WORK FROM HOME

I’ve spent hours scanning the Internet for legitimate work from home jobs and it’s a jungle out there!

In today’s market, working from home makes a ton of sense and can be the perfect solution to easing some of the unemployment problems. But how many of those jobs are real?

Being well informed is key to finding legitimate sites that offer real employment and not the ones out to scam you of your hard-earned money.

I was interested in the writing/proofreading sites; but the hoops I had to jump through are outrageous.

I’ve written tests, and answered more questions than the FBI would ask me if I were an international cat burglar, and then, when I finally reach the top rung and I’ve been “accepted” into the haloed inner sanctum, I find out what the reward for my efforts will be.

In one instance, the minimum number of articles I have to proof in a 24 hour period is twenty 500 word articles. And I must also be available to proofread at least 5 days per week.

That doesn’t sound too bad … it will certainly keep me busy for a few hours every day, since the articles need to be 100% correct, and I have to check for plagiarism and also ensure a certain keyword density …. So, what do I get? The princely sum of $0.30 per 500 words!

… if I proofread 20 articles a day I’ll earn $6.00 …..

Well, that won’t work, I realize, so I’ll need to write some articles too. Most sites use a bidding system, where writers bid for a job and the “employer” picks the writer he wants. Payment on completion of an original article can start as low as ….. One Dollar.

Obviously, I’m a newbie on the online writing scene, so I can’t expect much more than $5 an hour, until I get a few articles under my belt, and good reviews.

That’s all well and good, but it won’t pay the bills, so it’s back to the grindstone, and writing will remain a hobby, for the time being.