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Can I Work At Home With No Experience?

June 23rd, 2010

I see this question asked pretty frequently, and today I’d like to offer some tips about how to get started working at home when you have no experience.

- Consider the experience you do have, whether it’s work or life related. Chances are you know how to do SOMETHING, even if you haven’t done it in a job capacity. See if you can find jobs that would use the knowledge you have, or at least touch on them in some way.

- Aim for “easier” jobs to begin with, like outbound telemarketing. Most of the ads I see for those jobs don’t require experience, they will teach you everything you need to know. Granted, these are usually commission-based jobs, but sometimes they do offer a small salary too. If anything, you could work this job for a few months to get experience, and then apply for other jobs later.

- Start your own business. Some people do incredibly well by finding a home business that matches their interests and life experience. While you may be tempted to search for a regular “job,” know that that is not your only option! Give some thought to your strongest interests and passions in life. Then start looking for a home business that reflects them. There are hundreds (even thousands) of direct sales companies with great products out there. You just have to find the one that works for you.

- Educate yourself. Sign up for some adult education classes to expand your education. Take courses on Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint. Learn about accounting software. Do a search online for “free tutorials,” and see what comes up. You can also include the type of tutorial in your search, like “free Paint Shop Pro tutorials,” if you need to learn a certain program. Whatever field you want to be in, seek out affordable classes to learn about it. Then, even if you don’t have experience, an employer might be willing to train you because you have the basic knowledge needed for the job.

Just don’t give up, and don’t let your lack of experience stop you! Everyone has to start somewhere. :-)

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Office Temping Jobs 10 of the Best Paid Temping Job Areas

September 26th, 2009

Office temping jobs are very varied, which means that many are low paid, many are reasonably well paid and some are pretty well paid, particularly for temping jobs. But what are these jobs?

Well basically the more skilled you are, then the more chances you have of getting a well paid temping job. So if you are a Business manager, a Systems Analyst or some kind of IT specialist, then you can expect to earn some pretty good money for being a temp. Most IT jobs pay well, so long as you have the necessary skills and experience.

HR jobs, such as specialist advisers, occupational health advisers or recruitment consultants also offer good rates of remuneration. Then there are jobs in finance, which may not pay the mega bucks that they did a few years ago, but are still well paid. Or if you are a legal secretary or medical secretary, then there is also good money to be made.

Towards the bottom of the well paid temping jobs list there are some rather less savoury jobs. If you are willing to deal with irate members of the public then you may well consider taking a specific job in a complaints section of customer care, dealing with people who are less than satisfied with the service that they have received. But beware, this is not for the faint hearted and you will need to be quite strong to deal with some of the people that you will encounter.

Finally, the 10th best paid temping jobs can be in tele-sales, but usually this depends on how good you are: if you are good then it will be easy money: if you are not so good then you will struggle, but there are decent salaries to be made.

So not all temping jobs are poorly paid and you could be looking at a salary in excess of £45 k a year if you have the right skills and the right job comes up!

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