Companies Offering Home Based Work
Virtually every newspaper and magazine has homeworking offers promising you that you can earn £££’s working from home as a homeworker. It is a sad fact of life that the homeworking sector attracts more than its fair share of con-artists. Before responding to offers of home based work from companies that advertise for homeworkers, check out our section on scams. It may prevent you from getting ripped off.
Generally you will be far better off going into business on your own as a freelancer, using the same skills you are offering to these companies, but if you prefer to test the water without a huge outlay, they can be a good starting point. Don’t however underestimate your own ability. If, for example, you can work from home making soft toys to a standard acceptable to a company, you can just as easily make them to sell yourself. Further details are provided elsewhere on this site.
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UK Jobs
- Senior HR Business Partner – Specsavers – Home-based
- South East England, England
- Senior Reward Management Consultants, Based London C £35k – £45k…
- Central London
- 2x London based Software Sales (German & French)
- United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom
- SAP Material Master (MARA) / MDM Consultant & 8211 Contract & 8211…
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- SAP Logistics Consultant (SD, Inbound/ Outbound) & 8211 Contract…
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- Workcircle – marketing jobs, london jobs, law jobs, engineering jobs, financial jobs, all the top jobs!
Clerical Work
This section covers such homeworking offers as hand written letters, envelopes, typing, envelope stuffing, telephone work and typesetting – many of which are typical scams you may come across.
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Craft Work and Self Assembly
Work here includes such scams as assembling jewellery, mould making, cut ‘n’ glue work and painting.
Reviews
Get paid to review products and websites, write articles or simply complete questionnaires.
Miscellaneous
How about housesitting, animal sitting, distribution, or travel agency work(previous experience required)
Other Possible Sources of Home Based Employment
Whilst not all the following sites are primarily geared towards home based work, all have featured suitable jobs for homeworkers. On general employment sites try keywords “home based” or “work at/from home”.
Many of these sites list freelance projects where you can not only offer your services, and set your rates but you also get to see the other bids to give you an idea of the going rate for the work, and also pick up tips on how to present your proposals. Usually any completed projects are rated, making it easier to get awarded future contracts.
craigslist.org – Probably in the news more often for the crazy swaps made through this site, but they also have a huge jobs section with a check box to search for telecommuting and/or part-time options. Visit http://www.craigslist.org/about/cities.html to find the relevant site for your country/state/town.
SME Outsource offers you the chance to bid on a range of freelance projects. All existing bids are shown giving you a benchmark of pay rates. Only members can bid but anyone can view the contracts available. No project commission charges also make this an ideal way to outsource your own projects.
eWork Exchange – the global online marketplace for finding, engaging and completing project-based work. As an eWork Exchange user, you are given a profile to describe your project requirements or skill set. Using our proprietary, intelligent matching engine, Project Profiles are specifically matched to Skills Profiles. A single Skills Profile is always free for independent professionals.
eWork seems to have one of the largest and most varied project databases around. Register for free now and see what they can find for you.
Jobs4teleworkers are a UK recruitment site specialising in telework, remote or home working. Areas of work covered include: IT, research, telesales, appointments, accountancy, translation, architecture, telecommunications and many more.
advertisingjobs1.co.uk is part of the One Job Group and offers jobseekers thousands of jobs in every market and location in the UK. Enter the words “home based” in their search engine for relevant vacancies.
http://www.planetrecruit.com is a UK site with good search facilities and the option to receive daily updates on suitable vacancies. Using the keywords “work from home” generated over 40 genuine skilled vacancies, particularly computer programming, but also offering a wide range of other vacancies.
CV Submit Express allows clients to blast out their CV to their choice of some or all of their huge registered database of 5180 UK and International Recruitment Agencies… It uses your own email address to send, using their server, meaning that you get replies directly to your own email address, and they claim you’ll start to see results immediately. Some people have had confirmed interviews within minutes of pressing the ‘Submit’ button. It’s a very popular service that does away with much of the heartache and soul searching involved in jobhunting.
Suitability, a partnership between Leonard Cheshire Disability, the Employers’ Forum on Disability and Jobsgopublic, is an online job brokerage initiative for registered jobseekers, employers and mentors. It is backed by a team of advisers who identify the skills, talent and experience of disabled jobseekers and match them with employers.
Disabled jobseekers can contact personal advisors, connect with people with similar needs and goals, receive job alerts by SMS and access the Suitability CV Builder.
Employers can post vacancies online for free, recruit and hire staff, reach other companies through the Suitability Forum and sign up to virtual careers fairs.
Suitability builds on the success of Leonard Cheshire Disability’s Workability initiative, that supports 8,000 disabled people to gain essential IT skills and a free reconditioned computer.
Peopleperhour.com is a new generation online marketplace matching freelance or self-employed professionals with project work, usually in small or medium-sized businesses (SME’s).
