What other jobs allow working at home?

I am thinking of going back to school now, while I have a reasonably good job.  Problem is, because of medical concerns, I have to be able to work from home.  What other options are there for folks like me who find it a requirement to work from home?

Any advice appreciated. 

Thanks.

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Has anyone had success with at-home job opportunities over the internet, i.e, on-line surveys, Google adwords ?

Is medical transcription one of the only legitimate careers available for people who want/need to be able to work from their home?  In searching for work-at-home opportunities it seems that so many things are scams.  I realize one can open any number of businesses that are based in their homes, but I'm talking about working FOR someone...for a company, and doing it from home.  I bought a book that supposedly gave lists of companies willing to hire people for work from home, but almost all of them either A.  Required a person to reside in a state I don't or B.  Had experience requirements that I didn't meet.  I'm just wondering if there is some big area of the marketplace that I'm missing that routinely hires people to work from their home, like medical transcription.  Can anyone help with this?  Thanks.

Like customer service or taking orders?

I started looking around and ran into a lot of ads and scams.

Any info would be appreciated, I want to get out of this field before too long.

This is to the person that posted about Diskriter and why she did not take the job. I am also posting on this board as well.

I do not work for Diskriter, however, I can say with complete accuracy (I have a relative that works as a private criminal investigator for large and small corporations) that the reason that a lot of companies (not necessarily just transcription companies, in particular,) that have at home or offsite employees are requesting a physical and drug screen and background check is because:

a) background check is necessary in some cases because the potential employee will have access to SSN#, credit info, addresses, DOB, etc on many many people.

b) physical and drug screens are necessary because the company may be partly footing the cost for benefits, health insurance, life insurance, etc. Maybe they do not want to pay for drug rehabs (think about it)

c) drug screens - let's face it, some of these companies are sending equipment, vital information on people in the US, paying for travel for employment, etc (i.e. carrying drugs on planes, stealing ID for credit card info, stealing and reselling computers and equipment that was shipped to the potential employee, etc)

You would be surprised the things I was told about, including arrests for identity theft!! In the last two years, a TON of arrests have been made by investigators and agencies on people working at home!! Police are making drug arrests at homes and low and behold, some of the arrests are people that work at home doing a "day job" while dealing out of their house. Nice little sideline income, don't ya think.

So think about this - if a company is going to pay for a physical and drug screen for you to be employed with them, don't be offended by it. They are protecting themselves and their clients from potential identity theft, druggies, and thieves.

I'm sure I will be slammed for this post, but I know what I am talking about.

You could easily be the victim of identity theft and guess where the source could potentially come from? Transcriptionists. Think about it - we have access to some hospital databases that require us to put in patient information from the patient database, that means addresses, ID#, etc.

I PERSONALLY knew of a transcriptionist from NYC that could barely function more than 2 hours a day because she spent the rest of her day stoned out of her mind! Did you read the thread about traveling transcriptionists and drug screening? Do you want somebody stoned or high or meth'd up typing your hospital records?  So what's to stop them from taking it a step further and commit identity theft. 

So we're considered a thing of the past, ah-hem!  Here are the 10 jobs. ~

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Copy Editor
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Desktop Publisher
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Data Entry Clerk
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Insurance Underwriter
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Market Research Analyst
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Paralegal
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I have a 13 and 10-year-old.  I need to make a chore list, but that takes time too.  I seriously do not have five minutes to myself.  I'm working from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and taking the kids to dance and baseball in between. 

This weekend should be slower for me.  I think I'll make my husband a chore list too (I bet he'll love that).

Just wanted to let you know that I totally understand what you are going through.

I've been working from home since it was first allowed, can't really remember the exact year, but for sure no later than 1984.  My family has always said, "get a real job", "why are you stuck at home, go work at an office where you can be around people", and on and on and on and on, ad infinitum!!!  I don't really have "friends" anyway because I've always been a hermit.  But guess what, now the only members of my family left alive are my brother and my sister and they STILL say I should get a real job!!  I just give them a disgusted look and say "yeah....I really want to have to deal with traffic jams, proper clothing regulations, no smoking rules, break time rules, punching in an out....does that seem to fit my personality???"  Of course they say, "well I can see your point".  However that does not keep them from saying it again some time later.  Guess it is never ending, so just ignore it and laugh at them.  That is all it deserves is a good laugh!!!  Quite honestly, I think they are jelous.   

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I thought that could only be done working inhouse. Thanks.

To make at least $15.00 an hour at home, a person would need to transcribe 150 lines per hour and be paid .10 cpl.  This comes with experience but you have to find the right company.

I am in a small rural hospital and I know our Transcriptionist does not get $15.00 an hour.

Seems to me if they told you 9-5, and yes, I remember your post asked about going home after you finish your work so I presume you do work in their office.....you have to be there from 9 to 5 I would presume. R U being paid hourly or salaried?  Either/or, if they told you *work from 9-5* I presume that's exactly what they mean.  When you work in an office for someone else, you have no flexibility for the things you were able to be flexible with when you worked from home.

Jes my nickel's worth....

I wanted to ask if someone knows the first step I need to take to do MT at home ?

Also may I ask what part of the country do you live in ? I am in Colorado. Help

Wow!  It sounds like you need to return to the office to work where you will maintain a clear head from your kids and other family.

Good luck!

She is working at home for them as an IC.  I agree that she should charge for her time but she has to let them know.  She needs to draw up a short contract stating what she services she will provide for what price, TAT, etc.  Does not have to be a long drawn out 4 page contract just a simple one pager stating what she provides and what is expected of the account. 

However  I do not agree with the above poster on not letting your accounts know when you will be unavailable or out of town.  You may not have to tell them where you are going but you have a responsibility to let them know you are not available and not simply do not show up.  If I did that, my accounts would be looking for someone else fast.   They all work with me when I take time off but again, to simply not acceptable.  That is like waiting for the cable guy all day long. 

Hello all!

I work out of my home for a physcial therapy office - I go every day and pick up tapes and return the paperwork I have completed along with the blank tapes back to the office.  I don't have time to chat with the people who work there much, I have known some of them for a few years, but not close.  I am not necessarily looking to make friends with any of them, but wondered what others do about connecting with people for social time.  I am single, so no husband, kids, etc to fill that void.  I love working out of my home very much, but am missing people contact and wondered what others do.  I used to have many friends around here (rural Iowa), but most have moved away or gotten married and got busy with their families.  Not a lot of choices of places to go to meet new friends - wish there was a way to create a work-at-home group in my area and maybe meet other transcritpionists or just find people who are experiencing the same things of isolation and what comes with working out of ones home. Any ideas or advice from any and all would be appreciated!!  Thanks!!

lorlyn 

At home three years.  Started at a hospital 1987, Manager for 12 years at any imaging center, then became pregnant was put on bedrest, out on disability, returned back to work, within two months, pregnant and on disability again.  Returned to work, but with childcare for two babies at 380 week, decided to stay home and work evenings at the center.  2004, was asked to type at home by hospital where originally started my career.  Loved being home all day with my kids.  They would nap 2 hours, I would type, put them to bed, I would type.  I made more money than working a 40 hour week and paying for childcare.  I would change it for anything.  My kids are 5 and 4, and they realize how lucky they are.  What I enjoy the most is being able to give my sons a true "summer vacation" by being home.