Call Center Confidential
Call center companies represent the most successful enterprise for stay at home jobs. There are call center companies hiring telecommuters everyday. The positions range from sales support (people who are ordering a product from a catalog, a website, or a brochure) to a technical support (a customer who needs help setting up a router or has computer issues).
The Right Start to Finding Legit Work From Home
If you are not yet a work at home agent and you want to get legit work from home, having a call center job can be a step in the right direction. I had very little work at home experience when I started posting my application at various call center companies. I was contracted within a month of applying (from the time I applied until I got contracted I was taking tests with them and getting incorporated).
Apply Yourself!
The hardest part of landing stay at home jobs is the application process. Sure it’s hard to find legit work from home, but once you have found it and applied it can take a long time to hear back (if you hear back at all!). Call center companies are inundated every day with applications. Which is where my next piece of advice comes in: apply, apply, apply! Do not put all of your eggs in one basket! I don’t say this to discourage you, I believe that those who want to will be able to eventually find stay at home jobs. So don’t be discouraged! I am just saying that you should diversify your application portfolio.
Call Center Company Employee vs. Independent Contractor
All call center companies are different, some hire only employees from certain states others only contract with independent contractors. As a work from home mom I prefer to work for call center companies as an independent contractor, even though most call center companies offer benefits to full time employees. Being an independent contractor generally means more flexibility in your schedule. This can also present risks for getting less hours of work than what you need.
Call Center Companies: Not All Phone and Games
Okay that was a terrible pun. A few call center companies hire for non-phone jobs, such as data entry work from home and chat operators (not all chat jobs are in the adult industry!). Speaking from experience, chat jobs can be difficult. You can be in the middle of three or four conversations each with a different problem that they need a solution to and each with a time limit. Customers can get pretty impatient when you aren’t on the phone with them explaining that you are looking for the solution to there problem or the product that they are looking for.
Explore Your Options
There are many call center companies out there that hire on a fairly regular basis. As stated before you should apply and keep on applying until you get something. If you land a position as an independent contractor you might need to get one or two stay at home jobs to get a steady flow of work and income.
Or…
Maybe you thought that you would like being an independent contractor, but you start realizing that the benefits of being an employee are more important. Or a certain call center company is offering a better client base to work with.
Do not be discouraged in your pursuit to becoming a work at home agent! It is something that requires perseverance and patience.
