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Enjoy best of both worlds through home based work

Today, thanks to rapid strides made in communication technology, home-based work is gaining steady popularity. Especially for women, the Internet has come as a real boon. It has opened up a plethora of new career choices that are home-based, for those who had to leave lucrative careers to take care of family responsibilities.

If family demands have forced you to bid adieu to your job, you can still have a career of your own, sitting in the comfort of your home. You can be your own boss, choose as much or as little work as you please and most importantly choose working hours to suit your convenience. Isn't it a great way to enjoy the best of both worlds? Based on your educational background, interests and aptitude, you can have your pick from a host of rewarding home-based career options. What's more, you can take up these activities with little or no training at all.

Online tutorials: If you have a flair for teaching and are comfortable using the Internet, online teaching would be the right choice for you.

You can teach students across the globe in the virtual format through online correspondence. With e-learning becoming immensely popular these days, the demand for online teachers is quite high. You can choose the subject and the class/ student group based on your level of proficiency. Why not explore this attractive career option and earn a decent remuneration sitting at home?

Online trading: With the advent of the Internet, trading in stocks has become much easier. Now, anyone with a computer at home can learn to invest in the stock market and start trading online. You need not be a business school graduate to understand the intricacies of online trading. You can easily pick up the necessary skills with some initial guidance from a person who is already in the field. Look for a friend or relative who is good at online trading and seek his/her help to learn the basics. Remember this is a highly speculative field. Make a cautious beginning and invest only a small amount to get started.

Who knows, if lady luck is on your side, you may find the proverbial pot of gold pretty soon!

Freelance writing: If you are a creative person and have good writing skills, this field offers plenty of opportunities. You can get into academic writing such as preparation of study materials or workbooks. Or you can take up translation if you have excellent command over any regional or foreign language. Copy writing and content writing are good choices too. Enrol yourself for some short courses to build your competence in any of these fields. It becomes easier to find your niche and get the job you want.

Web designing: This is a field that offers plenty of promise. A lot of institutes offer short-term courses on web designing and if you complete one, you can easily become a freelance web designer. In this Internet age, the demand for competent web designers will always be on the rise. So, this is your best chance to get into a lucrative career that offers not just good income but creative satisfaction as well!

Home-based jobs certainly give you the best opportunity to rake in some good money without having to compromise on family time. But just as in a full time career, here too, effective time management is the key to success.

Quite often your family members may not think home-based work as real work. They may feel you are always available since you are at home. However, if you want to have a successful career you must effectively manage the time at your disposal.

You must keep regular working hours and also insist that others respect them. Protect yourself from interruptions caused by friendly visitors and phone calls.

Have separate phones for office and home purposes. When you are working, allow the answering machine to pick up calls to your home phone or personal mobile.

Flexibility is after all one of the most important benefits of home-based work, so enjoy it but work hard when you do. With a flourishing home-based career in hand, you can happily say good-bye to a regular job or boredom at home.

The Hindu

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