The Professional Resume and Remote Work
Most people tend to think that a professional resume will find them employment and get them out of the house. But that professional resume from a top tier resume writing service along with proper career planning actually might help you spend more time at home.
More money, challenging and interesting work, and better benefits? Sure. But more time at home thanks to a professional resume?
Few people don't relish the idea of rolling out of bed and into their offices still in pajamas. The freedom to work whenever and wherever is unparalleled to most perks offered by big business. But is a dream job like this possible? Feasible?
Green jobs. More and more companies are willing to let employees work at home, at least some of the time. It can save businesses money, benefit the environment and help you save gas and stay at home. How do you get a great job like this? We're back to the great, professional resume.
There are other opportunities to work at home, of course: The first involves using your professional resume writing product to seek out companies that encourage individuals to work from home. Job boards or specific company contacts might yield positive results, even if its only one day per week, that's still a day you don't have to commute or spend money tapping the vending machines. If it seems discouraging, don't worry; major companies have entire teams of researchers looking for opportunities like these, and most of them come up with limited findings.
Some of the best opportunities to work from home can come from the companies where you already work. It's called remote work, and there are a variety of software systems on the market that will allow you to access your personal computing materials from home as though you were sitting in the company's office. Much of this software is not too expensive, so you can mention price point with employers before they do. Even if you have to make a personal investment in the software, it's a small sacrifice for what you'll be saving on gas and miscellaneous expenses.
Advertised work-from-home opportunities are all over the place. If you open your inbox, you'll no doubt see boastful claims of "$4,000 earnings per week" and other such nonsense. With any of these, if it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. Realistically, the envelope stuffing, data entry, and other related positions that do legitimately pay only pay about six to eight dollars per hour. They do exist, but cutting through the scams to find them is really the challenge. You may want to check with companies who process large volumes of information or direct mailing businesses that don't have machines for particular envelope stuffing tasks.
Of course, there's always the option of starting an at-home business. For many people, this is the e-Bay store they started reselling items in a year ago or the specialty shop they opened for their craft items. If you find something with a market, a few hours a week of dedicated time can catalyze a business. Enough time—and success—and you just might be able to replace your day job with the personal business.
Online outsourcing has become popular recently with sites like E-Lance and Guru drawing millions of dollars in revenues for individuals who have leveraged their work expertise from home. Individuals have gone on to create lasting businesses for themselves after writing a carefully-thought-out profile and providing portfolio samples. The process for most of these sites can be lengthy, especially if you take the tests to validate your skills, but the payoffs can be great. Both of these sites allow free access accounts, which entitle you to a few bids on the vast collection of projects available. If you like the service, you can sign up for more bids and a higher account access. Whether you're a housewife/husband or a seasoned professional, these sites have opportunities that can produce revenues for you.
Paul Freiberger is President of Shimmering Resumes, a resume-writing and career counseling service based in San Mateo, California. Paul is the author of several books and the winner of the Los Angeles Times book award. He can be reached at: Paul@shimmeringresumes.com, or, by phone at 877-796-9737. You can visit his website at http://www.shimmeringresumes.com.
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