Work at home ideas

[lady_neon]

Ladies, please hit me with jobs I can do from home! I need to earn $200-$300 a week so I can fund a course I want to enrol in. I don't want to run a business, just be paid from an employer.

Thanks

[LizLemon]

Typing, bookkeeping or data entry are the big ones I can think of. Do you have any qualifications?

[lady_neon]

I have no qualifications but have worked as a bookkeeper and office manager. I'm not looking to study in that field though!

[Mummy&Daddy2Be]

LizLemon - how would you go about finding people to employ you from home doing typing/data entry?

[LizLemon]

Well then bookkeeping might be the go - you may be able to go and pick up stuff and do it at home.

I also knew aa lady who did typing at home (she lived in Mandurah) for the law courts. I'm not sure how you get into doing it but I always thought that would be a good gig.

[Astrid]

Bookkeeping is no longer straight forward. You need insurances and if you want to process BAS statements, you either need to be registered with the ATO or working under a registered tax agent. Which in turn means you need qualifications of some kind Certificate from Tafe (like a Cert IV) or Degree in Accounting.

[LizLemon]

LizLemon - how would you go about finding people to employ you from home doing typing/data entry?

To be honest I haven't got that far to looking as it's not something I'm looking at doing, but I know people who do it/have done it. Maybe looking in the paper or on seek or even some of the small recruitment agencies.

[LizLemon]

Bookkeeping is no longer straight forward. You need insurances and if you want to process BAS statements, you either need to be registered with the ATO or working under a registered tax agent. Which in turn means you need qualifications of some kind Certificate from Tafe (like a Cert IV) or Degree in Accounting.

I know, it's changed a heap. I am a CA so I can bookkeep/tax etc but for LadyNeon I meant seeing if she could work for a bookkeeping business. Some accounting firms even hire bookkeepers.

[lady_neon]

Bookkeeping is no longer straight forward. You need insurances and if you want to process BAS statements, you either need to be registered with the ATO or working under a registered tax agent. Which in turn means you need qualifications of some kind Certificate from Tafe (like a Cert IV) or Degree in Accounting.

Only if you are contracting. If you are employed as a permanent (which I was) its ok. The company had an accountant who would check over all he monthlies before giving the a-ok to process everything. If that makes sense.

[Astrid]

True, but chances are (am talking from first hand experience here), the main way of working from home as a bookkeeper is as a contractor. Very hard, unless you are already working with a firm, to find actual employment in a work at home capacity.
It is even difficult as contractor at times to work from home, as often the client requires you to be in site.

Sorry, but people suggest bookkeeping like it is a job than anyone can do to work from home and it is far from the truth these days. It is now, thankfully, a role that people need qualifications for. (I am posting this for the benefit of others who may read the thread in hope of ideas)

[LizLemon]

To be fair Astrid I'm not sure it's something that a person without any experience or qualifications would think of taking up - I was putting it out there as a job that can be done at home (and I believe it can as I have, and I know many doing the same thing) if it's something the person is capable of, rather than a blanket suggestion to all people looking for something to do. But point taken.

But I agree, it is very hard to find work straight out "at home", most of the time it becomes a work choice with an existing employer. Certainly that's been my experience.

Good luck LadyNeon with what ever you do!

[lady_neon]

Yeah I don't want to do bookkeeping anyway. But anything suits me until I can do the course I'm wanting to do, anyhow lol

[wysiwyg]

I have been looking for part-time work for a while and while looking for that anything I could do from home too and to be honest there is not alot about - most people who work from home work for an employer and then that becomes work from home. Things I have seen are ironing (something I am useless at), and envelope stuffing - but both are very poorly paid and to earn the amount of money you are after you would have to do quite a lot of hours - and neither are conducive to doing with children around really.

[chody47]

I'm guessing it's not a huge amount of pay, but if you like exercise, is it worth looking into letter box deliveries? If you're going for a walk anyway you may as well get paid for it...

[Lenny]

Call centres. Yes, you can get set up to work from home. You have to be dedicated to the work, I.e. you can't nip off to look after the baby. It would have to be when DH was home or you would need to put the bub in care.
If you phone Origin Energy, you will find a number of their call centre staff are in their own homes. I chatted to one of them once.

[LizLemon]

Call centres. Yes, you can get set up to work from home. You have to be dedicated to the work, I.e. you can't nip off to look after the baby. It would have to be when DH was home or you would need to put the bub in care.
If you phone Origin Energy, you will find a number of their call centre staff are in their own homes. I chatted to one of them once.

Really? That's pretty cool. Great idea, especially if you could get a shift in evening/night.

I've also always wondered about phone sex. Picturing myself doing the ironing while chatting to some horny fella at the other end of the phone. Don't think I have a husky enough voice tho.

[lady_neon]

Really? That's pretty cool. Great idea, especially if you could get a shift in evening/nigh

I've also always wondered about phone sex. Picturing myself doing the ironing while chatting to some horny fella at the other end of the phone. Don't think I have a husky enough voice tho.

[nothing2lose]

When it comes to well paid jobs you can do from home (without having been employed by the company beforehand), I always think they are few and far between otherwise most SaHPs would be doing it iykwim.

Good luck!