Monday, August 3, 2009

No-Scam, Legitimate Work-at-Home Sites

By Joan Karp

The way everybody is being laid off, it is hard to pay the bills. I should know. I was recently laid off from my job. Thank God my husband has a full-time job! If he didn't I don't know what we'd do. It is very frustrating to either look in the paper for a job and not find anything that you qualify for, or apply for numerous jobs and never get that phone call for an interview. It's either that or when you do finally get an interview, they let you know that you must work a shift that you know you cannot work because there are no daycare centers that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What are you going to do? You hop on the internet and decide you are going to look for a work at home job. When you type in, "work at home jobs" into your browser, you are flooded with numerous work at home jobs that offer to pay you top dollar. This sounds very intriguing, and when you click onto their Web site you see pictures of a mansion, fancy expensive cars, and a yacht.

Below that is a story told by someone who states they had no money, were close to being evicted from their apartment, etc. Now all of a sudden they've come up with a no fail system that has made them independently wealthy and you can too! You excitedly read the rest of their story, and when you reach the bottom, you notice that in order to receive this wonderful information, you have to pay a hefty fee of... let's say $99.99!! If you do purchase it, you will receive nothing but a bunch of useless information.

Helloooooo! This is how these stupid scam artists are making their money! Not only that, you just wasted $99.99 which could be used to pay a bill or buy some food. Don't do it! I have some very legitimate work at home websites that never ever charge a fee to become employed. Well, of course the first one is associatedcontent.com.

You can write articles about anything you want, and you can work whenever you want to. Within a week you are paid via paypal which I think is the best method of payment.

Mylot.com is another site. You are paid to post on their site, and they pay 2 cents per post. They too pay via paypal. JustAnswer.com: You are paid for answering questions based on your experiences. That too is another site that you can work anytime you want. WorkatHomeagent.com: This is a customer service job that you can do from home also. Their pay varies, and the lowest I've seen is $8 per hour. WorkingSol.com is another customer service work at home site. The last one that I know of off hand is chacha.com. They pay you to be a search guide. Customers type in a question either by texting on their phone, or on the computer, you receive the question, search for an answer, and send it back to the customer! It's that easy!

You are helping people find answers to their questions on the internet! As a new guide, you will be paid .15 per query, and after you've performed 1,000 searches, you are paid .20 per query. Their method of payment is also through paypal. They have been so very busy lately, that as soon as you are done helping one customer online, another query pops up! You can set your own hours, and days off, too.

The Web sites that I have listed above are truly legitimate work at home Web sites. I have looked them all over. I have written this article to help others who need a job right away and just cannot wait. Also, I hate to see good people being ripped off from con artists who prey on people who need a job and want to make an honest living. I sincerely hope those Web sites are a very big help to you. Best wishes!!!

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