New Jobs Added: {August 08, 2010}

There are several new positions listed this week:

1. Virtual Agent #1009-018 ($8.00 + /hr)

2. Live Operator #6007-391 ($8.50 – $9.00 /hr)

3. Customer Service Agent #6008-382 ($9.00 – $9.25 /hr)

4. Technical Support Agent #6006-437 ($10.00 – $12.00 /hr)

5. Supervisor #6009-364 ($15.00  /hr)

6. At Home Agent #6010-384 ($7.00 – $15.00 /hr)

7. Virtual Assistant #4005-297 ($9.50 – $28.50 /hr)

8. Customer Service Rep #5001-041 ($8.00 + /hr)

JobID: 1009-HJ018
Category: Call Center, Telemarketing
Location: Home Based USA
Compensation: $8+/hr

The Virtual Independent Agent (VIA) are in charge to service outbound customers make sales calls from home, using a computer, a telephone line and a broadband access connection. VIA’s qualifies lead eligibility, communicate features/benefits of account, overcomes objections.

We are looking for highly motivated and goal oriented individuals who are interested and enjoy:

The convenience of working from home
Being their own boss
Flexibility; Setting their own schedule
Balancing business and family
Starting your own business

Qualifications:

Minimum of 20 Hrs per week availability
1+ year of telephone sales/customer service preferred
Ability to learn in a fast-paced environment
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask
Excellent attendance records a MAJOR plus!
Solid PC skills
Bilingual (Spanish) a plus – not mandatory
Friendly and outgoing individuals willing to give our customers A+ Customer Service.

The editors at the Work At Home Weekly would like to thank all of our sponsors for helping keep this site a free service for our subscribers. This week’s feature is part of our Sponsor Spotlight series.

This Week’s Sponsor Spotlight: {HomeJobster}

As our top-sponsor, HomeJobster provides most of the job leads we post each week. Jobs that include Customer Service, Virtual Assistants, Call Center Agents and more. The jobs they provide for our weekly newsletter are just a small fraction of what’s available in their online database. Plus, they add fresh new jobs every day.

As a member of HomeJobster, you don’t have to wait for jobs to show up in our weekly newsletter. You’ll have access to fresh, new jobs added daily. Plus, you can be notified by email of new jobs every day.

Everyday the HomeJobster members benefit from receiving the freshest, newest homejob postings, many of which aren’t available anywhere else!

Right now, the membership for HomeJobster is only $4.95/month, a savings of over 80% off the standard membership ($29.95).  Join now, and your membership fee will never increase.  However, its important to act fast because time is running out on this membership special.  Only a couple dozen more memberships will be provided at this discounted rate, so visit HomeJobster.com now to take advantage now.

Here’s just a few of the employers hiring on HomeJobster:

Here’s some of the newest jobs added to HomeJobster:

8/07/2010 Virtual Independent Agents
8/07/2010 Customer Service Representative
8/07/2010 Virtual Tour Photographer
8/07/2010 Ads Quality Rater – English – Temporary
8/06/2010 B2B Appointment Setters
8/06/2010 Transcriptionist
8/06/2010 Virtual Assistant
8/06/2010 Administrative/Offline Support Agent
8/05/2010 Remote Employee
8/05/2010 Virtual Inbound Representative
8/05/2010 Inbound Customer Care
8/05/2010 Appointment Setting Reps
8/05/2010 Customer Service
8/03/2010 English Online Instructor
8/03/2010 Satellite Recruiter
8/03/2010 Technical Support Agent
8/03/2010 Customer Service Agents
8/03/2010 Outside Sales Representative
8/03/2010 Contract Services Manager/Administrator
8/03/2010 Remote Customer Service Rep
8/03/2010 Customer Service
8/03/2010 Live Operator Independent Contractor
8/03/2010 TPV Verification Agent
8/02/2010 Work at Home Recruiter
8/02/2010 Customer Service Representative
8/02/2010 Contract Meeting Facilitator
8/02/2010 Online Moderator
8/02/2010 Vacation Planning Counselor

This article is from The Home Income Blog, a great resource for fresh, daily home job leads and income opportunities.  Make sure to visit the HIB for more great information for the serious home-job seeker.

