Category: Jobs and Employment
I've heard a lot about working online from home, and I would love to add those opportunities to my job search. of course, I've encountered a lot of opportunities that were either ridiculous scams, or required a lot of money to be invested. I know there are free sites you can join where you get paid to take surveys, but they only pay about 50 cents for every survey you take, and that's only if you qualify. I have actually tried out article writing, and it seems to work in the sense that if you do the work, you get paid, but I only get paid about $2 an article, depending on the word count. I've never had one of my articles be rejected, but still, even if I work my ass off all day and write seven or more articles a day, I still only get paid about $25 a week if I'm lucky. I'm not complaining, but I could use something that'll actually help me pay some bills around here.
Naturally, I've applied for quite a few conventional jobs. You know the ones where you show your resume, tell them your skills, give them your information, and if you're lucky, get called back for an interview. They've all fallen through for one reason or another, though. Either I never got called back, or they were afraid of my blindness when they found out and assumed I couldn't do the work properly.
I'm certainly not looking to become a millionaire. I've seen sites that claim you can make $5000 a month or more. I'm not saying that's impossible, but there always seems to be a catch. either you have to invest a thousand to hopefully get two thousand back, or the offer requires you to do something very risky. Either way, I'm looking to work; not gamble. I just want something that will allow me to contribute to this family without investing my entire bank account in the hope I'll get it all back with even more. I don't care if I only make, well, even five hundred a month for starters. I'm still looking to go to college in the future, or get a conventional job, but in the meantime, I really want to be putting some of my own earnings into our savings. Does anyone know of something that isn't a scam, doesn't have a serious catch in the fine print, doesn't come with any huge fees, but can potentially earn someone at least a little money? I don't want to buy someone's products and sell them to people for a small proffit. I don't want to start an internet marketing business. I just want to do something where I'm told the work I need to get done, and get paid accordingly. Is there something like this in existence, or am I just dreaming? I'm not opposed to the idea that I might not be thinking realistically here. I'm just tired of hearing "It's so easy, anyone can do it", or, "no experience required", only to have my hopes shed when I read the fine print. Luckily I haven't fallen for any scams yet, but I want to know whether I'm going in the right direction so I can at least start on the right path towards success. Don't worry. I'm perfectly aware that I need to work for my earnings, but I'm willing to do that. I just need the opportunity.
Most of the online opportunities that give you free website templates and so-called free unique training are a combination of link farms, bulk emails (SPAM), refer the friends and acquaintances you know, etc. This is just the online version of the age-old pyramid schemes.
I saw one recently that now claims to provide you a kit with free software - probably bulk email software, and the ubiquitous motivation and training, to use your social network contact. The problem with bot-tweeting, or constant Facebook updates pointing to shared data is that people block you: the personal social network is a social gathering much like the picnic or whatever, where the guy trying to sell everything-cleaner for $29.95 is left mumbling to himself under a tree while everyone else is in groups talking.
To avoid any of this, be sure the online opportunity has a real product that you can either contribute to or sell / distribute.
They're trying to resurrect the .com gold rush of the 90s via social networking, and it is tempting for any of us who financially struggle: employed or otherwise. But no matter what most of them say, they want you to sell the opportunity first, and to your social network on and off the Internet.
The idea is that your personal contacts would listen to you, rather than a robotic corporate marketing machine. But, you have to use the tools that make you a robotic corporate tweeting/Facebooking machine with a website full of affiliations to all sorts of things, thereby isolating you from the very contacts they hoped to harvest.
This is, of course, not true of an online opportunity who tells you up front what services they want from you and how much they will pay you to fulfill. But those aren't the ones offering to set you up at $5K a month.
that's exactly what I'm looking for; the people who tell you exactly what they want from you, and are willing to pay you so long as you can fulfill the required job responsibilities. I would never complain about 5K a month, but that's also not what I'm aiming for, primarily because of the situations you posted about here. I'm sure the reason the pay from these pyramid marketing schemes is far from a guarantee is because the results are far from guaranteed. it's just as much a job based on luck as it is about the person's skills. If I wanted a luck based job, I could go to the casinos and gamble with it. I know the jobs based on skill don't pay as much, but at least you know you'll get paid based on what you do, and not only if you're lucky enough to actually sell something.
I don't know anyone who does online work, at least not the tuype you're talking about. I only know one guy who's self-employed, and he does a lot of tax stuff. He mainly did that in an office, he just moved to home. Have you ever thought of bringing in a job coach, or your local Department of Vocational Rehabilitation? Please don't take this type of work, just cause you feel desperate. There are other ways for you to earn an income, and $25 a week is a complete joke! I'm wondering if some other job search strategies might be a good thing right now. Putting down on a resume that you fill out surveys, and write miscellaneous articles isn't really a "job". Besides, who'd be your reference? Just my two cents, you're free to disagree. Pm me if you wanna discuss this topic further. I've been where you are, and it's not fun! It took going to college, and getting some real world work experience to get me out of my depressing state.
Oceandream,
I totally understand what you are going through about trying to find a job. I'm in the same boat as you, and I'm also trying to get things together in order for me to go back to school.
However, if you're like me in the sense that a 4 year schooling isn't for me. I've tried that, but I'm hoping to go to school for a year or 2 and get a certain skill.
I wish you luck in finding a job I just want you to know that you aren't alone. I know it can be discouraging..people always saying, "Well, if you'd just go to college you'd be fine..." (My mom does that for example..), but I'm telling you I know someone that has a masters degree and they can't get a job. The market sucks.
Exactly. I know plenty of people who worked their asses off in college and are now stuck trying to figure out a way to pay back all the student loans since they can't find a job. I have my eye on a massage therapy program, but I'm really hesitant about student loans. It's only an 8 month program, and you only study massage; none of these classes that have nothing to do with it, but of course, it still costs money. I'm glad others understand that college is not the answer to everything.