Simple entry of information seems best in my current situation /state of mind –having been overloaded with information and thouroughly jerked around in my efforts . I spend F/T hours in the same , did I mention I am a senior as well .

Please throw some light on my specific situation .

A: Hi,

Thanks for writing. The first thing I would say is make
sure you follow the rules I've posted here:
http://www.workathometruth.com/Rules.php

Probably the biggest thing to pay attention to – and this goes for the WorkAtHomeTruth site, too – is we
don't always have control over what advertising shows up on our site, so don't assume that something that's in an advertisement is legitimate.

Now on to the other information that might help you:

Legit data entry work is nearly impossible to get, but I do
have a list of legitimate companies up here:
http://www.workathometruth.com/data-entry-work-from-home.php

Along with an explanation about why it's so tough.

Telecommuting work (home jobs) are tougher now just as regular jobs are, but we do have a page that includes lists of OTHER sites that provide reliable job leads or lists of companies that hire on a regular basis here:

http://www.workathometruth.com/work-from-home-companies.php

& a list of companies that hire workers for home phone jobs on a regular basis here:

http://www.workathometruth.com/work-at-home-phone-jobs.php

Unfortunately I know that several people who got jobs with some of the companies from those lists were laid off recently.  But they are legitimate lists.

I'd also recommend you check http://www.ratracerebellion.com and http://www.katieshugs.com

Also, if you're not a member of the http://www.wahm.com forums, I'd highly recommend that as well. They have a telecommuting section there where people are incredibly supportive and share leads with each other and help each other avoid scams.

You should be able to read the PDF with the
Adobe reader available for free here:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Look to the right for the button that says: "Get Adobe Reader".

Paul

A: We have it on our "not recommended list" as it appears to be a program designed to get you to promote the program itself.

Instead, we recommend you try some of the following following links to free job search/leads resources:

http://workathometruth.com/work-at-home-phone-jobs.php
http://www.workathometruth.com/data-entry-work-from-home.php
http://www.workathometruth.com/work-from-home-companies.php
http://www.ratracerebellion.om
http://www.katieshugs.com

There are a couple paid databases that are legit, but you're fine with the free information if you follow
the rules here:
http://www.workathometruth.com/Rules.php

Unfortunately, there's no doubt that things are significantly tougher now. I've noticed a few people
posting on my blog that they recently were laid off by companies listed on this site due to the economy.

If you're not a member (free) of http://www.wahm.com or http://www.vanetworking.com (also free) I'd recommend you join both of those to start networking with people.

V.A. (Virtual Assistant) jobs typically require some training, but the http://www.vanetworking.com site will give you a good idea of what that field is all about.

Related information can be found in Wanda's comment about DataEntryCapital in this discussion.

A: In general it doesn't have as good of a reputation in the medical transcription community as some of the other programs.

You can read more here:

This one of the better medical transcription forums and in general they don't recommend it. You read a discussion here:

http://forum.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/v/3/8821.html

http://www.mtecinc.com and Andrews are usually considered better.

You can read a discussion here:
http://forum.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/v/3/6879.html

MTec has an open forum here:
http://forum.mtecinc.com/default.aspx

Andrews site is here:
http://www.andrewsschool.com/

It's also not an the AHDI approved school list.
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtapproved.cfm

AHDI is the main standards-setting organization (it used to be http://www.aamt.org – but they've changed over to the new site.

AHDI provides guidance on choosing an MT school here:
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtschool.cfm

You'll see "At-Home Professions" listed on the "Educational
Members" list here:
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/edumembers.cfm

BUT as they mention there that doesn't really mean anything
regarding the quality of the program. It just means that they
paid "membership dues" to be a member of AHDI.

I would definitely recommend you join a few forums first and get a sense
of what other people are saying there.

Paul

A: Do you mean you went through sites listed here:
http://workathometruth.com/disability.php

Including http://www.disaboom.com ?

Other pages to look at are:

http://workathometruth.com/work-at-home-phone-jobs.php
http://www.workathometruth.com/data-entry-work-from-home.php
http://www.workathometruth.com/work-from-home-companies.php

Always follow the rules here:
http://www.workathometruth.com/Rules.php

Unfortunately, there's no doubt that things are
significantly tougher now. I've noticed a few people
posting on my blog that they recently were laid off
by companies listed on this site do to the economy.

