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Title: Get Hired to a Work-At-Home Job
Word Count: 678  (not including bio)
Author: Leslie Truex
Email: sucess@workathomesuccess.com
Category: Work At Home/Business/Entrepreneur/Career

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Get Hired to a Work-At-Home Job

Imagine not only have the steady, regular income of a job, but
the ability to do that job from home! It's not as far-fetched a
situation as you might think. Virtual work has been growing and
is expected to continue growing. But many people who want a
work-at-home job struggle to find legitimate work and get hired.
Part of the problem is they don't understand work-at-home jobs.
The scammers give the impression that you can sign up to type, do
data entry, process email or lick envelops.  The reality is that
work-at-home jobs are like traditional jobs. They require skills,
experience and going through a hiring process.  Here are some
tips to increase your chances of getting hired to a work-at-home
job.

1. Start with your skills. When looking for a traditional job,
most people read the help-wanted section of the paper. But they
don't read every job opening looking for the one thing they can
sign up to do now. Instead they focus on the job types that fit
their skills. You need to do the same when looking for a
work-at-home job. You need to determine what skills you have and
what job types can use them. 

2. Search for jobs in places where jobs are posted and focus on
your job skills. There are many great free and fee-based career
sites to find jobs, but you have to learn to weed the legitimate
jobs from the scams. This is especially so on the free sites. If
you stick to your skill base and don't get sidetracked with
promises of easy money, you should be safe. Avoid jobs that are
known scams such as "clerical," "typing, "data entry, "email
processing," rebate processing" and any job asking you to use
your personal bank account to help it do business (that includes
overpaying you and asking you to send the portion of the
overpayment to someone else).  Any job that asks for money is not
a job. Don't fall of any of the gimmicks such as the fee is to
determine your interest or to offset expenses. You would think a
traditional employer was nuts if he asked for money while taking
your application. 

3. Write a resume that sells you for the job. Too many people
view a resume as a list of accomplishments. While it does list
education and job experience, it's more accurately a sales
document, like a brochure. As such it needs to sell you as THE
person for the job. To achieve that, tailor your resume or
application to fit the requirements of each job. Focus on your
skills and experience that directly meet the requirements the
employer is looking for.  You want an employer to read your
resume and say, "This person has everything I'm looking for.
She's a perfect match!" Don't lie or embellish. Simply
highlight the skills and experience you have that the employer
wants.

4. Apply, apply, apply…and then apply some more. One of the
biggest mistakes that job hunters make is applying for a job or
two and then sitting back and waiting to hear from the employer.
In a work-at-home job you may never hear back from the employer. 
During the wait time you may miss an even better job opportunity.
And finally, applying and waiting makes the job hunt longer. A
successful work-at-home job hunt includes searching for jobs
everyday so that you can apply right away before the hordes of
other applicants. While you can be disappointed and discouraged
if the process is taking a long time, you can't let that stop
you from continuing to hunt for work and submit the best resumes
that you can. The only way to get hired is to apply. So you need
to apply, apply, apply!

Millions of people are currently working at home in a job. 
They're customer service agents, virtual assistants, nurses,
teachers, writers, transcriptionists and so much more. Finding
and getting hired to a work-at-home job is possible, but you need
to treat it with the same dedication and professionalism as a
traditional job search. 

About the author:
Leslie Truex is the author of The Work-At-Home Success Bible. She
has been telecommuting and running home businesses for over 15
years and helping others to work at home in jobs or home
businesses since 1998. Get free work-at-home jobs and other
resources with her e-zine at www.WorkAtHomeSuccess.com 

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