Working from home is the job dream situation for
millions of workers. But it may surprise you to know there are literally
hundreds of companies providing opportunities to do just that.
Just days ago, the website FlexJobs, which
specializes in work-at-home jobs, published its annual list of the 100 Top
Companies with Remote Jobs in 2019.
I’d have to practically write a book to cover the
specific details of all 100 companies. But instead, I'm going to focus on the
ten best jobs from home, drawing from that list.
This will provide a sample of how the process
works, what you can expect, as well as the benefits the arrangements offer.
Let's look at the top ten best jobs from home from
the FlexJobs list in some detail.
1.
APPEN
Appen is a technology services company based in
Australia. However, they have offices in the US and the United Kingdom as well,
and provide opportunities in 130 countries around the world. The company works
with some of the biggest companies in the world, including eight of the 10 top
technology companies. It supports more than 1 million contractors around the
world.
Appen offers positions that are flexible, part
time, and home based. You can work either a few hours a week or full time.
Positions are available in transcription, translation, linguistics,
engineering, marketing, financing, and sales. They even offer micro-tasks,
which are smaller jobs that can be completed from home in about an hour.
As you can see, not only do they have jobs from
home available, but they also offer complete flexibility. You can choose your
work, and your hours.
2.
LIONBRIDGE
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Lionbridge has
positions available that are part-time, freelance, and remote. Positions are
available in banking and finance, engineering, gaming, global marketing, autos,
legal services, life sciences, machine intelligence, testing, and translation
and localization.
Translation services seem to be particularly
common among remote job offerings. Given the growth of global markets, there's
a pronounced need to reach and interact with customers in hundreds of local
languages. Lionbridge employs more than 100,000 language experts, working in 15
different industries.
But that's just one example. Overall, Lionbridge
works with over a half million people in 26 countries, most of whom work
remotely. Like Appen, it's likely you'll be able to find a position that
provides the kind of flexibility you're looking for, whether that's full-time
or part-time.
3.
VIPKID
VIPKID is based in Beijing, China, but recently
opened a US headquarters in San Francisco. The company focuses on providing
English language instruction. Positions are available working remotely, either
part-time or freelance. The website currently advertises pay at $22 per hour.
The service offers English as a second language to
children in China, up to age eight. Teachers are English speakers who provide
one-on-one courses based on the US Common Core State Standards. And as a
teacher, you'll receive ongoing paid training as well as professional
development opportunities. You'll be able to work from home, and choose your
own schedule.
4.
LIVEOPS
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Liveops refers to itself
as ”The modern call center that isn’t a call center”. This should give you a
strong indication of what they do, and how and where it takes place. The
company doesn't have call centers in the usual sense, but instead employs over
20,000 independent agents, working remotely. As such, it also describes itself
as the world’s largest cloud contact center.
The company specializes in providing agents for
travel and hospitality, telecom, roadside assistance, high tech, retail,
finance, health care, and insurance companies, and even the federal government.
Work is available on both a full-time and part-time basis throughout the US.
5.
WORKING SOLUTIONS
Working Solutions is based in Dallas, Texas, and
has been around since 1996. They provide home based customer service and sales
agents. Positions are available for retail, telecommunications, finance, health
care, travel, and energy. The company employees over 110,000 independent
contractors from across the US.
You can work full-time, part-time, or freelance,
and always remotely. Positions are currently available as customer service
representatives, senior living customer care, seasonal customer service agents,
and customer service representatives.
Working Solutions offers something increasingly
unique in the employment universe. It educates its agents in a client’s
business, at no cost to them, through Working Solutions University.
6.
AMAZON
Seattle based Amazon is one of the companies most
commonly associated with jobs from home. The company employs well over 90,000
workers, and is the largest online retailer in the world. You can access Amazon
jobs from home on their Virtual Locations page.
Jobs are available mostly on a full-time basis.
Current positions available include sales, advertising, account management,
project/program/product management fulfillment and operations management, human
resources, business and merchant development, operations, IT and support
engineering, facilities, maintenance and real estate, and customer service.
7.