With national unemployment continuing to hover near 10%, more and more people are turning to look towards alternative income opportunities, including working from home. For many, the lure of being able to earn an income while eliminating the costs of commuting is especially enticing. Meanwhile, many others are attempting to juggle a family schedule, and the ability to have a flexible schedule is just as important.

Every day we hear of hundreds, even thousands of people showing up for a handful of openings at a new store opening, or office expansion. This trend is no different for the home-based positions. In fact, with many positions being open nationwide, we often see many more people turning out for a single job.

Home Job Market Improving

The good news is that while the job market has a long way to full recovery, we’re seeing big strides in the home-job market. The fact is, many companies are realizing the cost savings associated with outsourcing traditional jobs to home workers. Companies can cut expenses related to maintaining work environments. Sometimes they save on payroll by hiring home workers as independent contractors instead of employees, and sometimes pay a lower wage.

Job Seekers Must Be Persistent

Of course, all of this means that someone who is looking to work from home must make sure to remain persistent. There’s lots of competition for open jobs, making it important to do anything possible to get an advantage. Here’s a few steps every serious home-job seeker should take now to increase their chances for success:

• Be consistent. Spend time every day searching for home based jobs and applying.
• Update your resume. Tailor your resume for each job you apply to .
• Widen your horizons. Review your professional history, and try to increase the types of jobs for which you apply.
• Be careful. Don’t get scammed… be careful when replying to any work at home offer.

Above all else, don’t get discouraged. Make sure to stay positive, and don’t give up your job search. When you become one of the thousands of people employed as a home-worker, you’re hard work will all pay off!

The question we asked our readers last week was: “How long have you been looking for a home based job?”

We discovered that a large majority of our readers have been searching for a home job for over 1 year (60%).

New Jobs Added: {July 05, 2010}

There are several new positions listed this week:

1. Customer Service#6001HJ340 ($12.00 + /hr)

2. Reservation Representatives #6002HJ338 ($8.00 + /hr)

3. Appointment Setters #6003HJ339 ($15.00 – $20.00 + /hr)

4. Customer Service #6004HJ335 ($8.00 + /hr)

5. Call Center Agent #6005HJ331 ($8.00 + /hr)

6. At Home Customer Service #2007HJ065 ($7.00 – $15.00 /hr)

7. Communicator #2010HJ093 ($8.50 /hr)

Customer Service

The editors at the Work At Home Weekly would like to thank all of our sponsors for helping keep this site a free service for our subscribers. This week’s feature is part of our Sponsor Spotlight series.

This Week’s Sponsor Spotlight: {HomeJobster}

As our top-sponsor, HomeJobster provides most of the job leads we post each week. Jobs that include Customer Service, Virtual Assistants, Call Center Agents and more. The jobs they provide for our weekly newsletter are just a small fraction of what’s available in their online database. Plus, they add fresh new jobs every day.

As a member of HomeJobster, you don’t have to wait for jobs to show up in our weekly newsletter. You’ll have access to fresh, new jobs added daily. Plus, you can be notified by email of new jobs every day.

Each week HomeJobster publishes its top 5 job listings, based on application requests by their members. Here’s this week’s top-5:

#5: Customer Service Agent ($8.50 – $9.50 / hour)

Work for a leading communications technology company as a Customer Service Representative, Level I.  We are looking for CSR tele-workers to join our team.  This position will work with our sales, service, technology and administrative departments to ensure the highest level of satisfaction is reached with our customers.  READ MORE (JobID HJ389)

#4: Customer Service ($12.00+ / hour)

This job is for a minimum of 10 hours a week and 5 hrs on the weekend handling customer service calls from existing Carnival Cruise customers.  Must have excellent verbal communication skills and proper phone etiquette.  Good listening skills, proven customer service background, and high attention to detail.  READ MORE (JobID HJ341)

#3: Virtual Administrative Assistant ($9.00 – $12.50 / hour)

Administrative assistant assigned to support a department within an international pharmaceutical company.  Duties may include but are not limited to providing meeting scheduling via outlook, transcribing meeting notes, monitoring email correspondence, posting expense reports, editing PowerPoint slides and editing Excel spreadsheets.  READ MORE (JobID HJ075)

#2: Renewal Specialist ($12.00+ / hour)

