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Changing Rules and Expectations–Expect Initial Resistance

When there is a problem with your child that needs addressing, or a phase that pops up that you need to deal with as a parent, it may seem like just figuring out what to do is the hard part. I think, however, that the hardest part is those first few days of balking and resistance that come from the child! Just because you have come up with a grand and logical solution, doesn’t mean that the child will be thrilled to welcome the limits and boundaries. As a parent, you should expect that the first couple days will be … Continue reading →

Work and Bake

This is a bit of a kooky time of year for me–in addition to work and wrapping up the calendar year, I am like many others who run a business, work, and take care of a family–I also have plenty of holiday and seasonal obligations as well. As someone who loves to cook and bake, I often give homemade treats and goodies and gifts. That means I also often find myself trying to work and attend to my baking at the same time. This is another reason I am thrilled to work from home–I can do the seasonal multi-tasking! To … Continue reading →

But Wait, There’s More! MT Blogs Continued

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Now that we’ve finished discussing how you’re going to survive working as an MT with children, we’ve got just one more important topic to cover: Life from the point of view of a person who is currently working as a transcriptionist. I interviewed the schools (which that is a very important part of becoming an MT, of course) but even more important than that, is deciding … Continue reading →

Top 10 Things You Must do if You’re Going to Work at Home: Part Two

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This started out as one blog, but got to be way too long. For part one, click here. Back up your computer every week ~ Need I say more? Buy Office from Microsoft or download Open Office ~ Although I love Open Office, I will the first one to admit that it can’t do everything that Word can, and some companies require you to use Word, not OO. If you are short on cash, download OO, and then buy the the Office Suite when you have the money. It may take a while to save up–that baby is expensive!!! Download … Continue reading →

The Pitfalls to being an Independent Contractor

My friend, Darlene, has been working at home as a transcriptionist for several companies, including a general transcription (GT) company and a medical transcription (MT) company. She recently quit the GT company because she was making more per hour at the MT company, and she also liked the work that was available at the MT company more. Just yesterday, she got an e-mail: She was let go from the MT company effective immediately, because there was not enough work to keep her employed there. They told her that as soon as the work picked back up, they would love to … Continue reading →

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

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Here’s my sage piece of advice for the day: Don’t quit your day job just yet. Work-at-home jobs typically take a while to send out that first paycheck (if you missed the reasoning behind that, please check this article out for more info) and so if you leave your steady office job counting on the paychecks from your work-at-home job to kick in quickly, you could hit a rough patch. But there is also the fact that although the work-at-home job seems like perfection personified, some people end up really not liking it. Strange, I know, and I wouldn’t believe … Continue reading →

Why are Data Entry Jobs so Scarce?

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In this blog, I covered the typical data entry scam, and in this one, I covered the only true data entry company I know of on the Internet. But all of this begs the question: Why are data entry jobs so scarce? It seems like a real job. It seems like it would be pretty easy to do. Why is there such a dearth of legitimate data entry companies? Well, you have to look at what data entry truly is. When someone is a typist, they are taking information that is in another form and putting it into a Word … Continue reading →

A Downside to Working from Home

I was recently talking to my friend, Laura, about the differences between working from home and working at a normal office desk job. She had quit her office job over a year ago so she could work from home as a transcriptionist and she has noticed a big difference in a lot of different aspects; some good, some bad. One downfall is that as a transcriptionist, Laura is paid on production (per line) which means if she isn’t working, she isn’t getting paid! She told me, “I did work hard at my old office, but the difference there is that … Continue reading →

Ground Rules for Working from Home: Part Three

This is part three of my week long series about the ground rules of working from home. If you missed the previous blogs, check out part one and part two. Otherwise, read on! You have to chant “If it’s too good to be true, than it is” 7 times a day. Okay, so you don’t actually have to chant that 7 times a day, but writing this phrase on your forehead might be helpful. I’m sure that if someone had the time and inclination to do the math, the ratio of true work-at-home jobs to scams would be astronomically out … Continue reading →

Ground Rules for Working from Home: Part Two

Here is part two of my series on ground rules for working from home. If you missed part one, please check it out here! High Speed Internet and/or a Land Line is Very Desirable. Many work-from-home jobs require that you have high-speed Internet and/or a home phone line. It is definitely possible to work from home if you only have dial-up, but it’s a lot more difficult to land the jobs. Or, if you have (like me) decided to get a high-speed Internet connection through cable or satellite, and then use a cell phone for your phone service, thus skipping … Continue reading →