Home Employment Is Knocking At The Door

This week’s job hunt gives potential employees the opportunity to work from their own homes. As technology rapidly evolves and employers seek ways to cut back on overhead, the doors have opened wide for those seeking job opportunities online and from the comforts of their own home. Here a few listings of employers who hire work-at-home agents, independent contractors, writers and self-skilled workers.

ChaCha.com

ChaCha.com offers real-time answers and help to information seekers on the go. Questions such as “Who won the NBA 2011Tournament last night?” The answer, can sometimes come across humorous and/or otherwise a bit dry; nonetheless, the answer is correct.

Position: ChaCha Guide

Duties: Answer questions from customers in a fun and fast-paced environment while using professional search training and custom tools.

Requirements: Must be 18 years of age or older, fluent in English; must have a high-speed Internet connection in order to connect to ChaCha systems and must love researching online and have excellent writing skills.

Compensation: Please read description for more details.

Apply Here 

VIPdesk (Employer - Eddie Bauer) 

VIPdesk specializes in delivering concierge and virtual call center services for high-end corporate clients. Currently one if it’s many clients, Eddie Bauer’s online retail mega store, is seeking to hire work-at-home virtual customer service agents (Ambassadors). 

Position: Brand Ambassadors (Full-time & Part-time)

Duties: Answering questions about products and their availability, payment transactions and providing information on additional products or services that may be of interest to the customer.

Requirements: Customer service, good verbal and written skills, passes an assessment and background investigation. Must be fluent in English; French, German, Spanish or Italian is a plus.

Compensation: DOE + Benefits

Apply Here (Training starts in July).

Active Network 

The Active Network is one of the world’s leading recreation reservation companies. Currently the company is seeking to hire for its seasonal position which is expected to run through early September with the potential for being hired on full time. 

Position: Work At Home Reservation Agent

Duties: Accept and make reservations for customers via telephone using a browser based reservation system accepting incoming calls, no out-bound calling or sales/commission requirements.

Requirements: Must be able to communicate with groups by phone, email and instant messaging, intermediate computer skills, internet and some technical knowledge, IM, email, basic Microsoft Word & Excel and a minimum typing speed of 20 to 30 wpm. See Job Description for Technical Equipment Requirements

Compensation: DOE + company provided headset

Apply Here 

About.com 

About.com provides information and solutions on a wide variety of topics anywhere from healthcare, travel, cooking, parenting and much more. The site is always seeking for writers whom have an expertise in the things that they love or just have an expert knowledge of a topic. 

Position: Guide

Duties: Write online content.

Requirements: Experienced writers; Check site for available topics

Compensation: Pay starts at $675/month. Compensation increases with page view growth.

Apply Here