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by Randy Ray, Ran

Not everyone is interested in owning their own home business, but a lot of people are interested in dropping out of the rat race a little bit. More and more jobs are available where you can work from home. And since your productivity will probably be better working from home, you'll probably make more money. The other advantage is that it doesn't cost as much money to work from home, since you no longer have commuting expenses, lunches out expenses, or the same clothing expenses. These are big advantages.

Just because you don't want to own your own home based business doesn't mean you can't work from home. All it involves in a change in mindset and some effort.

Recommended Reading

If you're interested in learning more about this way of thinking, there are a few books you should probably take a look at. I highly recommend Joe Dominquez's book Your Money or Your Life. This book will give you a completely different perspective on how much money you're making driving to and from your 9-to-5 every day.

Another pair of great books are Die Broke and Live Rich, which are both written by Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine. These two books will also help you redefine your own personal ideas about work and how it fits into your life.

Recommendations About Working from Home

It would be relatively easy at this point to list several work-at-home job opportunities and call this a finished article, but the reality of the 21st century workplace is that telecommuting and working from home are becoming more and more commonplace. And almost ANY job can be done from home now.

My recommendation to anyone who wants to switch to a work at home job is to talk with your current boss about whether or not you can be allowed to work from home. A broad minded boss with her finger on the pulse of the business realities today will understand that if she can't accommodate your work from home request, then you'll probably find someone else who will.

If that doesn't work out, all you have to do is start looking for work. Any of the many get a job or find employment sites out there are going to have work from home jobs available as well as more traditional jobs. All you have to do is seek them out.

Another Look at Owning Your Own Business

But don't rule out starting your own home based business either. Many people find this more satisfying than working for someone else, and they wind up making more money than they ever thought possible. That was my experience, and it was also my wife's.

The best work from home job is the one where you're your own boss.

Tele service, work at home and virtual agents are leading the revolution in self employment opportunities. By some accounts, there are currently about 100,000 virtual contact center agents in the United States, a movement that represents a growing global trend. Many large corporations that depend on call center organizations are turning to remote work at home agents in order to combat a tightening labor market. As such there will be a strong growth in the number of remote work at home agents working as independent contractors between 2005 and 2010.

Employers' Benefits

For the employer, the benefits of using remote agents are obvious. In this way the company minimizes the additional cost of providing on-site call centers. Employing remote agents can virtually eliminate these cost factors, as well as significantly increase ramp up times in step with business growth. At home or remote agents widen the employers' labor pool well beyond the confines of a geographic region.

Working as a Remote Agent

Simultaneously, the opportunity exists for those seeking employment as remote agents who can enjoy greatly expanded work schedules by choosing to work from home. Because they don't have to commute, at-home agents are more amenable to split shifts and part-time work.

So where does a potential remote agent begin searching for opportunities and education needed to be employed as a remote or virtual agent? First, examine the technology involved in supporting remote agents. To work at home, independent contractors will be working from their home computer using their high-speed internet access. Additionally, prospective virtual agents must demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of computer desktop management. Your computer screen will display log in access to employer back-end operations. Using high-speed internet access, these agents will be able to efficiently run reports and view customer profiles in their online software application from any remote location.

Prospective remote agents should spend some time learning about the new, emerging technologies that successful remote agents use, such as voice over IP and intelligent networks. Fortunately, many of the same tools that call centers use: monitoring, messaging, and work management software can be used with remote agents. Today, e-applications can also provide remote agents with easy access interface for scheduling, selling and the ability to monitor schedule adherence, and to improve their efficiency. The most successful remote agents view their work as a profession and not just a job.

Virtual Agent Opportunities

Here is what the trend seems to be regarding identifying some of the fastest growing employment opportunities for remote agents: consumer service representative, the virtual reservation agent, the virtual trainer, and the virtual tutor. Most of these forms of employment are W-2 and offer pay rates from $7.00 to $30.00 per hour. A virtual assistant may earn upwards of $11.00 to $50.00 hour and Virtual Teachers may earn $20,000 to $48,000 per year. One of the most recent growing opportunities is a virtual insurance agent. These independent contractors represent many carriers and can earn upwards of $40,000 to $70,000 part time to over $100,000 full time working for them selves utilizing technology to sell insurance and financial services over the internet and telephone. Low business overhead allows the virtual insurance agent to earn high commissions and yearly residuals while recruiting other agents into their agency down line. The ability to work from home encourages college-educated applicants to look more favorably on the idea of work at home opportunities and working mothers have also found this to be a great alternative to commuting and childcare.

Despite the many choices, the buzz about remote agents is alive and well. Most importantly there are legitimate companies that hire at-home virtual agents at all levels of income and business opportunities.

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