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By Len Casteñeda
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TIRED of heavy traffic and air pollution everyday while on your way to work? Have you considered getting a job at home but have doubts that you can’t get one? Then let me enlighten you.
The dilemmas
Daily commute, braving heavy traffic for more than an hour, crowded public transit, the heat of the sun, wet shoes from heavy rain – or worse – flood, running late to work because of circumstances you can’t control on your way, constant thoughts of your kids or family members at home, exhausting and apprehensive travel to work in the wee hours for a graveyard shift, the list could go on for the struggles that usual wage earners have to face.
A nine-to-five job is also becoming a routine, and most millennials are getting tired of it. No wonder more and more people are attracted to some alternative ways of earning money provided that it would allow them to avoid the aforementioned daily struggles.
What and which?
Social media, internet, and technology have contributed a lot in transforming the way people earn money. There are now various ways to get paid and create a career in a field you’re really passionate about.
Web-based jobs have transmuted the way people started and developed their careers. A job that allocates more freedom, convenience, more sleep, comfort, reasonable pay and career growth. Are there really jobs that could give us this much freedom? Yes, THERE ARE!
Not just for millennials, actually. There are more and more proletariat (commoners) who are switching to these types of jobs after the recession affected the economy of the countries around the world.
There’s a growing demand for freelance jobs nowadays. There are websites that even college students can take advantage of to help them with their finances. There are also web-based jobs that would allow you to work for less than 40 hours a week. Good for full-time moms out there, right?
Reasons
According to BBC UK, there is an “increasing number of people who are using online marketplace sites to gain extra work as the recession bites.”
Working from home or wherever in the world – as long as you have the things you need to function and get the job done – would be a good option for earning extra and even building a whole new career, yet not missing the important occasions. One can choose from fields of Information Technology, Engineering, Creative writing, Education, Bookkeeping, Consultancy, Encoding, Photography, Video editing and a lot more to choose from. You can do more than two if your schedule can still accommodate the extra loads.
A particular article shows the result of a poll in Time Magazine, about what millennials want from their career. The major the reasons they want are “they want flexible work schedules, more ‘me time’ on the job, and nearly nonstop feedback and career advice from managers.”
If you’re not a millennial but you can relate to these demands, freelancing and home-based jobs will suit you. You might also be surprised with the benefit packages that companies will offer you.
You want work/life balance? Home-based jobs might help you make that balance a little bit easier to maintain./PN
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