Paul

I am visually impaired and a lot of businesses send me information but when I tell them i have a computer with speech, they tell me it is impossible to work their sight.  Most people don't know what they are talking about.  They have no idea what Jaws is.I feel this is discriminating, they don't want visually impaired people working for them.

Reply:

I apologize for the delay. I've been looking for this email forever and
just couldn't find it.

I have to admit that I wasn't aware of the Jaws software.
I looked at the pricing and it was around $895 plus $120/year
for a maintenance contract.

Is there a way for people to get assistance with the purchase?
If you don't know, I'll look into that.

Paul

People will consider paying as much as $197.00 for a product that know nothing about before that delivers mountains of "work from home hope" before they will tap into their own brain and use free or reasonably priced resources to achieve their goals of working from home.

The term "telecommuting mania" seems to be a decent term for this phenomenon, since the definition of mania is:"…a severe medical condition characterized by extremely elevated mood, energy, and unusual thought patterns."

Let's take a look at one of the questions that came in recently and see if it qualifies as an example of telecommuting mania.

Q:

Processing from home rebates.Looks good but…………here is the link:

makemyincomeathome.com

A:

OK. Let's see if makemyincomeathome qualifies as telecommuting mania:

The promise: "If You Have 60 Minutes A Day, Here's A Certified, Proven And Guaranteed Way To Make $225 And More Every Day… The Easy Way… From Home!”

OK, we can pretty much stop right there.Apparently the person who asked about this believes he can make $225.00 in 60 minutes processing rebates at home.In facts he believes this about rebate processing jobs despite the fact that companies can easily pay people minimum wage or less than minimum wage (overseas) to do the very same work.

Seems like this definitely qualifies as an "unusual thought pattern" as described in the aforementioned definition of mania.

Hey, and wait a minute….Apparently Angela Penbrook is the #1 work at home consultant in America…but didn't we discover earlier that Angel Stevens from ProcessAtHome was the #1 Work at Home Consultant in America?

Man, is Angel going to be ticked off when she hears Angela's outrageous claims at ProcessAtHome.com!

Seriously though if you have some money to get rid of, I'm sure there's a ton of people who would be happy to take it off your hands.Or you could invest in something that could actually help you find a telecommuting job like InYourPJs or Little White eBook of HomeShoring Jobs…

Naah. You want to make $225.00/hour for doing "simple work at home".

For the rest of use who want to use your brain…

Paul,

I have applied and applied for work at home employment on your website to no avail.  I have experience in lots of areas, what is the problem?  Is there just not enough employment for people who want to work at home?  – Judy

A:

Judy,

I see it's been 10 days since we first talked. This is the problem I have with most people.

Finding a telecommuting job is no easier than finding a regular job which takes considerable time and effort.

I get several people who find telecommuting positions – but for everyone that finds one there are probably dozens more that are still looking.

I have two goals at this site:

1. Give people REALISTIC expectations about finding  work at home jobs or running home businesses.
2. Point them to the best free resources and paid resources for doing so.

That's why we like what Sylvie Fortin writes here:

http://www.workaholics4hire.com/jobseekers.htm

And why we recently did a full review of her book here:

http://www.workathometruth.com/InYourPJs-review.php

Debra, who's a full-time telecommuter and who recently became our Telecommuting product reviewer did the review.

Does that make sense?

I'm sorry I can't be one of those sites that promise you that you can make $1000/day doing simple data entry work at home – but I CAN'T – because it's NOT true.

Hope that helps.

Paul

Recently, Debra Turner – our Telecommuting Product Reviewer – did a detailed review of InYourPJs which we have posted here.

If you really want to know how to land work at home jobs, we highly recommend you take a strong look at Sylvia Charrier's InYourPJs.

Paul

A: I assume you're talking about the analysis and research of thedataprogram .com sales page. And yes, megatyping and the others programs you've mentioned do seem to be similar to thedataprogram as to other programs we've seen like easyadjob com, mynewtypingjob com, & webcolleagues com.

We can't say for sure, because we haven't analyzed these or others like hometypers.com and typingcash.com.

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