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Have you ever subscribed to a free daily or weekly job leads newsletter, received free work at home job leads weekly or daily, but still cannot acquire homebased work?

Well, most website owners offering free work at home job leads do not tell you the following three things that can affect your chances of landing a home based job or independent contract. Before signing up on any website to receive free job leads you need to know these three things.

1. Outdated Job leads

If you are receiving job leads once a week or even twice a week, your job leads would be outdated before you even get them. Remember, in the work at home jobs market, there are millions more job seekers than jobs available. So you must stand out above the crowd.

So the chances of one of these jobs being available two, three, or more days after they are posted is every slim. With daily job leads there are bigger advantages, but do not get happy too soon, because receiving daily job leads does not mean that you are going to quickly acquire homebased work either. Here is why.

If you do not have a specialized skill, one that is in high demand with a low supply of workers like graphic designer, cartoonist, bookkeeper, legal transcriptionist, etc…it would take a longer time to find homebased work whether you have daily leads or not. If you have no skills whatsoever, you can try article writing which is in high demand. You can also try freelancing.

You are pretty much self-employed but there are always temporary jobs to bid on. Some temporary jobs can become full time based on the needs of the employer and whether they like your work or not. You can join free-to-bid sites like Odesk and use Allfreelance to find other free resources.

2. Large mailing lists

Larger websites can afford to pay workers to find legit leads on a daily basis, which is what they do. Despite getting daily job leads, which is great, just remember that these extremely Large websites also have large mailing lists. This means that 10,000 and more people are receiving those same leads. It’s just good to know what you are up against.

3. “Copy and paste” outdated leads

Many sites borrow from other sites. So what they do is search the internet for other work at home job sites and, copy jobs and then send them to their mailing list. These jobs are usually outdated.

Whenever you subscribe to a free job lead newsletter it means that the website owner is making money other ways in that newsletter, which is quite okay. Each site has to make money somehow, mainly via advertisements in the job leads newsletter. It costs money for hosting, and to have workers go out and find the daily leads, etc. There are also lots of other expenses associated with running a website.

You can also search for jobs and receive them just as they are posted on various job sites.

Well you might be thinking, “That is way too much work, and I don’t have the time.” Well yes, it is a lot of work to browse the internet job boards looking for legit homebased work. Not only is it a lot of work, but you would have to know which job listings are scams or not.

Without experience, you can end up being taken for a ride multiple times. Legit websites offering free leads spend the time to carefully pick jobs that are not scams. So despite the disadvantages, that advantage alone is worth its weight in gold. No matter what anyone tells you, you don’t have to pay for work at home job leads.

So here’s the deal. You can find home based jobs on autopilot. Just set it and forget it and come back to a list of job leads. You can set up email alerts on sites like Indeed, Simply Hired, and Alertpedia.

Then your next step would be to craft a “Killer” cover letter and resume. This way you find the jobs on a daily basis ahead of most of your competition and apply using a cover letter that potential employers can’t refuse. The only caution in going this route is that for every 25-30 job posting there is only one legit job. Some scam offers ask that you send in a resume too. So keep that in mind.

If you’re currently on a 9-5 job that can be converted to a telecommuting position, and you really want to telecommute, talk to the boss and propose telecommute employment. Explain the benefits that telecommuting could bring to the company. I suggest that in addition to an oral presentation you should prepare a written telecommute employment proposal. Make sure it explains in clear details the benefits of you “moving the office home.”

To download telecommuting proposal templates please check out Work Options . I highly recommend the tools on this web site if you really want to work from home, but keep the job that you’re already on. You can purchase a proposal template, add your personal information, and customize it to your needs. That’s how simple it is. See a sample below of a telecommute employment proposal that I wrote. You can use this as a guide to write one in addition to purchasing a template. Every bit of help counts in making this happen.

September 1, 2005

TO: Mary Lou, Chief Executive Officer

From: Vernette Carbon

RE: Telecommute Proposal

I am writing to express my desire to perform my job as Medical Transcriptionist in a telecommuting capacity beginning October 15, 2005. This has been on my mind for the past six months.

Countless hours of my time has been spent on researching the subject, and I am excited about sharing the information I’ve gathered with you.

My job is one that can be performed in a telecommuting capacity because a computer, printer, FTP server, DSL or cable modem is all that I need get my work done. These are things that I already possess in my home office that I am willing to use.

However, I would need another computer for backup, and subscription to the GoToMyPC software so that I can access my work computer from anywhere. I can register for a free trial at http://www.GoToMyPC.com. Another software that I can use is Webex.

I would expect the department to support me in making monthly payments to my cable modem account, and assist me with any technical support issue that may arise. I am a very hard-working employee, and I’ve given this company 110% of myself. I am saying this because I want to let you know that I am confident that I will be more productive working from home than on the job site due to the benefits of telecommuting for companies and employees.

Besides increasing productivity, telecommuting would be a tremendous benefit to this company. Here’s how:

It cuts the cost for office space

Reduces stress and commuting time that could be used to do more work

In case of emergencies I can take care of whatever problem arises and then work later on in the day instead of calling sick like many employees

I can still work when harsh weather conditions persist

Increased productivity

Increased employment of women

Increased employed of disabled workers

Reduced furniture and equipment costs

I know that this is a new concept, however it has been working for companies like AT&T, Cigna, Office Depot. I can even give you the names and telephone numbers of managers who are enjoying the benefits of letting their employees telecommute. I would like to telecommute two days a week starting October 15, 2005. I can do this for two days a week for a period of at least six months. After six months, once this is working out, I would like to telecommute three days a week, with the possibility of doing this full time after a review of my performance.

I do have dependent care needs that are met by a full time babysitter. I know that you’re probably having concerns about off-site performance. Truly if this is a concern for you I assure that you can even monitor my productivity and performance at home better than workers in the office. You can do this for the first couple of months.

Let me introduce you to Odesk Team. Odesk provides visibility into virtual cubicles of employees and remote workers, including logged activity and analytics. Odesk offers web-based applications that creates a complete view of each person, including a web cam to capture and see what they’re working on. So with the click of a mouse you can see work I’ve done in the past, you can verify logs, review work, view my historical activity, determine hours I’ve worked, and time spent on various activities. For more information on Odesk please visit http://www.odesk.com.

After telecommuting for two months, on December 15, 2005 we can sit down in a meeting to discuss and review my performance. At that time we can determine whether or not I should continue. Enclosed please find several names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of managers and employees that are enjoying the benefits of telecommuting. Also please notice that I’ve also included several articles on the benefits of telecommuting.

I know that this will take some time for you to digest. I am enthusiastically awaiting a response from you. I know that I possess the skills and personality necessary to succeed as a telecommuter, and will prove that to you. Please give me the chance to do so. For more information on telecommuting and at-home worker management please visit www.tjobs.com, www.telecommute-Now.org,http://www.homewiththekids.com/telecommuting.

I am really looking forward to this and believe with all my heart that this will be a tremendous benefit to the company, and all involved. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Vernette Carbon

P.S. – Additional telecommuting proposal samples and resources for convincing the boss to let you telecommute can be found at:

http://www.moneymakingmommy.com/articles/bossyes.html,

http://www.telecommutect.com/infoTelecommuters/gettingApproval.asp,

http://www.ivc.ca/,http://workathomesuccess.com/telecomm.htm,

http://www.youcanworkfromanywhere.com/,http://www.gilgordon.com/.