Ben Walker

Searching for jobs you can do from home used to be a matter of scanning the Sunday classifieds for offers to get rich quick by stuffing envelopes.

Now, exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away. But so are the scams.

In 2007, when The Rat Race Rebellion began tracking at-home jobs, there were 30 scams for every legitimate opportunity. Now, with 4,500 to 5,000 work-at-home job ads screened weekly, the website finds 60 phonies for every one that's for real, says Christine Durst, co-founder and principal of Staffcentrix LLC, the company that owns and manages RatRaceRebellion.com.

Nevertheless, there's no shortage of people who dream of beating the odds and earning a living from home.

Durst, whose company Staffcentrix develops home-based and virtual career training programs, says people interested in work-at-home jobs primarily are:

o Parents who say they want to spend more time with their children.

o Trailing military spouses who, according to Durst, by virtue of their spouse's

career need to pick up and move every few years.



o Retirees needing supplemental income.

o People with disabilities.

It's difficult to be a good parent and simultaneously work well at home, says Durst, because most jobs require blocks of uninterrupted time to accomplish tasks, and children's schedules are less than predictable. For those who do choose to walk the tightrope Marketing Company between paid work and parenting, consider deadline-oriented work. Durst says it's generally better for those with younger children than schedule-oriented hourly work.

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Steven Rothberg, president and founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, says "an increasing minority" of entry-level workers, are attracted to these gigs. He says he believes social introverts make good candidates. "They like working with people (but) they like interacting by email and by being on the phone. They dislike working in person with a lot of others," he says, because of meetings and other "time-sucking problems" at an office.

Self-motivation, discipline, job skills and independence are key characteristics for at-home workers, says Stephanie Foster, a former medical transcriptionist who runs the website HomeWithTheKids.com.

A growing number of employers appear to believe telecommuting is a good deal for them as well. It reduces overhead expenses, allows access to talented workers who may not be available locally, provides off-hours support and helps retain employees, says Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs.com, a website that aggregates hand-screened telecommuting/work-at-home jobs. "We've seen a real broadening of the audience of both employers and job seekers."

Consider these 10 jobs -- some rather traditional and others unexpected -- for interesting at-home work and good (if competitive) prospects.

This is a field with much potential, in part because the title description covers many things. "You can fit your offerings to what you know how to do," says Foster. One can own a virtual assistant business or work from home for a company that makes you available to other employees or clients. HomeWithTheKids.com, for example, currently features several such companies. Small businesses hire virtual assistants to help when they can't justify a permanent employee. The International Virtual Assistants Association, which Durst co-founded in the 1990s, began with 28 members and has grown to more than 600 and charges from $15 per hour to more than $100 per hour.

As Foster knows, being a medical receptionist is a demanding job, and nearly every company listed on her site seeks applicants with experience and/or training from certain schools. The work involves listening to and typing up dictation from doctors -- some of whom have difficult accents, slur words together, and even "eat, drink, chew gum (and) talk to other people in the room" while dictating, she says. But hearing about medical matters can be interesting, and good transcriptionists are in very high demand. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2010 data, the median hourly rate for transcriptionists is $15.82.

Those with fluency in more than one language translate audio files or documents, not just word for word, but often with cultural differences in mind. "Companies can access home-based translators with hard-to-find language skills without being held back by geographic location," says Fell.

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Foster's site lists 14 companies that seek home-based translators. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook 2012-13, which groups translators and interpreters, notes a projected employment increase of 42 percent over the 2010-to-2020 decade, much faster than the average for all occupations.

The national median hourly wage for translators and interpreters was $20.82, with a median annual wage of $43,300 as of 2010, according to estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some industries pay significantly higher, with the highest paying jobs generally in the professional, scientific and technical services areas, in which the annual median wage was $51,650.

Information technology is the sector, Durst says, where most of the home-based hiring is being done. Terri Orlowski, a virtual assistant and web developer based in Pittsburgh, offers services such as custom website design, template modification and redesigns, code updates, hosting and usability reviews. She previously held administrative positions in a variety of industries and makes a higher per-hour rate now. Out of more than 100,000 new monthly work-from-home job postings on oDesk.com, web developers are in high demand, says CEO Gary Swart. A list of companies that post at-home tech jobs is available at RatRaceRebellion.com.

Call center representative

When you phone to order something from a catalog or infomercial, a big office with rows of cubicles may come to mind. But the person on the other end of the line is likely to be sitting in a home office. "It's a huge and growing industry," Durst says of companies that hire independent contractors to take calls from home. She says the "home-shore movement" started in response to complaints about the many companies that looked offshore for workers. While some websites such as AlpineAccess.com actually hire representatives, most use subcontractors. Just be aware that the pay may be by the minute rather than by the hour, so you may not be paid for time you spend waiting by the phone. A list of companies that hire call center reps can be found at HomeWithTheKids.com.

Call centers also hire technical support specialists to work remotely. Kate Lister, co-author of "Undress for Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home," names it as one of her top three "best-bet work-at-home jobs." And according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, jobs for computer support specialists (on-site and remote combined) were expected to increase by 18 percent from 2010 to 2020 -- much faster than the average for all occupations -- with 110,000 new jobs.

