I get a lot of pop ups and trash e-mail about taking surveys, diet orders, etc. from my home computer. They always require an investment, maybe only $40 or so, but still - that seems shady.
I want to know how to find info about legitimate home jobs. I am an RN but unable to do physical work, plus I have another disability that is currently kicking my ass. I can’t imagine going to work and functioning on a required level, I know I would be in tears the first day. I live in a semi-small area and cannot commute out to LA or even Riverside, and the job market here in the desert is ultra competetive.
Unfortunately I will have to sell my condo if I can’t find a source of income. The home owners association and Indian land fees combine for a total of over $500 a month, then the mortgage (not that bad), and all other household bills. I am selling stock in order to pay my Feb. bills., and this will cut into my retirement if I have to continue this way.
Any info will be greatly appreciated.
My first thought is medical transcription.
And though it sounds cliche, you can make money on eBay. Get an account with a company or companies that will drop ship and just post listings for the merchandise.
How well do you write? My wife does substantial medical writing (she’s a biologist.) There are many medical encyclopedias out there which both require new entries and updates to old entries.
Voyager, how does someone get into something like that?
I would urge caution on the medical transcription idea. Even with your nursing degree, you would probably find it difficult to get hired on as a transcriptionist without additional training, and there are schools all over the world pumping out marginally trained transcriptionists who will work for 10% of what you need to earn to live in the US, so salaries are trending rapidly downward, and benefits (if you can get them) are laughable. These are generalizations, of course. There are a few good schools and a few good employers, but there is a lot of competition for jobs, and there are very few companies that will hire without at least 2 years of transcription experience.
Maybe more relevant to your situation, it is a surprisingly physically demanding field. I work 10-hours shifts (by choice), and I spend all but about 15 minutes of those 10 hours typing, and typing fast. In order to keep my job, I need to average 150 65-character lines per hour. In order to earn even a marginally good paycheck, I need to increase that to at least 170 lines per hour. At the end of a shift, I have pain pretty much everywhere, and I will probably only be able to work for another 5 years if I keep up this pace. I am actually thinking of leaving the field altogether and doing something a little easier and more profitable, like digging ditches.
I have no idea how you go about getting such a job, but my university subscribes to a service allowing students and faculty to call a “nurse advice line,” where you can talk to an RN on the phone. I cut my hand a while ago and the nurse I talked to convinced me it was bad enough to go to the ER rather than wait to see a doctor the next day, and I’m glad she did. Presumably someone taking phone calls could be working from home.