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Subject:Re: Report On "Work From Home" Offers From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:19 -0600
Going through a couple of specifically free-lance home based job boards
you can find many of these. oDesk.com, Guru.com Virtualvocations.com are
a few.
I've submitted to a couple and only had one actually talk to me.
Most of them are very short, or very low paying.
Scott
Suzette Leeming wrote:
> My experience has been the same as Robert Lauriston's.
>
> I get the feeling you're talking about work from home jobs stuffing
> envelopes or something similar to that, which is totally different for
> telecommuting.
>
> Suzette Leeming
> Stouffville, Ontario
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> None of the tech-writing telecommuting positions I've known of started as
>> such.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Gordon Willis <gdog4evr -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>> Hello, my name is Gordon Willis. I'm working on an assignment for
>>> class that focuses on finding as many "work from home" offers as
>>> possible, and determining the validity of their nature, as well as how
>>> easy it is for someone to actually earn any sort of living from doing
>>> so. My report will attempt to cover all work from home offers, but
>>> will have a particular focus on technical communication, since that is
>>> my major.
>>>
>>> If any of you have...
>>> - A offer that you are curious about and would like me to investigate
>>> - A story involving a valid offer or a scam you would be willing to share
>>> - A friend who has a story
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