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Working from home: opportunities and what you need to know

Types of opportunities

  • Telephone based work
  • Transcription services
  • Translation services
  • Virtual Assistants
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Careers in e-learning
  • Consultants and Contractors
  • Content Creation (i.e. blogging)
  • Gaming
  • On-Line Surveys
  • Mystery Shoppers

What you need to know first

  • Research the opportunities and check for things such as: Is the job ad too short or too long? Does it have spelling mistakes?
  • Investigate the facts by exploring the company’s website
  • Google WHOIS database (web registering site) and type in company’s name. Is the contact information different?
  • Validate from different sources
  • Google articles and reviews of the company
  • Request information from company itself
  • If further investigation is required, contact Competition Bureau of Canada www.competitionbureau.gc.ca or Canadian Anti Fraud Centre www.antifraudcentre.ca.

Types of good opportunities

  • The research has been done for you to determine the legitimate opportunities.
  • Each opportunity is explained in the following listing below.

Consultants and contractors

Content creation

Crowdsourcing

E-Learning

Gaming

On-line surveys & mystery shopping

Telephone-based work

Transcription services

Translation services

Virtual assistants

The Employment Journey Inc. thanks Anne Marie Rolfe, Employment & Education Centre (Brockville, ON) and Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling for source material.

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