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Work at Home Companies to Consider for Employment
Many people want to work from home for flexibility and freedom they can get while working from home. There are many companies that hire home-based workers to do work at home jobs. However, not all these work at home companies are always hiring for work from home jobs. This article looks at 11 of the best work at home companies that are almost always hiring home-based workers to do different types work at home jobs part-time or full-time.
The work at home companies below will give you a great idea of what’s out there. It’ll also give you a good starting place to look for employment if you really need to find work right away.
Working Solutions
Working Solutions is a reputable work at home company that has been around for many years. They hire home-based workers to work as independent contractors. For the most part, these will be customer support positions. Having a newer computer and headset is typically needed. Once you have become a Working Solutions agent, you will be able to apply for various programs available to you. These programs are offered by the company’s clients across diverse industries such as customer service, data entry, marketing, tech support, etc. If you are selected for a program, you are able to schedule the hours you want to do. The pay can be anywhere from $9 per hour to $30 per hour depending on the program. The company also offers a referral program which earns you $100 for each successful referral you make. As a self-employed independent contractor, you can provide consulting services to more than one company.
GoTranscript
GoTranscript is a virtual work at home transcription and translation company that hires anyone with good English skills to work as a transcriber. The company has a steady stream of projects available daily so you will always have new transcription jobs to work on. You will get paid every Friday via PayPal or Payoneer. This is one of the most reputable companies offering very flexible search engine evaluation jobs. You can work anytime as long as there is work. The pay is around $13.50 per hour. There are many options out there for affordable transcription equipment, like foot pedals to check out if you need one.
Automattic
Automattic is a 100% virtual company that hires home-based workers from around the world to work for WordPress.com. However, the jobs that this company offers are more technical in nature. When you apply for a position advertised by the company and then pass the interview stage, you will do a project together with the company. It takes typically two to six weeks depending on how much time you can spend to do the project. If you make it full-time with the company, you will be providing customer support for WordPess.com for your first three weeks and work for a week in support annually. Automattic offers a wide range of excellent perks and benefits.
Liveops
Liveops is a renowned company that hire home-based workers for call center agent positions. As an Liveops agent, you will be working as an independent contractor, taking inbound calls from potential customers of Liveops’s client. The company offers flexible virtual call center agent jobs. You need to work a minimum of 10 hours per week.
Some Liveops opportunities require a dedicated landline with telephone service and a corded headset, while others allow the use a soft phone (VoIP or a computer and a usb headset).
Worldwide101
Worldwide101 is a reputable company well-known for hiring skilled and talented virtual assistants to provide high-quality business-level virtual assistance to their clients across different industries. The company is always hiring experienced virtual assistants with professional backgrounds from around the world. The company pays between $18 and $20 per hour depending on skills, experience and seniority of the virtual assistant.
Apple
If you love exploring technology, are friendly, a good listener, and passionate about Apple products, then working as an Apple At Home Advisor could be the perfect work at home job for you. You will answer questions about Apple’s products and services when people contact you for help. You will listen to customers, troubleshoot technical problems and provide technical support to customers. Apple will train you to learn Apple technologies, and offer coaching, mentoring through an online program to help sharp your skills and get familiar with their approach to customer conversations. Apple offers great benefits such as product discounts, paid time away and career growth to all at home advisors.
Sitel
This is a great work at home company that hires people to work from home as a customer service representative, providing exceptional customer service to the company’s clients. Both full and part-time shifts are available. The great thing about working this company is that you will be working as an employee and not an independent contractor. The company offers 401(k) retirement savings plan, vacation and holiday pay, employee discounts, medical and dental benefits (for full-time employees), and more perks.
Asurion
Asurion is a great work at home company for people with technical expertise and backgrounds. The company hires people to work as a Customer Care Representative from home. Many full-time jobs are available for bilingual candidates. As a work at home provide customer support in technology field. If you are a tech expert this is an ideal work at home company for you to work for. Asurion offers health and dental benefits.
Convergys
Convergys is a renowned work at home company that offers call center jobs you can do from the comfort of your own home. Convergys Work at Home program hires people to work directly from home as customer service agents, providing customer service support. The company offers an excellent range of benefits such as medical, vision, and dental coverage, paid vacation, a 401(k) plan and more.
Gengo
Gengo is a translation company that hires home-based translators from around the world. Once you sign up and get approved as a Gengo translator, you can start translating immediately. If you are bilingual, this company offers great opportunity to work at home on your own schedule. You can work whenever you want and wherever you want because the site’s Work Dashboard is available 24/7.
UHaul
This is a popular work at home company that always hires home workers to work as customer service agents, reservation agents, and other positions. Both part-time and full-time schedules are available.
Final Thoughts…
If you are looking for real and legitimate work at home companies that hire for home-based jobs in various roles, then you could try one or more of these companies listed above.
@Maryann
The names are all linked. They are either linked to a full post I did on the company or the actual homepage of the company. I just clicked on several and they all worked :-)
LooKing at the above potential positions is pretty interesting. But how do I apply? Tried clicking on the name…looked again to see if I was missing something, don’t think so. I need your help.
Thank you
Maryann T.
You need to update this article. A lot of these companies are not hiring California residents, like American Express or Sitel.
Hi ,
I am going through your website and all the link says when I open US. Are all the jobs on your website is for US only not for Canada.
Your Pinterest tab doesn’t open. I wanted to pin this to one of my boards.
Great list. I need the names of companies that are known to be reputable and are hiring. Thanks!
@Caven
Yeah — I hate it as well. But I reside in the USA and there just isn’t much out there when I am searching for other countries. I post EVERYTHING I find — but I just don’t run across a lot of international jobs. I do have a page with International Resources — but I understand your frustration.
Hi! I am one of your subscriber, I have read all your emails sent to me. I must say your passion for helping people is commendable, however the sad part to this is…
I live in the Bahamas and need an online job..most emails sent are for people living in the USA or CANADA..
Need jobs that people world wide can relate to also.
interested in general transcription work as i’m currently studying to become a MT/HDS and i feel that this would be a great starting point to help me in my studies