Abbreviations To Understand

For you to be able to understand the homebased world most especially an employer who's fond of using abbreviations. Here are the abbreviations to keep in mind so you could digest what they are talking about.

WAH -- work at home

WAHM -- Work-at-home mom

WAHD -- Work-at-home dad

1099 -- The number of the (US) IRS form used for independent contractors. (Many off-site workers -- including those Bohemian-looking folks working on blogs, website design, and freelance articles on their laptops in the cafes -- are independent contractors rather than employees.)

DSL -- Digital Subscriber Line (Internet connection over regular telephone lines, but much faster than a “dial-up” connection.)

Hotel -- (verb) To come into the office on a periodic visit, necessitated by your work or your boss. As in, “I’ll be hoteling in the Stamford office on Friday.”

IC -- Independent Contractor

IM -- Instant Messenger

IT -- Information Technology

SAHM -- Stay-at-home mom

SAHD -- Stay-at-home dad

SOHO -- Small Office / Home Office

Telework -- (verb) To work at a distance from one’s employer or client, using electronic tools such as the Internet, phone, fax, etc., to send or receive work.

Telecommuting -- Almost synonymous with telework, though often used when an employer requires regular on-site presence (as in, “My company has a telecommuting program. We get to work from home two days a week.”).

Distributed Work -- Work done away from the employer’s offices (aka “remote work”).

VOIP -- Voice Over Internet Protocol (telephone over the Internet, like Skype)

Wi-Fi -- Wireless Fidelity (the connection of two network devices wirelessly)

MLM -- Multi-Level Marketing business. Usually structured like a pyramid, with people higher up making more money, MLMs reward you for selling products or services, and recruiting salespeople to work under you. (Although MLMs have a negative reputation overall, many are in fact legitimate, but are difficult for those who are not inclined toward sales and recruiting, or who didn’t appreciate the amount of selling they’d have to do to succeed.)

Vacation -- What you should not forget even when you are working at home. Everyone needs to take a break or you'll get tired of working soon no matter which environment you are working.

Reference: Rat Race Rebellion

Where to Find Homebased Opportunities

There are several websites which serves as your bridge to obtain an employer online. These websites would let you bid on projects and believe me you will surely find a job from there as long as you will apply. You could check on them and register. The site may look complicated but as soon as you get familiarized with the system, it would be very easy for you to obtain some gigs from there

Odesk



Rent-A-Coder



Guru


Guru.com - The world's largest online marketplace for freelance talent.

Elance

See My Elance Profile

I know that there are more than what I have listed. What is only here are the websites that have been tried and tested to provide paying gigs to homebased people. Also if you know a website, don't hesitate to write it in the comment section and I will surely add it here.

Things To Consider Before Deciding To Work At Home

It's a tough decision to decide to resign from your job and work at home.

Money Matters: Always bear in mind that being a freelancer is not a stable job. You might be earning a lot in a month but there are also some lean season. What if your employer don't have any task for you. How are you going to deal with bills and all that.

Benefits: Unless you will be so lucky wherein your employer would compensate whatever the benefits you got when you were still working in a normal office. Most likely, you will lose your Social Security Contributions, health insurance, HDMF and all other benefits which you will surely need in the future.

Attitude: When you are at home, no one will ever call your attention if you don't feel like working. You have to make it sure that you could manage working without soemone at your back.

Social Life: If you are fond of joking around with your colleagues while working or going out after work, always remember that you will be working at home alone infront of your computer.

Time Adjustment: Most employers who need virtual workers are from a different time zone so you have to make it sure that you could manage adjusting your body clock with your employers timezone.

I only mentioned a few here but basically it requires you to think of all aspects first before deciding to work at home or you might regret it in the future. Keep in mind that regardless of how much money you have if you are not happy with what you are doing, everything will be useless.

My New Home

I started with my blog, http://walalangpoakongmagawa.blogspot.com. That time I just created it for the sake of having a blog as the title explains. When I got my first pay from my Reviews, I realized that it is really possible to make money online. just imagine I got paid with that blog that talks nonsense. :) So I then started reading threads and other blogs about means on making money online until I get to learn about moms working as virtual assistants. Even if I am still single, I always wanted to work at home to avoid the fuss in a regular working environment.. If you know what I mean. I got busy with my homebased tasks and forgotten about my blog. Perhaps lost my enthusiasm with it because I could not update it all the time. Recently I missed blogging and since homebased jobs are so popular online and since I am also working as such, I decided to write about it.