Why is it so hard to find a home-based job?

Philippines
September 20, 2011 11:32am CST
I am a graduate of a bachelors degree. I just passed the board exam but I was not able to work with my profession because of the rampant graduates yet with no work is waiting for you. I venture in the internet to have some online jobs, but I find it very difficult to find a job with a good income. A job that could support me. I just want to ask if you are working a home-based job? How did you find it? Thank you!
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7 responses
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
20 Sep 11
i believe you are not taking about online jobs because there are many ways to earn online and all we got to do is work very hard on it there are many site from where one can earn online from home you have a degree then why looking for a work from home job there is plenty to learn outside if you get in a good company and also there are lot of knowledge which one can earn from our colleagues experience
@junmae (1586)
• Philippines
21 Sep 11
Because here in our country, it is hard to find a job even though you are a degree holder. Companies will never consider that, you must be good enough in English to be hired.
@sirnose (2436)
• United States
5 Oct 11
The reason why it's hard to find online home-base jobs is that you have to create it yourself. This takes time, money and a lot of effort on your part. First you must develop a plan of action to get your ideas going. What you would like to do? how to get started and how to promote yourself on the internet? There are very few good paying home-base jobs and most are what people create for themselves.
@GemmaR (8517)
21 Sep 11
I don't actually think that it is all that difficult to find jobs at home, particularly if you're looking online, but the only problem is that you have to stop and think about what your own skills are in order to earn the money that you both want and need. I started writing articles, and I soon realised that I actually had a talent for this, and this meant that I was able to make a fair amount of money from them. If you can't write, then you should think about what you are good at in order to use your own skills to your advantage.
@junmae (1586)
• Philippines
21 Sep 11
Hello Bessy, did you took up BS. Nursing course? If yes, you would really have hard time finding decent job because you know the competition now in our country. Actually, not only Nursing graduates have difficulty looking for a job, but according to the Government, there are lot of newly opened companies seeking for qualified candidates and there are lot of programs made for unemployed. Actually you can earn a living while working at home using only your pc but you will need extra effort, patience and awareness to gain mastery on how to earn online. You should look for a legit sites that was proven paying there members or you will just waste your time with them. You cannot earn from only one site so look as many as you can. I suggest you review the sites that was suggested here. Good luck.
• India
21 Sep 11
i too want to earn online working hard if there is anyone who is interested I am available to do some kind of serious work.
• Guatemala
21 Sep 11
you Should try for Customer Service - Many companies in the US are offering Jobs to take calls from Home
20 Sep 11
I work online, part-time. I have done so since November 2008 - and that's the crux of it. You're not likely to land full-time work (or a full-time salary) quickly. Why not? Because it's working for yourself. All self-employment takes time to build up reputation, a customer base, residual income and so on. Nearly three years on, I have regular clients, regular work and enough to go full-time (if I could do so, which I can't). Persistence, patience, quality work (I hope) and a lot of hard knocks can get you there. How did I do it? Er... OK, I spent about three weeks flailing around incompetently, not understanding anything. Then I wrote my beginner's guide with everything I learned - mostly so I wouldn't forget it but also to help anyone else starting out. You know, avoid the silly mistakes, that kind of thing. I write and edit, by the way. Then I went to the rev share and bidding sites for a bit. Rev share didn't cut it (I had short-term needs rather than long-term). Bidding sites were the way for me, since I lacked the confidence to dive in head-first at the deep end with direct-to-client applications. So I did that for a bit. Took a few weeks to land my first client (crap pay, short-term, mostly just for good feedback). Picked up a couple of regular clients in the following 2-3 months (who are still around, two years or more later). Picked up another client through an article marketplace. Picked one up through my blog (short-term). Picked up some semi-regulars who know where I am if they need stuff done, passed on a couple of other clients to friendly freelancers I know (build up a network of friends - great way to get work or look super-pro when you can just hand details of an expert to your client). It's all going rather well, considering how rickety and pathetic it was back in 2008. It's amazing what you can achieve - almost without trying - if you just stick with it for ages and refuse to give up!!