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Working From Home: Some Advice
Written by Franta Shinsky   
Monday, 20 October 2008 04:40
Advice for potential work from home job seekers: don't start working from home until you've read others reviews of the company you want to work for, or the business you want to get involved with, thoroughly so you can determine if it's legitimate. There are a lot of scams out there! Companies usually do not require a fee to work from home, except for a few exceptions, like LiveOps and Babytobee, which require fees for a background check. These fees are paid to the company doing the background check, however. Business opportunities will require a fee to get started, however.
by FrantaShinsky


Advice for potential work from home job seekers: don't start working from home until you've read others reviews of the company you want to work for, or the business you want to get involved with, thoroughly so you can determine if it's legitimate. There are a lot of scams out there! Companies usually do not require a fee to work from home, except for a few exceptions, like LiveOps and Babytobee, which require fees for a background check. These fees are paid to the company doing the background check, however. Business opportunities will require a fee to get started, however.

One place to find information on businesses is the Better Business Bureau (BBB). It has information on companies and charities that are registered and not registered with the BBB. You can contact your local BBB or you can contact the USA's or Canada's site. To search, you need at least the business's name, and sometimes the city and state where the business is located.

If you are unsuccessful finding information through the Better Business Bureau, the next best thing is to do a Google search for the business. Simply type tbe name of the business into Google. It helps if you know the exact spelling of the business name, but if you don't the correct name will still often come up in the search. For example, typing MaryKay in Google will still bring up Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Message boards can be helpful too. You can register and post on a board to get responses regarding information on businesses that you are interested in. One board is Work from Home Mafia. It has information on working from home companies and opportunities, and you may discover that your question has already been answered. WFHM also has podcasts to listen to.

Another message board that has a lot of information on work from home opportunities is Workplace Like Home. It has forums on many of the same companies that Work from Home Mafia does, plus some that work from Home Mafia doesn't have, like Stewart Response Group and Ecallogy. Workplace Like Home however does not have podcasts (at least not that I've been able to find!)

Another way to find out if a certain work from home company or business is legitimate is to ask people that you know that have worked from home. Now obviously this may not be possible if you don't know anyone who has worked from home - that was the case with me when I got my first work from home job with West Telemarketing. I did however, find that it was legitimate and it ended up leading to other legitimate work from home jobs - some I've found myself using the methods mentioned in the previous paragraphs of this article, and others I've found through contacts I've made through the work frome home jobs I've had.

Don't work from home until you read reviews of the company. The previously mentioned sites have a lot of information for people who want to work from home, but they're also a good place for networking. Networking is very important whether you work from home or out of home.

I can't say it enough - don't start working from home until you've read others' reviews of the company you want to work from home for, or the business you want to get involved with. Working from home or having your own homebased business can be very rewarding - people I know that have been working from home have been able to spend more time with their families and children, not to mention save gas and wear and tear on their vehicles. This is especially critical considering the price of gas lately!! Working from home has been rewarding for me not because I've saved on gas, but I've saved on cab and bus fare because I don't drive due to the fact that I have epilepsy. I've been working from home for about 5 years now, and I do not want to go back to working out of the home if I can avoid it! I've had many positive experiences working from home, however it does require being careful about the companies you apply with, or the online homebased business opportunity you're interested in pursuing. I hope this article has helped other potential online home based business opportunity seekers, or those that just want to work from home like I do!

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