A typical SME will have many different projects on the go but insufficient in-house resources or skills to do them all. Many of them cannot justify a full-time role, and are reluctant to recruit too fast. Equally, they don’t want to employ temp or contracting agencies who charge hefty fees.
A skilled individual charging an hourly or fixed project rate is the perfect solution – but where do they find someone like you that can be trusted to do the job?
PeoplePerHour.com was created to address that problem. The site now features thousands of registered service providers covering skills from IT to Admin Support to Photography, Legal & Accounting, Translation work etc., all of whom are ready to bid for business. Each registered freelancer receives user ratings and the system enables potential employers to make well informed, unbiased selections. To register as a service provider or to post a project, visit PeoplePerHour.com
Tender4Work.com
Whether you’re a freelancer looking for freelancer jobs or an entrepreneur or business looking to employ freelancers such as a graphic designer, web designer or freelance writer, then take a look at tender4work.com.
Independent skilled professionals can join tender4work.com and advertise their talents to a whole spectrum of projects, and search for work that you would like to work on. By placing a bid you have the chance to showcase your talents on tender4work.com and prove why you are the best person for the role.
Special Introductory Offer! Don’t Pay Commission for Freelancing. To benefit from this offer just type in the coupon code: T4W6MF when prompted to during the registration process and pay no commission.
MyHammer – Save on advertising costs and grow your business with MyHammer
Whether you are a plumber, electrician, carpenter, decorator or gardener MyHammer.co.uk have jobs for nearly every industry. Once you’ve registered for free, simply enter your location and profession e.g. Manchester, plasterer, and browse the jobs in your area.
You can even sign up for their “job radar” and you’ll receive alerts everytime a relevant job is posted.
With thousands of new jobs per month in 27 categories, whether you are a specialist or a general handyman there’s a good chance they’ll have a job for you. You can then choose to quote for those jobs – for FREE. No advertising costs – You only pay a small fee when you have won a job!
If you win the job then simply complete it and let the customer rate your work. Let your reputation speak for itself.
Telework Recruiting UK
Telework Recruiting, Inc.,is one of the most respected resources for finding professional telecommuting jobs. With hundreds of telecommuting job leads and over 1,600 companies throughout the US, UK, and Canada hiring teleworkers, this is one of the best places to start.
Whether you’re seeking Customer Service work, Programming contracts, Data Entry leads, or if you want to be a work-from-home Lawyer or Nurse, you’ve got a good chance of finding work here. There is virtually no profession or telecommuting job that they don’t cover.
the e-Learning Job Centre
This is a service for Jobseekers to advertise their skills and experience and Employers and Recruitment Agencies to advertise their e-learning opportunities.
There are 3 ways to find a job using this service:
- View the Latest e-Learning Jobs and contact the Employer
- Sign up to one of their Job alerts to receive latest Job postings
- Advertise details of your own availability for FREE.
Jobrapido
Search Jobs – Jobrapido enables you to search through over 800,000 jobs posted on job boards, recruitment agencies and company websites.
The Leisure Vacancies Jobs Site – Searchable site featuring jobs across sports, fitness, travel, hotel, catering and leisure sectors.
StuckForStaff.com is the online resource for people in the Promotions and Field Marketing industry. This one-stop shop offers contacts, advice, products, chat and events, and allows you to show your availability for work to all promotion and field marketing agencies in the UK !
- As a member, you will have access to
- Industry news including job alerts
- Essential info and practical advice, for work and pleasure
- A directory of relevant services (from “getting to the job” to “managing your money”)
- A comprehensive directory of over 200 promotion and field-marketing agencies (including phone numbers, addresses and web-links)
AVAILABLE FOR WORK?
Post your current availability on the real-time database, which is searchable by ALL the promotion agencies! You can show when and where you are available over the next seven days each time you log on, so you can fill those last minute gaps or cancellations with work!
HUSH LOUNGE
You will also be able to access the exclusive Hush Lounge – a promo community where you and your promo-friends will find invites to events, holidays and parties, chat on our message board, or browse the fantastic offers and discounts specially selected for you!
The On Demand Global Workforce – oDesk
The oDesk Marketplace lets buyers search, interview and hire providers from across the globe. As a provider you can apply to job openings posted by buyers. Along with your profile, you can submit a cover letter explaining your qualifications. Also, you can wait for buyers to find your profile and invite you to interview.
If you qualify to become an oDesk Provider, you start by creating a Profile listing your experience, skills, education, and certified test scores and set your hourly rate. As you complete jobs for oDesk Buyers, your profile’s work history will grow.
To prove your ability there are 113 Qualification Tests available. You can take any test for free, and can usually retake a test after 30 days. Each test takes around 40 minutes to complete.
