13 Common Work At Home Jobs That Are Hiring Now

Common Work At Home Jobs That Are Always Hiring.  Work-at-home jobs sound like a dream come true to most people.

No tromping out in the cold weather, no need for business clothes, and perhaps a way to truly have integration of family life and work without being fired.

But, what sorts of positions can you find that you can do at home? Here’s a list of common work at home jobs that are hiring remote workers now.

Common Work At Home Jobs That Are Hiring Now

1. Inbound Call Center Agent

An inbound call center agent takes calls using their home phone and computer system from the comfort of their home office (or kitchen table), taking orders for products and services.

For example, you may work on a project for well-known home shopping networks or food chain establishments. You’ll be trained, and have practice calls before you get started.

You will make between $8 and $20 dollars per hour from home doing this. Some positions are independent contracting and some are full-fledged employees.

2. Outbound Call Center Agent

An outbound call center agent makes outbound calls to a list of leads given to them by the company they work with. They will try to sell something to the person they are calling such as magazine subscriptions, vacations, or even provide political information during election season.

It will depend on which company you choose to work with what type of calling you will do. You’ll be trained, provided a script, and learn to be a professional at this type of calling.

Typically, on these positions you’re required to hit a certain level of sales to keep your position. The plus side is the better you get, the more you’ll make, especially if commission is paid.

Read more: 50+ Work from Home Call Center Jobs

3. Customer Service Rep

A customer service rep can work in a variety of ways such as via phone, text, email, chat windows and so forth.

You would be trained thoroughly on the products and services and likely need to pass a test for each business you’ll be serving to handle customer problems and issues remotely.

The pay can range from $8 an hour to $20 an hour.

4. Fundraiser

Every year you likely get fundraising calls. Well, they hire people who work from home to do the fundraising. The pay is usually hourly, from $8 to $20 per hour depending on the program you’re involved with.

With less experience, you can expect to earn less money since some of this is based on time on the phone and funds collected.

Phone work can be challenging, but with more experience, you’ll always earn more money.

5. Virtual Assistant

Companies big and small, entrepreneurs, home business owners and bloggers all need a Virtual Assistant.

VAs can offer many different skills and manage many tasks at once, or specialize in one specific role. Pinterest VAs are, particularly in demand these days.

Read more: How To Start A Virtual Assistant Business

6. Appointment Setter

Many businesses such as the insurance industry need appointment setters.

As an appointment setter, you’ll be calling leads who have expressed interest in meeting with someone to discuss the product or service being provided.

You’ll simply call the prospect and make the appointments for the business owner adding to their calendar.

You may also call back to confirm the appointments 24 hours in advance. Pay can be hourly, or on an appointment-by-appointment basis.

Read more: Companies Hiring Appointment Setters

7. Travel Agent

Yes, travel agents still exist and companies are hiring travel agents (sometimes called travel consultants) to answer phones and help customers plan their trips.

Usually, you get paid a combination of base pay, and/or a percentage of sales with these types of jobs.

So, you might have to make a lot of sales to make enough money as usually, you don’t make more than 10 percent or so per sale. But, many travel agents love what they do and often get travel perks too.

Read More: Companies Hiring Remote Travel Agents

8. Answering Service

This is a lot like some of the call positions mentioned above in terms of pay, but instead of dealing with sales you’ll be answering for businesses and taking messages and/or transferring calls as needed.

You could be answering for various doctors’ offices, apartment complexes and other businesses during their lunchtime and off time. You’ll do this from your computer set up right from home.

9. Adjunct Professor

Believe it or not, colleges and universities contract with adjunct professors to teach and/or grade their online courses and work-at-home.

If you can get your foot in the door there are a lot of opportunities with online teaching at the college level. You will typically need at least a master’s degree in the area you want to teach.

A doctorate definitely will expand your opportunities.

Read More: Companies Hiring Remote Professors

10. Online K-12 Instructor

You may not realize it but there are now fully online elementary schools. And also, some land-based schools that offer some of their courses online.

If you have a teaching certificate in the areas needed and experience teaching, you should have no problem landing work-at-home remote teaching positions.

The pay depends on the school. Some schools make you a full employee. And, others work you as if you’re an adjunct contractor.

11. Independent Online Course Creator

You don’t need a teaching degree to create and sell your own online courses. And you can teach literally anything you want to. Because it’s your course, there’s no limit to how much you can earn.

What do you like? What are your skills? Interests? There is someone out there who wants to learn it, and will pay you to learn it.

People are making millions by selling courses nowadays on just about everything.

Read more: The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Course

12. Transcription Services

Many types of businesses use transcription services. There are many work-at-home opportunities for transcriptionists.

Most of the time the transcribing is medical based but there are also opportunities for other types of transcribing.

A transcriber who works for a transcription company can make about $45,000 a year from home. Sometimes you’re an independent contractor for several companies, where you can stand to earn significantly more. Other times you are an employee, depending on your choice of company.

To make even more money, start your own transcription business.

Read more: 50+ Work At Home Transcription Jobs

13. Blogger

Did you know that blogging is a huge industry with limitless income possibilities? Nowadays even bloggers with small followings can earn 6 or 7 figures, thanks to social media and influencer marketing.

It’s not easy, but if you enjoy writing, creating, building relationships and selling things that you have a passion for it won’t be all that hard for you, either.

Becoming a blogger is a job that you create for yourself – you don’t wait for someone to hire you!

Interested in starting a blog? Here’s how to start a money-making blog today.

Common Work At Home Jobs – Conclusion

Thanks to the Internet, there is a variety of common work at home jobs that you can find today. Due to high-speed internet and the relatively inexpensive cost of making long-distance calls today it’s become more common.

It’s important to check out any company before committing or offering your information to them before you get started, to avoid being scammed.

Typically, other than buying and providing your own technology, you should not have to give the company any money to get started.

Some companies do require you to pay for a background check.

Read more: 8 Tips To Avoid Work From Home Scams