How To Find Work from Home Jobs and Earn Money as a Full-Time Employee

Being able to enjoy the flexibility of working from home as an employee is widely desirable in today's society of busy people. As I'm writing this article from home, my area has been hit with a ton of snow, and schools are closed for the day.

Since I work from home, I could sleep in, watch my son, and work for a few hours without having to leave the house and big my car out of the snow. How do you get to this point?

Well, you can start a business, freelance, or become a remote full-time employee. In this post, I'm going to give you some tips for earning money as a remote full-time employee if you prefer to keep your benefits and stable income.

Start By Making Sure You Can Work From Home In Your Field

Not every job can be done remotely. If you want to work from home, you need to make sure you're in the right field to make it happen. In other words, you should be able to do your job well without going to an office each day. A banker, plumber, or bus driver certainly can't make any money from home, but if do the bulk of your job online, you can make it work.

You may need to change career paths in order to make it work for you.

Brush Up On Your Skills and Resume

Next, you'll want to brush up on your job skills and resume once you narrow down the type of job you're looking for. There are tons of work from home job fields including customer service, marketing, writing, virtual assistant work, tutoring/online teaching, and so on.

When you apply for remote full-time jobs, you'll likely need to submit a resume and often a cover letter so it helps to have these things ready to go. Make sure all your work history is up-to-date and it wouldn't hurt to brush up on your computer skills either.

Search Online For Quality Leads

There are tons of places to look for high-quality remote jobs. You must be careful though because there are quite a few scams as well. If you're going to use job boards, make sure you're using credible ones like Indeed, Career Builder, and FlexJobs.

You also might want to subscribe to sites that are dedicated to sourcing valid remote job leads regularly. This site is also a solid resource for full-time work from home jobs. Check out some of these posts:

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• Free Work From Home Job Directory

Companies That Hire Full-Time Remote Employees

We've done the liberty of taking care of the hard research work for you already and have already sourced tons of companies that will hire you to work from home full-time. Here are a few of the best options.

Alpine Access – A call center company that employs home-based customer service agents. (Job includes employee benefits)

Apple At Home – A call center program that hires full-time or part-time college students and non-students. You must be situated within one hundred miles of specific locations. (job includes employee benefits)

Amazon.com  – They hire part-time work from home customer service agents. The salary range is $10-$12 per hour. To apply online, visit their site and search for the keywords “work at home.” (Job includes employee benefits)

Concentrix – They hire call center agents to take incoming calls in customer service, sales, or technical support. (Job includes employee benefits.

GE Retail Finance – They employ client service reps to analyze and review loan applications and credit bureau information. (Job includes employee benefits)

Hilton Hotels – Homebased hotel reservation agents are welcome to apply in Hilton’s Dallas and Tampa offices.

HSN.com  – This network provides work at home jobs in call centers. Employees have to take inbound calls and should be skilled in both sales and customer service. They are based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Roanoke, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee. (Job includes employee benefits)

Neiman Marcus – They hire home-based call center agents for temporary or seasonal positions. (Job includes employee benefits)

Sedgewick CMS  – They hire customer service agents to handle claims filed through various tasks. (Job includes employee benefits)

Looking for employee-based jobs? Check out these Full-Time Work From Home Jobs: 20 Companies Hiring NOW!

Take the Interview and Onboarding Process Seriously

Once you start to submit applications and schedule interviews, be sure to be on your A-game. Full-time work from home jobs is more secure because they'll likely offer consistent hours and benefits. That said, they can be harder to obtain and you may have to take several assessments and complete a few rounds of interviews before you are accepted onto the team.

Be sure to ask as many questions as possible during this time too so you can get a feel for the company culture and the work-life balance. Just because you'll be working remotely doesn't mean that your schedule will automatically become perfect.

You want to make sure you're working days and hours that fit well with your needs and are performing tasks that interest you so the job will be sustainable long-term.

Are you looking for a full-time work from home job? Which j0b fields are you interested in?