Join the Advanis Team and work from your home!

Advanis is a market research consulting firm that stated in 1997.  Their headquarters is in Canada and is privately owned.  It services Fortune 100 clients and other with their expertise and unique data collection procedures.  Advanis hires telephone research interviewers, and provides training for the positions.

Application is here

Hours of Operation

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Monday through Friday 3 -10 pm MST (5 - 12 pm EST) and 

Saturdays 10 - 5pm MST (12 - 7 pm EST)

You need:

•  a good command of the English language

•  excellent customer service skills

•  a typing speed of 30 wpm

•  a quiet, private place in your home

•  a computer with high speed Internet service

•  a phone line in the office space –if you wish to leave your phone line available

for people to call in on, you would need to have a second (separate) phone line

•  a landline phone. No cellphones.

•  a corded headset with a noise cancelling microphone. No cordless phones or speaker phones.

•  a personal computer (PC or Mac)

As a remote agent, you would receive additional benefits such as:

•   the ability to claim a portion of household expenses such as Internet, power, rent, or mortgage

•   no transportation cost to come to work and no parkingcosts

•   great web community to provide you with the support you need to do a great job

•  flexible scheduling that works with your home life

Application Procedure

Applications will only be accepted through the online application form, see link above.

Become a Online Mentor and Earn Extra Money

The first company that I would like to introduce you to is Reasoning Mind.  They offer two options for earning money online or working at home, see below for details on the positions.  The application process listed below is not easy.  They send you actual requests that they received from children during the course of the previous year and ask how you would respond.  I decided to start with this one because to me there is no better way to earn money at home than by helping children learn and grow more confidence in themselves.

You can apply at Reasoning Mind

Online Tutor:

Under the supervision of the Tutoring Manager, provide tutoring and mentoring to 2nd – 6th grade level students via a virtual classroom.

What qualifications do you need?

• A candidate must have a strong knowledge of middle school mathematics; solid knowledge of high school math is a plus. 
• Must be responsible, organized, able to communicate effectively via the Internet, and utilize professional communication with students and teachers.
• Must be friendly, patient, and sensitive to a diversity of students.
• Must be able to use computers and Internet technology.

This position is for college students, recent college graduates, or mid-career professionals who are looking for a flexible telecommuting position. Previous tutoring or teaching experience is a plus.Application Steps 1. Submit your resume, cover letter, and basic contact information by clicking the Apply Now button on this page. Your cover letter should include your availability, Monday through Friday. (For example: “M, W, F, 8 am to 12 pm.”)
2. After submitting your resume, you may receive written assignments to be submitted at your earliest convenience.
3. Candidates who do well on the written assignments will advance to the phone interview round.
5. This position will start in August 2013.

Student Mentors (Genie)

Students using Reasoning Mind have the opportunity to send messages to the “Reasoning Mind Genie,” a mascot-like animated character that guides students through the curriculum and offers them encouragement as they work with the program.

 

As a Student Mentor (sometimes referred to informally as a "Genie"), you will read and respond to messages sent from students to the Reasoning Mind Genie. Student Mentors are an important part of the Reasoning Mind educational experience; they help to foster the independent relationship each student develops with the Genie.

 

Duties include, but are not necessarily limited to:

• Reviewing and responding to emails as “the RM Genie.”
• Encouraging students to develop positive attitudes toward learning and a high level of motivation in academic areas.
• Communicating with teachers and Reasoning Mind staff about inappropriate or concerning student messages.
• Acting as a mentor to 2nd through 6th grade students.
• Completing required Genie training.
• Completing and submitting all required paperwork.

What are the hours and pay?

• $8/hr
• 8 - 20 hours a week
• Position runs from the beginning of the fall semester/quarter to the end of the spring semester/quarter

Work schedule is extremely flexible; mentors can work at any time of day and any day of the week, as long as the minimum number of hours is met.

Who are we looking for?

Student Mentors should be friendly, positive, and responsible and should enjoy working with elementary-aged children. You do not need prior work experience, but student mentors should believe in the value of education and hard work.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally via the internet.
• Ability to work independently and meet minimum hour requirements.
• Ability to exercise patience, appropriateness, and enthusiasm when communicating with students.

Application Steps

1. Submit a resume and basic contact information by clicking the Apply Now button on this page.
2. You may be sent a written assignment to complete.
3. All new mentors must pass a background check and complete the Genie training process.

Earning Extra Money at Home

It has been almost three years since I created a post to this blog.  Sometimes life gets in the way of our abilities to do the things that we enjoy.

Over the last three years my focus has changed.  I have come to terms with the fact that I will never be able to replace my full time income with a work at home program so I started looking for companies that hire Work at Home agents and I have an huge list of companies.  Each company has been researched and they are legitimate.  I will explain what benefits they offer if any and how to apply.  All of the companies that I tell you about will be real companies with annual revenue over 1 million dollars.  To me this is the best work for a stay at home Mom or Dad to make extra money or earn a living without being taken advantage of or ripped off.

