Changing Career: Becoming a Home-based Worker

After the procedure of choosing whether or not you might want to remain working at home, you would now be able to concentrate on the best way to begin your career at the solace of your own home.
There are such a large number of sites where we can discover work.  It is ideal that you concentrate on your present aptitudes, your instructive foundation, work involvement and what you are energetic about. For instance, you should need to consider turning into a transcriber or writer on the off chance that you have a wonderful writing ability. On the off chance that you have a foundation as a call center operator, you can consider applying as a virtual assistant, telemarketer or lead generator. In the event that you are enthusiastic about educating, you can go along with me on the web-based instructing profession.
I had considerable experience with the call center industry and had a working understanding as an ESL Coach so I joined the online teaching where I am most agreeable and enthusiastic about.
There are a ton of sites where we can apply for work on the web. Here are some genuine locales you could look at.

LEGIT FREELANCING JOB SITES: 

https://www.upwork.com

https://www.peopleperhour.com/

https://www.fiverr.com/

http://www.guru.com/

https://www.truelancer.com/

https://freeeup.com

https://www.freelancer.com/

https://golance.com/

https://www.onlinejobs.ph/

https://www.myoutdesk.com/

https://www.mturk.com/mturk/

https://zeerk.com/

https://199jobs.com/

https://www.outsourcely.com/

https://hubstaff.com/

http://raket.ph

DESIGN PLATFORM

https://99designs.com/

https://www.toptal.com/

https://themeforest.net/become-an-author

https://envato.com/careers/

https://themeforest.net/affiliate_program

TUTORIAL PLATFORM

www.51talk.com/ph/

http://acadsoc.ph

http://www.bizmates.ph/apply-now/index.html

https://www.rarejob.com.ph/

https://www.cambly.com/english

https://www.limlessons.com/

https://bibo.com.ph

http://www.nicetalk.com (Smartfone Tutorial)

www.ipalfish.com/ (Smartfone Tutorial Download by Appstore/

Playstore)

https://viptalk.weebly.com/apply.html

http://eigoru.com/

http://jp-network-e.com/en/

TRANSCRIPTION PLATFORM

https://gotranscript.com/transcription-jobs/r/69165

http://transcribeme.com/transcription-jobs

https://scribie.com/freelance-transcription#intro

https://www.verbit.ai/ 

https://www.rev.com

https://www.speechpad.com/worker

https://appenonline.appen.com.au/login

http://www.civimom.com/

https://waywithwordsjobs.com/

http://www.accutranglobal.com/

http://crowdsurfwork.com

https://verbalink.com/jobs

https://workshop.castingwords.com/worker/login

http://www.civimom.com

WEBSITE/URL TESTING & REVIEW PLATFORMS

http://www.analysia.com/ (Click BECOME A TESTER link button)

http://www.enrollapp.com

http://startuplift.com/get-paid-to-provide-feedback/

https://www.testingtime.com/en/become-a-paid-testuser

https://www.trymyui.com/worker/signup

https://www.userfeel.com

https://www.userlytics.com

https://usertest.io/Tester/Signup

https://www.usertesting.com

https://www.utest.com

https://app.whatusersdo.com/login

VOICE NARATION PLATFORM

https://voicebunny.com

https://www.voices.com

DATA ENTRY (NOT CAPTCHA TYPING)

http://www.capitaltyping.com/employment/

https://www.clickworker.com/clickworker-job/

https://ttv.microworkers.com

For moms like me, you might want to consider your working place in the house. Since I teach, it is required that I have a noise-free place in the house so I set a small office-room where I can conduct my class.

If you have any questions, just feel free to drop a message.

 

 

 

 

 

How I ventured into Teaching English

As a teenager, I really wanted to become a teacher. However, I ended up graduating with a business major. My parents didn’t want me to go to teaching profession because according to them it is very difficult to get employed. That was actually true, it’s hard to get a permanent job as a teacher so I acquiesced to their decision. Well, now I don’t really regret it because I could still use my background to have a business lesson at present. So how come from a business major, I became an English Tutor?

I was at that time unemployed, I just came back from Taiwan after working there for a year. Economy in Taiwan was so bad in 2008 that a lot of Filipino overseas, I including, were forced to go home and as to be expected an increase of unemployment. I lived in the outskirt of a small city so it’s much harder to find a job. I then check out the newspaper publication for job openings and lo and behold I saw a job advertisement of teaching English to foreign nationalities. As I had dreamed of becoming  a teacher, I thought that this would be perfect opportunity for me instead of working in a bank or call center.

I passed the interviews and trainings for ESL Teaching and that helped me a lot how to teach students effectively. I taught Korean students in that offline school and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. It’s not the usual classroom setting wherein a student would mostly listen but more of an interactive one. I’ve gained insights to their culture and find it exciting. There were of course some challenges along the way but these obstacles made me what I am today. So that’s how I ended up becoming an ESL teacher.

 

Getting Ready: Your Tools to Online Teaching

After deciding upon yourself if you are in this kind of job whether be it a part-time or full-time, you might want to check out these things.

Computer/laptop, headset and a camera

If you already have these things then that’s nice and good. You just have to make sure that your computer is not that slow since you would be opening an application for your audio/video class and a browser.

Internet Service Provider

Check out the internet company that’s available in your area. I recommend DSL or cable company since they offer a more stable internet. When I first started out 5 years ago 1Mbps download speed was enough to conduct the class. Internet connection is a lot cheaper now than before so if you want you could choose a higher speed just in case other family members would also want to use the internet. I currently subscribed to a plan with a 6Mbps download speed.  I’ve tried broadband several years ago but it’s just a headache due to its intermittent connection especially on a rainy day.

Materials

Most online schools have their own curriculum so you just have to familiarize yourself on how to conduct the class. For freelancers like me, I check out online sources that would best suit my students. You have to have a variety of materials since you would be catering to different ages with different levels of English and with different reasons of studying the English language. You can make your own lesson plan from these sites.

I’ve bookmarked a lot of English sites but here are some useful sites I frequently go to;

For Beginner Students

I use ESL books like Side by Side, Talk Talk Talk, Interchange and Can you believe it. You can access some websites like http://www.slideshare.net or http://www.scribd.com to check out these books for free. You can also use other ESL books that you can come across.

For intermediate students

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

This site offers a lot of exercises like vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, grammar and discussion. I ask the student to read it in advance so we could focus more on discussion. Some students however don’t have time to have an advance study and since it only is a two-paragraph essay it is easy for them to comprehend it. This is especially good for students who could already express their ideas in sentences.

For Advance Students

http://www.ted.com/

You can pick some interesting videos here. This is a good exercise for them to check out their listening comprehension and vocabulary. You can choose a shorter version so the student could just easily watch it during their free time. To make a lesson plan out of it, you could check out the transcript and look out for the idioms, deep vocabularies, and slangs that the speaker used and make an exercise out of it. It could be a multiple choice exercise or a matching type. Also, you can prepare some comprehension questions and of course discussion questions that is related to the topic.

If you are not yet sure on how to conduct the class you can check out my next blog.