TTEC
Englewood, Colorado-based TTEC has been around
since 1982, and is a business process outsourcing company. It provides services
around the world, and operates delivery centers in 24 countries. TTEC provides
work-from-home situations for consultants, customer service professionals,
students, and veterans. In fact, the company employs more than 20,000
work-at-home employees.
Work can involve helping customers by phone, live
chat, or on the social media. Naturally, you'll be required to have Internet
access and a home phone. The website even indicates it's perfectly OK to work
in your PJ's and bunny slippers.
Current positions available include business sales
representatives, customer service representatives, and bilingual customer
service representatives. Positions are available in the US and Canada. You'll
be provided with proprietary technology that enables you to securely access
applications, so you will be able to support and assist customers with a
variety of services and technical needs. You must be at least 17 years of age,
have a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma, and have wire
connected Internet access.
8.
KELLY SERVICES
Founded way back in 1946, Kelly Services is one of
the more well established employment agencies in the country. It's also grown
to be one of the largest agencies, with almost 500,000 workers using the
service worldwide. In fact, the company now provides employment opportunities
in nearly 30 countries.
In a real way, Kelly Services practically
pioneered jobs from home, since it began primarily as a temporary job service.
It now works regularly with some of the very largest employers in the country,
providing staffing needs at all levels. They specialize in accounting and
finance, administrative, automotive, engineering, information technology, life
sciences, and call centers, but actually cover a multitude of industries and
job classifications.
Kelly Services still handles temporary positions,
as well as permanent ones. But they’ve adapted their business model to also
include freelance, part-time, remote and work-from-home arrangements.
9.
CONCENTRIX
Based in Freemont, California, and founded in
1983, Concentrix claims 90,000 employees worldwide. They work in a wide variety
of industries, including health care, retail, transportation, e-commerce,
insurance, technology, energy, and many others. Their specialties include
marketing, analytics, technology, consulting, financial, and customer lifecycle
management.
Like many companies that offer jobs from home,
Concentrix also works globally, and across dozens of different languages. This
naturally creates opportunities in transformative client services, particularly
for those who are bilingual.
The company encourages work-from-home
arrangements. They look for those who have solid communications skills, and are
able to provide strong customer service. Positions are available both full-time
and part-time, as well as seasonal and temporary. They even provide shiftwork,
which makes abundant sense in a global workplace.
10.
UNITED HEALTHCARE
Health care providers are among the most common
employers offering jobs from home. So it should be no surprise that United
Healthcare is one of the top 10 companies offering work-at-home situations.
Though health care typically involves hands-on work at a care facility, it also
provides a surprising number of positions that can be handled remotely.
What makes even more surprising is the variety of
positions available remote through the company. In fact, a search of their
website using the term “work-at-home” turned up more than 1,000 positions. They
include jobs in everything from customer service to clinical care. Nursing is
naturally a common position, and one that’s often available on a remote basis.
They’re often needed for online or phone consulting, both to provide clinical
information and to direct incoming callers to direct care services.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United
Healthcare has about 240,000 employees in all 50 states in the US, and in most
countries around the world. It's one of the leading health care companies in
the world, as well as being a rich source of jobs from home.
Final Thoughts on the Ten Best Jobs from Home
That’s just the top 10. If you don’t find one of
those to work for you, there’s 90 more employers on the FlexJobs top 100 list.
And if those aren’t enough, there are hundreds more.
The point is, jobs from home is no longer unusual.
As the world becomes more interconnected, and more international, both the
types of jobs needed, and the way they’re handled is changing rapidly.
Meanwhile, this spread of technology is bridging
gaps across the economic landscape. The widespread availability of home
computers and smart phones is connecting people all over the world. We now live
in an economy of the 24/7 consumer, which means there must be someone else
available on the other end of the transaction.
That’s where work-at-home jobs come into the
picture. It’s no longer possible or desirable for companies to have all
employees based in a central location. The ability to employ people on a remote
basis frees employers of the need for costly physical space. And that’s where
jobs from home enter the picture.
If you’ve been dreaming about a work-at-home
situation, stop hoping and start searching. There are more remote jobs than
ever, and the future promises even more.
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