Posted on 12/02/2016 7:05:43 PM PST by John Leland 1789
We are asking the question for real-life reasons; not being rhetorical.
There is a real 37 year old lady who was born with congenital defects that prevent her from ever driving a motor vehicle.
Yet she is highly intelligent, very good with mathematics and logic, writes great poetry, has experience proofreading documents for authors, has fast and accurate typing skills.
She has worked as a teacher's aid at the elementary level but housing was provided at the school and she didn't need to drive.
Now she is in a rural setting, too far to walk to a job.
She would like to do legitimate work on-line, but we have great skepticism about the availability of real jobs on the Internet.
Do any Freepers know of legitimate work that such a gal can to on-line?
Thanks,
John Leland 1789
There are LOTS of sites similar to Amazon Mechanical Turk. In particular, check out Crowd Flower. It is aimed at enterprises wanting to outsource work.
See: http://moneypantry.com/amazon-mechanical-turk-crowdsourcing-alternatives/
Or Google “Mechanical Turk Alternatives”
LiveOps I see well known for outsourcing call center work. See:
http://www.liveops.com
Yes, there are. I’ve worked 3 jobs that allowed me to telecommute 100% of my shifts. Some online jobs require in-person training, others have their training online. The one I’m at right now requires in-person training about twice a year, but I like it because it’s fairly low-stress. I have a condition that gets aggravated by stress.
Since you say she has proofreading experience, I’d suggest starting here: http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/work-from-home-freelance-proofreading/
If that doesn’t help, Indeed.com has the option of choosing “remote” for your location, that will pull up a list that is 90% online jobs. (The other 10% are jobs that require travel.)
Good luck!!!
Is well known, not I see known.
There is work available in writing and editing online. Two of my daughters have done this, either editing web content or free-lance writing. They have done this from home, and earned as much as if they had a desk job.
A key term is “telecommuting”. More and more businesses do it 100%.
One way is to hook up with a contracting company that will place you accordingly.
I’m currently “owned” by a high tech contracting business, which hired a bunch of people to rent long-term to a major telecommunications company. Thru a fluke (I _should_ be in a particular building daily, but with seating capacity for 300 and access cards for 1900, they can’t let anyone else in) I’ve been working entirely from home. My home company is in GA, I live an hour away, my project manager is in CT, my testers are in OR, other developers are in TX - I haven’t actually seen anyone I work with, yet we have daily meetings and are in instant communications.
Sounds like your friend could easily become a competent technical writer, which could easily become a telecommuting career via a high tech contracting company. There are lots of jobs which complement programmers’ needs (suitable for accurate & mathematical minds), without actually having to learn programming.
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many homeschools online are seeking teachers.
Wow, that is remote.
However, the scuba diving there and around nearby islands is spectacular. If you are into diving and can handle the isolation, it's effectively a paid vacation. Check out some of the pictures here:
Google image search for "Kwajalein diving"
Shipwreck diving is pretty common. But, on Kwajalein, they have airplane wreck diving:
That's a Japanese Zero.
Telecommuting work is something I’d like to try, too. I am a technical writer who has been unemployed since April 2015. Although I am in good enough health to hold a regular job (I haven’t taken a sick day since 1996), I have yet to find anyone in the local economy who wants to hire a middle-aged worker with computer skills. And when I advertised my writing skills on Craigslist, I got a bunch of answers from people looking for an insurance salesman or housecleaner. Recently I launched a podcast on the history of Southeast Asia, and I have become an Uber driver, but those two items by themselves aren’t making enough money to pay the bills — at least not yet. Any suggestions, besides what have been posted here already?
I have an idea for a book, and am currently sketching out an outline. But, once I'm done I want to hire a professional editor.
Search for "ebook editing services" -- one of them may be willing to hire her on a freelance basis. Or, she can hang out her own "shingle" and do it independently.
I just figured out the question was about working online rather than finding work online.
I remember him telling me that it was on a military base but the job was for a contractor, one of the big ones like Ratheon tho that may not have been the one.
He was not into scuba but he did say they had good recreation facilities, mainly because of the isolation.
I’m a long way from being ready to hire an editor. :-)
But, Facebook is another place to look for groups of freelancers. If she can get plugged in and establish her bonafides, she should get some referrals thrown her way.
Yes, there's a big base there.
Kwajalein used to be the "target" for ICBM tests. I believe it's the same distance from Vandenberg to Kwaj as from silos in the midwest to the former Soviet Union.
They have missile tracking radars in place to map the precise impact point.
Here's a video of a Minuteman III test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDL_pIPScSI
You didn't say what kind of teacher, but I know they have contractor staff living there with their families.
My son just got his degree and is working on his masters. He found a job working for an on-line tutoring company that pays well. The last time he was in the office was when he handed in his new hire forms.
The company is Brainfuse and it may be a good fit for your friend.
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