telecommute

Carrot Korea connects Korean customers to English tutors in the U.S. and Australia and provides opportunities to practice English conversation skill with native speakers.

CarrotEnglish.com is hiring part-time people to help teach English to adults in Korea. This is slightly similar to the job at Idapted.com that I wrote about a few weeks back.

From what I understand is that the students read in English and you correct them on their pronunciation. They are looking for early morning and morning hours from 5am to 11am due to the time zone difference.

They pay monthly by Paypal.

So if you are interested in this kind of work, check here.

Idapted.com is looking for Trainers to guide students from around the world to improve their spoken English.

Right now, all students will be professionals, college or high school students from China. You will be working with these students that want to learn English. From what I understand, you speak to the students through a headset via your computer.

Additionally, from what I understand, mornings and evenings are needed the most - hours between 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 9:30-10:30 p.m. everyday. You can commit to as many hours as you can in half hour intervals. The only minimum is that you have to take one call every 30 days.

There are lessen plans and you correct students when they make a mistake. The work sessions are in 15 minute intervals.

You need a headset to speak to students of all ages via the computer in China who want to learn English.

So if this sounds like a fun and interesting job, check out the Become a Trainer link on the Idapted.com website.

Legacy.com is looking fro people to screen online condolence messages through their at home computer. These telecommuting/work at home positions will start at $10 per hour.

In a nutshell, Legacy.com hosts online Guest Books for newspapers where friends and family members can leave messages to express their sympathy or other personal messages. The Reader will be responsible for screening these messages prior to them being posted online to ensure that the message is appropriate and does not contain any offensive information.

The positions are part-time – 20 hours a week. All shifts are generally available, but evening shifts are usually needed the most. Shifts are typically 4 or 5 hours.

To be considered for the telecommuting position, your computer must have Windows 2000 or XP and be running high-speed internet. You cannot be using Microsoft Vista or a Mac.

The Reader should possess strong reading and decision making skills. The Reader should be self-motivated and have a 4 year degree or equivalent.

Currently, the telecommuting positions are only be offered to residents of Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin.

I wrote about Indeed.com, the mega job search website, yesterday. Well, they added a new search criteria that is sure to be very popular.

Now, you can search by estimated salary. That’s right, by salary that Indeed.com estimated for the search terms in addition to by job title, company name, keywords, and location all in one spot. And you still get results from all the major job boards, company career web pages, newspapers, and associations.

For example, to locate all Office Manager positions estimated to earn an annual salary of at least $40,000 per year, just key in Office Manager $40,000. Indeed.com will do the rest.

Per Indeed.com, they estimate salaries by using a proprietary methodology. Since many job postings don’t contain salary information, the proprietary methodology that Indeed.com uses is based on an analysis of similar job listings that include salaries.

This estimated salary feature is still in Beta, so they are requesting your feedback.

Have you heard about the job search site called Indeed.com? It was ranked one of the Top Ten websites of 2007 by Time Magazine.

Indeed.com is a job search engine. But not your ordinary job search engine. Indeed searches multiple major job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career web pages to report on your search terms and criteria.

You can search by job title, keyword, or company name as well as the optional city, state, or zip code. It compiles all results from many different sources such as Career Builder, Pro Blogger, Monster, Yahoo, Dice, newspapers, and company websites.

A nice feature of the site is that you can save your search criteria (keyword, job title, company name) and you can have the results delivered to you through an RSS feed or email.

It’s great! If you are looking for a job, try Indeed.com. You may just find what you are looking for!

Obtaining a work at home or telecommute position can be difficult. Competition is fierce for these jobs. Oftentimes, the hiring manager or recruiter gets substantially more resumes for a telecommuting/work at home/remote/virtual position, that he or she gets for a traditional outside of the home job.

So, what can you do to help you stand out from the crowd? Brainbench is there to help. There are about 20 free certifications that you can get including MS Excel 2007, MS PowerPoint, 2007, MS Word 2007, MS Windows Vista Desktop, Java 2 Fundamentals, and many others. A lot of the free certifications are in the IT area. There are about 600 other Certification Tests, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Internet Research Techniques and Resources, QuickBooks, Quicken, and many, many more. Most of the fee based certifications come with a $49.95 fee.

Besides the individual skill certifications, Brainbench offers Job Role Certifications. I
saw quite a few that were relevant to the telecommuting world. Positions such as Editor, Financial Analyst, Market Research Analyst, Web Administrator, Web Designer, Legal Secretary, IT Manager, Human Resources Professional, Technical Writer, and the list goes on.

So, if you want to stand out from the crowd, a Brainbench certification, may just help to give you a leg up on your competition.