A number of the companies offer benefits like insurance, paid time off and paid holidays.  In my humble opinion this is a much safer way to go and there are no out of pocket expenses, you just have to apply with a resume and cover letter.

I hope that by listing these companies, everyone will have more success with living the dream of working from home and having more time with their families.

Are Work At Home Jobs Legitimate?

Well the short answer is yes. The longer answer is yes & no. Sorry about that.

I don’t think there can be any doubting the legitimacy of working from home while answering phones for a large established company that just wants to tap in to the more flexible, and usually cheaper, WAHM or retired market. A professional job without the overheads for the company or the travel costs for the telecommuter. The problems arise when the company isn’t in the FTSE or NASDAQ.

If ‘Bobs Gardening’ in Vegas wants an out-of-hours customer support agent he can put a post on a site like ours and reach the very people he needs. But is Bob evil? Will Bob take a months worth of your work and then decide to fire you without pay? Is Bob legitimate?

Here are a few litmus tests to use when asking are work at home jobs legitimate -

1. What kind of email is the job poster using? Is it a free gmail account or is it acompany.com? If it’s acompany.com check that the address has a website. If its a gmail or yahoo don’t fret, they may not want their company inbox jammed up, just send them an initial message or resume but after reaching the negotiation stage make sure you do so through their bona fide email address.

2. Once you’ve checked that their methods of communication are legit then check that the company itself is. You can go through government bodies to check credentials but this is usually overkill. Just google the company name and see if any red flags go up.

3. Get paid fast. The above suggestions are fine when working for people that have some sort of registered company, but what about those that need you most. The one-(wo)man-band that is juggling 10 different aspects of his/her business at once that desperately needs a flexible hand.
They may only have a gmail account! The simplest test is to get paid early and often. If you’ve just started working for someone insist on getting paid weekly, or even daily, until you build that trust between each other. This way if Bob is evil you’ll only have lost a little time and cash.

So – are work at home jobs legitimate? Yes, but take a few initial steps to make sure your employer is the good sort, they’ll understand, and as the trust grows you’ll become their telecommuting right hand and there’s nothing like being indispensable.

hiremyparents.com – vetted & screened work at home jobs

Become a Tutor at Tutor.com

Becoming a tutor with Tutor.com is simple and everyone is an expert at something.

Step One: Completing an online tutoring application
Step Two: You will be asked to take a subject exam in the subjects you are interested in.
Step Three: If you pass the subject exams, you will be given a mock session with an online tutor. Step Four: You have to pass a background check and final exam

Now you are ready to be a tutor!

Tutor.com gives preference to tutors who are approved in more than one subject.

Remember:

There are no fees or costs associated with applying to become a Tutor.com tutor.
If your application is accepted, but they do not have availability for your approved subjects, you may be placed on a waiting list. As soon as an opening is available, they will contact you to complete the remainder of the screening process. You can minimize your time on the waiting list by taking the exams for our high-demand subjects.

More information and how to apply

New Scam Alert

Quick Summary:

If you begin receiving a lot of phone calls with dead air, recorded messages, or even phone sex menus, contact your financial institutions and telephone service provider immediately. Use an alternate phone other than your home phone to contact all of the financial organizations you do business with and explain the situation to them. They should help you temporarily halt any new transactions.

Detailed Summary:

Type: Telephone Denial-of-Service Scam

Method of Delivery: Landline or Cell Phone

Scam Characteristics:

It's a new twist on an old scam. Criminals are using automated dialing programs to send thousands of phone calls to victims in an effort to tie up their phone lines.

The reason? To distract them while the scammer empties their bank accounts. And because the phone lines are busy, banks trying to verify the validity of transactions can't get through. Even if the bank declines a suspicious purchase or withdrawal, the criminal, posing as the victim, calls the bank, and verifies the transaction using identity information they stole earlier.

The scam usually starts weeks or months in advance as scammers use computer viruses or phishing emails to gain private information about the victim, including passwords, account numbers, and answers to security questions the bank may ask ("What's your mother's maiden name?"). The barrage of phone calls causing a denial-of-service is often the culmination of patient planning.

Steps you can take to help avoid becoming a victim of this scam:

• If you begin receiving a lot of phone calls with dead air, recorded messages, or even phone sex menus, contact your financial institutions and telephone service provider immediately. Use an alternate phone other than your home phone to contact all of the financial organizations you do business with and explain the situation to them. They should help you temporarily halt any new transactions.
• Change your online passwords often. Especially if you bank online, or use an online payment service. People often forget how much of their personal information is stored online. That's why it is so important to change these passwords regularly, and especially if you have recently had a computer virus.
• Protect your information. These criminals are patient and may try to access your information several different ways. Remember to never share your personal information with unsolicited callers (the same goes for email), be cautious of how much information you share on social networking sites, and always protect your computer with antivirus.