taking off till after xmas and so am looking for something working from home now (and then I can give up my horrible office based job!).

icvotria

i was just going to ask this!! i don't so much want to work from home though as work my own hours. i'm in a band and we're really busy with tours (we've just got back from a month in the us and we've got a mega-tour round the uk coming up) so i find it really hard to find work. what kind of work is there that i could take on the road with me? cos busy as we are, we're not exactly making any money...

newcook

come on then - any of you lovely folk going to help?!?!?!

MissCD

I've also been looking for a job where I can work from home but the only things that are available are what seem to be cons because they make you pay for the privilege of working for them. Why should we pay for the privilege of working for them and earning them money?

TheWaltons_3

Check out the 'Saucy New Job' thread.

Alexandria

Try www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk when doing a search today one came up which was showing as based in manchester but was actually part time telesales from home £7 per hour

Tail-Swishing

Have you thought about working from home with Usborne Books

Its currently half price to join this month £19, this gets you a starter kit containing over £100 worth of books as well as stationery and handbook.

Usborne books is good as you can do as much or as little as your own commitments allow.

Within my own team we have people who are looking to do part time work to earn a little extra cash doing small events for friends and families, right through to those who are launching a full time work from home business serving libraries and schools within their local area.

If you are looking for some more information about Usborne please browse the link starting is easy.

Marie

newcook

Tail-Swishing wrote: »

Have you thought about working from home with Usborne Books

Its currently half price to join this month £19, this gets you a starter kit containing over £100 worth of books as well as stationery and handbook.

Usborne books is good as you can do as much or as little as your own commitments allow.

Within my own team we have people who are looking to do part time work to earn a little extra cash doing small events for friends and families, right through to those who are launching a full time work from home business serving libraries and schools within their local area.

If you are looking for some more information about Usborne please browse the link starting is easy.

Marie

tried usborne but no-one wanted to buy the books - when I tried to send the starter kit back (3 times!) no-one collected it. Even Usborne didn't want their goods back!! in the end they told be to keep them! never mind - have now got some nice books for neices and nephews at xmas!

shelovestobuystuff

Set up an internet shop selling stuff via dropshipping.It will just about look after itself so you can still concentrate on childminding.
Just do a web search for dropshipping suppliers or dropshipping warehouse and see what info you get.
I don,t do it myself,I have 2 small businessess via internet but I buy my stock first and send the parcels out myself,not dropshipping.Doing really well and looking forward to being able to spend more time on it and make more money once my youngest starts school next week.

cazziebo

What do you enjoy doing? What are your skills and talents? How much time do you have? How demanding are your other responsibilities?

I've had two jobs working from home. the first was when my two were very young and I wrote articles for relocation guides. I researched areas I'd never been to (Exeter, Birmingham, cumbria) and looked at house prices, schools, sports centres etc. This was in the days before the net and was all done by phoning councils, estate agents, etc. I got that by writing to the company who had advertised for something completely different, and they had this need which I thought I could fill. this suited because the kids would sleep in the afternoon and go to bed early so as a single parent I had lots of time.

the second job was doing telesales from home. By this time they were both at school - I couldn't have done it with a baby in the background! And because it was b2b, had to be done between 9 and 5. It was fab - and my sales were much higher than the office based people, probably because I was much more focused and not distracted by "water cooler" talk. I could nick off to attend school things, dental appointments, carol concerts, and the children could come home for lunch if they wanted. In the summer I'd finish early and go play tennis with them or something. As long as targets were met there was no issue. Great job, but eventually I got bored and it's not so much fun winning a big sale and no one there to do the celebrating with!

I now know a few people who do this, usually with some previous sales experience. You save the company overheads because they don't have to supply office space, and if you are happy to take a low salary you can make loads of money on commission.

(Your login jogged another idea! A lady who lived in the next street to me used to make the most delicious meals and sell them. If I was pushed for time/had someone coming round I would often go and get something for dinner. Not very MSE but I wasn't in these days, but cheaper than a takeaway and far better quality). She didn't advertise, I heard by WOM, and she probably didn't adhere to any food safety regs. But her kitchen was much cleaner than mine so it didn't worry me!)

newcook

cazziebo wrote: »

What do you enjoy doing? What are your skills and talents? How much time do you have? How demanding are your other responsibilities?

I've had two jobs working from home. the first was when my two were very young and I wrote articles for relocation guides. I researched areas I'd never been to (Exeter, Birmingham, cumbria) and looked at house prices, schools, sports centres etc. This was in the days before the net and was all done by phoning councils, estate agents, etc. I got that by writing to the company who had advertised for something completely different, and they had this need which I thought I could fill. this suited because the kids would sleep in the afternoon and go to bed early so as a single parent I had lots of time.

the second job was doing telesales from home. By this time they were both at school - I couldn't have done it with a baby in the background! And because it was b2b, had to be done between 9 and 5. It was fab - and my sales were much higher than the office based people, probably because I was much more focused and not distracted by "water cooler" talk. I could nick off to attend school things, dental appointments, carol concerts, and the children could come home for lunch if they wanted. In the summer I'd finish early and go play tennis with them or something. As long as targets were met there was no issue. Great job, but eventually I got bored and it's not so much fun winning a big sale and no one there to do the celebrating with!

I now know a few people who do this, usually with some previous sales experience. You save the company overheads because they don't have to supply office space, and if you are happy to take a low salary you can make loads of money on commission.

(Your login jogged another idea! A lady who lived in the next street to me used to make the most delicious meals and sell them. If I was pushed for time/had someone coming round I would often go and get something for dinner. Not very MSE but I wasn't in these days, but cheaper than a takeaway and far better quality). She didn't advertise, I heard by WOM, and she probably didn't adhere to any food safety regs. But her kitchen was much cleaner than mine so it didn't worry me!)

I would quite fancy doing telesales at home - how do you go about getting a job doing it at home??? I have a bit of sales background. I would be happy to take a lower salary as it would probably work out to be the same basic after bus fare, lunch etc