Just some funny information (hopefully, it will make you smile) that was shared by hundreds of HR Managers. They have described unusual situations that occurred in the process of interviewing job seekers. So, use your imagination:

• A job applicant challenged the interviewer to an arm wrestle.
• Interviewee wore a Walkman, explaining that she could listen to the interviewer and the music at the same time.
• Candidate announced she hadn’t had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer’s office.
• Candidate explained that her long-term goal was to replace the interviewer.
• Candidate said he never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a closet in Mexico.
• Balding candidate excused himself and returned to the office a few minutes later wearing a headpiece.
• Applicant said if he was hired he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm.
• Applicant interrupted interview to phone her therapist for advice on how to answer specific interview questions.
• Candidate brought large dog to interview.
• Applicant refused to sit down and insisted on being interviewed standing up.
• Candidate dozed off during interview.

Well, I would like to learn what those people are doing for living now. Who knows – some might have built great careers in this way. All they needed was to encounter the similar type of employer.

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Most home business ideas are well known and properly covered at every website that deals with home jobs. What are those well-known home business opportunities?

• typing,
• data entry
• drop shipping (through eBay or your own website),
• completing surveys,
• surfing the web
• MLM
• Internet Marketing and Affiliate Marketing,
• stuffing envelopes,
• making cold calls

Also work for:

• freelance graphics designers
• developers
• website optimizers
• translators
• copy writers

In fact, the top providers of these jobs are listed at our left side bar. I have probably missed some – just remind me to complete the list.

And what if we try to extend that list and start a separate category of our blog – Home Based Business Idea Directory – where we will place some unusual ideas for home income generating. You are welcome to send us your ideas or to share your experience. I just ask you to submit working models – the ones that can really generate income. The ideas should be suitable to operate from home. The ideas should not be universal – what is good for some people can be entirely inappropriate for others. So, do not focus on this feature.

I have placed a link at our left bar (see at the bottom) for you to e-mail us your ideas. Probably, we will arrange a contest for best home business ideas – the winners will certainly get prizes. Let’s make a valuable directoty that would help us to earn our living from home (better if it would make us rich, but we should not lose our contact with reality).

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The dream to run your own home office attracts millions and millions of people. But not every person fits for that kind of work as well as lifestyle. Take your time and run the below quiz to see if you are ready to go a hard freelance way.

I hope no one considers its results 100% true. The quiz should become one of many indicators on your decision making list.

In answering the questions, give yourself 2 points for a “Yes” answer, 1 point for a “Sometimes” answer, and 0 points for a “No” answer.

* Are you a results-oriented person? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you set goals and clear objectives? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you work well in isolation? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Is your home free of distractions (e.g. children, dependents)? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Can you quote the rules of time management? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you support the concept of marketing your school? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you see school parents as ‘customers’? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you have a room in your house to convert to a SOHO? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Are you a good writer? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Are you a good public speaker? Yes/Sometimes/No
* Do you have financial reserves to survive without a salary for one year, if necessary? Yes/No
* Do you have good computer skills (e.g. desktop publishing, database, spreadsheets)? Yes/Sometimes/No

How did you score?

0-14 Look for a job in the paid workforce.

15-19 You’re a potential consultant, but you may need to make some changes to become a successful consultant.

20-24 Go for it!

The quiz was originally posted on a popular freelance website: you can read the complete version and also find tons of other useful information for freelancers (articles, white papers, forums, blogs, training kits) – a great place to become a regular visitor.

[tag]Freelance work, freelance, freelance jobs, freelance employment, freelance writer[/tag]