WAHM WannaBe....(I Now Am, At Last!)

I signed up for oDesk June 6, 2008 while I was on my maternity leave. Actually, I've read a lot about freelance jobs and oDesk before in one of the forums I'm a member of but I didn't jump in right away because of two reasons. First, I was still skeptical (and hurting) about working and earning from home. You can't blame me. I had been scammed once. And it ain't something I wanna go through again. Second, I was still skeptical (and hurting) about working and earning from home... No, there's no typo here.. I hope you get my point. Good thing I conquered my fear or else you won't be reading this post :) So how did I go about my (love) affair with oDesk? I went on polishing my profile after signing up. It was difficult at first I didn't know what should I put in there. I frequented the community, read everything there is that I need to know, and kept notes on tips about getting jobs. My first assignment with an Australian buyer was a data entry job. Data e

Many people especially mommies are looking for a new career where they can work at home and still make money. With this a number of websites pop up almost everyday to offer work at home jobs. However, there are hundreds work at home scams floating around on the Internet that you need to watch out for. How do you get yourself protected from these scams? You only need a few things to go by when looking for a legitimate work at home job. First, be wary of jobs that promise you can get rich quickly. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Beware of job ads that ask you to send money first to receive information about the job or ask you to buy something to begin the program. Most legitimate job advertisements do not require an investment on your part except your effort. You are looking for a job, right? So you shouldn't be paying them to get the job in the first place. Shady work at home schemes usually require no experience, yet they guarantee that you will make a large sum.

I want to work from home. I have stated the motivating factor why I want to in my previous post. I have been in the look out for some online income generating opportunities for quite some time now. Fortunately for me I have found an online freelancing site where I could work from home at my own time and pace three months ago. I know this is just the beginning. I still have my regular 9-6 job outside. Hopefully I can really work from home for good so I can have more time with my family. When my friends knew about my "discovery", questions like "Isn't it a scam? Is it really possible to make money working from home?" arose. Well, I could not blame them. I have had a not-so-nice experience with home-based data entry before. What usually comes to people's mind while thinking about ways to make money online with a work at home job, is the scare of scam, especially so if they register the program by paying money. It has been said over and over again that if an on