As a freelancer you were lucky to spot a customer who says he wants you to do the work. And you have found the customer with no help on the part of freelance sites (that fact could be an extra guarantee that your job will be paid).

The next step is no less important than the process of the freelance vacancy search. This step is called negotiations. You need to get as many details as possible to make sure:

-    you will cope with it,
-    the job is legitimate,
-    you will get paid for it once you are through with the work.

Questionnaire (ask your new customer):

1.    Describe the job in details for you to get the client’s expectations
2.    Deadline
3.    Communication: how will you contact the client if you have questions
4.    Job acceptance procedure
5.    Payment: how much, what method (check, cash, credit card, PayPal, etc) and when. Try to get 10-30% advance payment.
6.    Will your expenses be covered?
7.    A written agreement: will you sign any kind of?

Once you get the answers you have to ask yourself:

1.    Are you satisfied with the client’s answers
2.    Will you enjoy this freelance job
3.    Do you have enough skills and time to complete it in time and properly
4.    Is payment rate acceptable
5.    If it is quite low, is there any chance that the client will become your regular and raise the pay in the future
6.    Are you confident of the client’s intention to pay you? Can you check his background in some way

You should accept this freelance job only in case you feel comfortable with the answers to the above questions. Do not let your emotions interfere with the decision making process. If the job sounds too good to be true then… It is a good idea to ask someone you trust of their opinion.

[source: www.kerismith.com]

[tag]freelance job, telecommuting, home job, work from home[/tag]

There is an official press release about Workaholics4Hire Free Work at Home Jobs Database re-launch.

The website focuses on home and telecommuting jobs, operates since 1999 and posts free job listings within the entire period of its work. I remember myself using it for a few of times (but can’t remember if I succeeded to secure a job thru Workaholics4Hire).

Redesign added new features to the Free Work at Home Jobs Database. According to Sylvie Charrier, president and founder of Workaholics4Hire, now the website offers unique features you will find nowhere else.

What are those unique features? They do not sound as unique, but, undoubtedly, make your job search more convenient:

• category searches (a good feature. Categories (see below) cover most popular home jobs and make your navigation faster).

Clerical and Data Entry Work At Home Jobs

Transcription Work At Home Jobs

Public Relations PR Work At Home Jobs

Sales and Marketing Work At Home Jobs

Translation Work At Home Jobs

Crafts and Assembly Work At Home Jobs

Graphic Design Work At Home Jobs

Web Development Work At Home Jobs

IT and Technical Work At Home Jobs

Writing and Editing Work At Home Jobs

Management Work At Home Jobs

Miscellaneous Work At Home Jobs

Other Ways To Make Money From Home

Business Opportunity Reviews

• keyword searches (also a good one)

• capability to save jobs (this one is great – it happens so often that while browsing the Net I lose so much valuable info, because I did not bookmark it)

• job ratings, so other users can rank a job (not quite easy to get the meaning – how can I rate the job I did not get? Or it is expected that when I visit the website next time I will rate my last job or…)

• comments, where users can report that a position has been filled (a nice one)

• syndication (yes, a good idea and of value for other website owners including dropshiparea.com. I can place their RSS feed on my website adding a new and useful feature for my visitors: current home job listings. I should think about it. They also allow syndicating their articles, blog and other stuff).

The website researchers do a great deal of work for you browsing miscellaneous sources for legitimate home jobs and posting them at the website for free (the rating system (the feature I could not grasp) probably should assist to delete scam from listings?). I recommend bookmarking the website and using it in your searches. If the results it will return are good, then it makes sense to become their regular visitor.

[tag]job site, home work, telecommuting, telecommute, outsource, home job, work from home, wahm[/tag]

In my post on call-center jobs I mentioned that the companies tend to outsource the work to home workers, not to some foreign companies. As a confirmation there was recently published an article in USA Today on this trend. The major conclusion is: you should not miss your chance and make use of the tendency.

It is predicted that within a few next years the number of home working service call agents will triple [according to IDC research] – it is a large home job niche. Three things that opened this niche are:

• Progress of Technology. All you need to become an independent agent is a phone and PC. And now over 60% of US households own this. We also witness a fast growth of fast speed Internet connection.

• Increase of costs. Both: for companies and employees: gas, housing, etc. It makes home job attractive for millions of people, especially for those who reside a long way from metropolitan areas. And we can’t state that we have achieved the top of the prices.

• Large number of potential workers. Call service jobs are a good fit for many people who can’t be employed with a traditional job: stay at home parents, retired people, disabled people, students and such.

See the benefits for the company outsourcing call center work: one hour of a traditional in-house call center costs 31$ per employee. If outsourced – the cost goes to 21$ per hour (30% down). The home worker is likely to earn 8-13$ per hour, or even more. It sounds like a win-win situation for the both parties: companies and home workers.

Call service jobs are likely to become a popular occupation for all work from home people. Your task is not to miss this trend and find a call center job while the vacancies are more or less abundant.

[tag]work from home, homeworker, home worker, call center, call services, free agent, outsourcing, telecommute[/tag]