Will call on auto club members whose memberships have expired and encourage them to renew membership.  Must have a friendly and energetic personality/pleasant phone etiquette.  Ability to build relationships over the telephone.  Customer Service Rep Experience.  Minimum of Windows XP or Windows Vista required.  Home Office SPECIFICALLY dedicated as an office WITH a landline phone (no use of cell phones for this position)   READ MORE (JobIDHJ378)

#1: Customer Service SIM Assistant ($9.00 + / hour)

Our virtual assistants handle calls for a variety of products and services. From customer service calls to technical troubleshooting and order processing, every agent receives web based training to handle these incoming calls on behalf of some of the nations premier companies in the wireless, retail, Internet, restaurant, and other industries.   READ MORE (JobIDHJ375)

This article is from The Home Income Blog, and is part of our series: “Home Office Technology” in which we examine the various technology pieces you’ll need in place to successfully manage your home-based career.

The telephone. Once upon a time this was a pretty simple solution — just using your local phone company to provide you with a land-line. Today, while this may still ultimately be your choice, you have many, many other options to sort through. There are so many options that you can now tailor-fit a solution that takes into account the needs of your job and the limits of your budget.

Types of phone lines

A land-line is of course your first option here. Still considered to be the highest quality option for phone service, the traditional land-line may very well fit your needs. Less affected by weather conditions, electrical issues or other problems that can wreak havoc on VOIP or digital lines, a land-line may in fact be required for your job. With a home office, you needn’t get a full-fledged business phone unless you have a need to be listed in the yellow pages, perhaps for a home based business. A simple residential 2nd line will work fine.

If a land-line isn’t required for your job, you might want to consider a VOIP line. VOIP lines use your high-speed internet connection to provide you with phone service for less then traditional phone company lines. VOIP services line Vonage work pretty seamlessly, allowing you to use all your regular phone equipment. You have a standard phone number, and often you can even transfer your existing number if you choose. Unlimited long distance, lots of user features and internet access to your voicemail are all great reasons to choose a VOIP line.

Another option may be a digital phone line through your cable company. These tend to be more expensive then the VOIP lines, but offer similar features. Plus, you can often get a great discounted rate on a cable digital line for the first 6-months or even a year. Just keep an eye out for promotions.

Features you need

These days there are lots of features that come with phone lines, some are trivial while others are essential for a successful home office. Here’s a few top features you will want to look for:

Voicemail. This can be important to your home office, and there are a few different systems. A lot of services have website access to your voicemail, so you can choose to listen to messages either over your phone or on your computer. Website access may also allow you to email a voicemail message to someone, or download and save it to your computer.

Forwarding. There are various forwarding options that can be helpful, including allowing you to forward calls to a mobile phone, set do-not-disturb hours, or route calls to a variety of phones in order or randomly. You may also be able to setup special answering rules based on caller id, allowing you to provide priority service to important clients.

Call Waiting. This is another pretty standard feature that’s been around for a long time. The simple ability to place a current conversation on hold to answer another incoming call is pretty much a must-have. However, new and enhanced systems now let you conference 2 or more calls together, forward calls to other phones, or even play hold-music while a call is on hold. Some of these new features may not be necessary for your situation, so don’t be over-sold on a system simply because it has countless features.

Quality equipment

Finally, you’ll need a quality phone for your home office. The type of phone you need will depend on your needs and your working environment. You may find a cordless phone allows you the freedom to move your work to the kitchen table or back patio, providing you with freedom to move around. Don’t skimp though, if you decide to go cordless make sure to purchase a quality phone. Cheaper phones tend to have interference or short battery-life.

A 2-line phone is handy too. You can use one line for your home phone line and the other for your business line. Make sure you can adjust the ringer volume for each line so you can turn your home-line off during business hours.

Its also important to make sure your phone can use a headset. If you need to be on the phone and typing on your computer simultaneously, a headset is a must-have. This is another piece of equipment that you don’t need to break the bank to purchase, but be careful not to settle for low-end merchandise either. Take some time to look at the options available.

Of course more and more people are switching to using a cell phone exclusively for their home office. While the cost still remains higher, unlimited plans have made this a more viable solution. However, if you are working for a company doing customer service or call-center work, you likely will not be able to use a cell phone to take calls.

The question we asked our readers last week was: “What type of home based job are you looking for?”

The number one answer, overwhelmingly, was “Data Entry / Clerical” (60%).  The second most popular answer was “Customer Service” (17%) followed by “Virtual Assistant” (12%).