Buyers typically interview several providers before making a decision. Interviews usually take place over instant messenger or VOIP. The interview gives buyers a convenient way to evaluate the skills of the provider, while giving the provider an opportunity to impress the buyer with their expertise. The interview is the right time to discuss relevant work samples, time estimates, daily schedules (what hours will you both be online), and availability (how many hours per week are required).
Areas covered include:
- Web Development
- Audio / Video & Multimedia
- Software Development
- Networking & Information Systems
- Writing
- Graphic Arts & Design
- Administrative Support including data entry, research and bookkeeping
Find out more from oDesk
Contracted Work offer a huge range of projects up for tender to members. Sectors include:
- Web Design & Web Designers
- Software & Programmers
- Writing & Writers
- Graphic Design & Designers
- Administrative
- Business
- Legal
- Multimedia
- Construction & Engineering
- and more
Guru.com – This is an essential site for freelancers, with a huge resource of freelance work.
eLance.com Thousands of people from over 120 countries now use the eLance.com marketplaces.
Categories include:
- Accounting & Finance
- Administrative Support
- Business Strategy
- Graphic Design & Multimedia
- Legal
- Personal
- Software & Technology
- Web Design and Development
- Writing & Translation
- Translation
Whilst eLance is not free to join, you can see all the projects before joining, just cannot apply. The small monthly fee also limits the number of application for each job, thereby increasing your chances of getting work.
Scriptlance is another freelance project site where businesses post their custom requirements and invite bids from programmers. Over 100 projects posted daily.
Workthing is a total employment network that addresses all aspects of the world of work. Agony aunts, training material, interactive tools, and even salary advice, are features we offer our users to help them manage their careers. They have built the most sophisticated tools for job-searching and tools to allow employers to find the best candidates. Content covers the key UK industry sectors, from Travel and Tourism to City Finance, offering content to all interest and occupation groups.
http://www.fish4jobs.co.uk has a section on their job site for homeworkers, which when I last looked had 95 vacancies. This isn’t as promising as it might sound as the company clearly don’t vet the ads as many were blatant scams, mainly of the envelope filling type. Many others were commission only business opportunities but there were a few real vacancies amongst them.
http://www.hotrecruit.co.uk/ don’t offer home based work but do offer an amazing range of full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal jobs including such jobs as; work with dolphins, theme park vacancies and much more.
Reed Employment – http://www.reed.co.uk
JobNext – Register with JobNext and win $5,000 CASH. Additionally, By joining MyJobNext for FREE, you can earn points and exchange for cash and prizes!
Jobsite UK – The original, award-winning UK job search and jobs by email service. Covers 35 industry sectors.
www.totaljobs.com – wide range of jobs found using keywords “home based”
Job Exchange – http://www.jobexchange.co.uk
JobNut.co.uk Thousands of UK jobs and careers.
http://www.jobs.co.uk/ – meta-search engine searches the UK’s leading recruitment sites.
Job Serve – A commercial job advertising site for the computer and IT field. Has the word ‘telework’ as a filter. http://www.jobserve.com
RecruitNet – The web site for the Guardian Newspaper’s recruitment service. http://www.jobsunlimited.co.uk
http://www.jobsearch.co.uk/
http://www.teleworkwhere.com collects and catalogues telework advertisements already present on the web and hosts unpublished offers.
TeleWorkWhere also deals with spreading the culture of telework among companies and recruitment agencies.
TipTopJob is a generic jobsite that covers over 35 industry sectors. Search and apply for jobs online. Search by country/county or within a range of a location. Section specifically for “work at home” options.
Telecoms Jobs – wirelessmobile-jobsboard.com offers UK telecom jobs for professionals seeking careers with mobile & wireless skill sets. An ideal recruitment resource for expats seeking international mobile telecoms vacancies.
http://www.monster.co.uk
Job UK: Jobs board with vacancies in all sectors.
Jobs in Ireland – Search leading jobs in Dublin, Ireland and Europe. Register for Irish Jobs by Email and award-winning careers, work and recruitment services from Jobsite. Searchable resume database.
NIjobs.com – All the top jobs in Belfast and Northern Ireland
NIjobs.com is Northern Ireland’s leading recruitment web-site, providing an excellent platform since 2000, for job seekers to find their dream job and for recruiters to find the right person for the job.
For more regional job searches try ScottishJobs.com, WelshJobs.com or Northenglandjobs.com
http://www.overseasjobs.com – Sections for vacancies in many countries around the world. UK page has links to nearly 100 job sites around the country
Highland Telematics provides a management structure for self-employed teleworkers to work together on contracts. It is not easy for a single worker to find and persuade an employer to offer suitable work and to cost the work effectively to cover all expenses.
Highland Telematics can contact and negotiate with potential clients for larger contracts requiring a number of workers and provides the general administration required. Highland Telematics also provides advice, quality control, support and training.
If you would like to join their register of teleworkers and are based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, visit their website at http://www.teleworking.co.uk