Scams abound in the travel industry -- particularly organizations that charge for information on how to break into the field. But operating a home-based travel agency can be an excellent business, says Tom Ogg, founder of HomeBasedTravelAgent.com. "Real home-based travel agents have experienced robust growth over the last decade, and there are probably 40,000-plus of them and growing." A growing (although small) number of people earn $100,000 or more a year, he says. "A solid business concept and plan focused on profitability will take you a long way to achieving your monetary goals." There's also the joy of helping others enjoy their leisure time.

From postsecondary education to elementary schools, there are opportunities for students to learn virtually. Along with that come opportunities to teach (and tutor) virtually. While distance learning is not new, advanced technology, collaborative multimedia software designed for schools and high-speed Internet connections have created more opportunities for teachers and students to work together from afar, says Fell.

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Durst has also noticed more teacher jobs being posted, and she knows of one professor who works mainly online and makes six figures -- although income "depends on how many hours you're applying to it and the type of classes you're teaching." A resource center for online teaching jobs can be found at GetEducated.com.

Yes, the print publishing industry has been suffering, but Durst is seeing frequent listings these days for writing, editing and proofreading, particularly for the Web. Even those without writing experience can join the blogosphere. Not only can blogging be lots of fun, Foster says, but also there's money to be earned blogging for someone else's site, getting paid to post on your own blog or through revenue-sharing arrangements. A list of blogging opportunities, for which the pay range is less than $4 per post to more than $20 per post, can be found at HomeWithTheKids.com.

It's a no-brainer: Owning a business can be the road to at-home work. For an initial investment, franchises may offer a ready-made business with brand awareness, a system and a territory, says Leslie Truex, founder of the website WorkAtHomeSuccess.com.

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She advises considering businesses that target the over-50 crowd or the self-employed, involve health and wellness, relate to the "green" movement, or involve electronic or online devices (i.e., accessories, applications).

When considering any at-home job, put up the scam-detection radar.

Durst suggests watching for these positive indicators of "real" employment:

o The hirer is an established company.

o The ad includes the company name and does not have applicants reply to a blind email address.

o Human resources personnel are available for questions.

o There is mention of information commonly associated with "real" employment (benefits, vacations, policies, etc.).

o There is an application and interview process, not simply an emailed offer.

o The employer can detail the job duties and expectations.

o References/work samples are requested.

This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.

If you have a list of embroidery software and you are trying to choose the right embroidery digitizer for your custom embroidery design business, then there are a lot of factors that you must consider over and above the price. The first step to learn about the embroidery digitizing software is to search online for information about the software. User reviews and forums are a great source of information when it comes to digitizing embroidery.

Features: Software vary in terms of features offered - while some offer just the option to create simple designs others offer more complex capabilities to digitize embroidery that is more intricate and based on scanned pictures or images. Decide on your software based on your current skills and also on what you plan to offer in the near future in terms of embroidery digitizing service. You must also decide what kind of embroidery digitizing you want to do and choose a software that offers those features. For example, some software allow you to download images from the internet and directly use them, while others require you to have a scanner and will accept only scanned images.



Compatibility: One of the major things that you must check for is OS compatibility of the software that you plan to purchase. While some digitizing embroidery software have versions that can be used with different operating systems, others can be used only with specific operating systems such as either Windows or Mac.

Software Options: When you are comparing embroidery digitizer software, you need to look at what are the artistic options available in each. Some software lets you digitize only basic drawings and logos. Advanced embroidery digitizing software allows you more flexibility in terms of the ability to vary thread density, stitch types and use multiple fonts to digitize logo that may be more intricate than a simple image.

Customer Support: When you compare the price of software, you also need to look at what is the kind of post sales support that you would receive. Good software companies would offer you 24/7 support to address any queries that you may have. Other support initiatives include detailed documentation, online help forums and professional digitizing advice in the form of tips and tricks.

Warranty: You must also compare the warranty and bug fixes as well as the frequency of upgrades offered by the software company.

In short, whenever you buy a embroidery digitizer look for a slightly larger range of features than you plan to use Emboidery currently. This is because you will most likely start to offer a wider range of services as soon as you establish your embroidery digitizing service successfully. At that point in time, it may be a costly proposition to buy totally new software and spend the time and effort to learn it. It will be much easier to just upgrade your existing software, which you are comfortable with using. Remember that the success of your embroidery digitizing business depends largely on how good your software is.

Byline: Daily News staff

NEWHALL - EmbroidMe, a custom embroidery and screen printing company, has opened it doors in Newhall.

Kevin and Kelly Murphy of Santa Clarita opened the franchise from the South Florida based SIGN*A*RAMA at 22700 Lyons Road, Unit B, as a full service custom embroidery, screen printing for apparel and promotional products and gifts.



Unlike catalogs or dot.coms that sell branded merchandise, EmbroidMe customers can witness the personal touch of the quality of products and accessories before making the investment.

``Discovering EmbroidMe came at a perfect time in my life because I was ready to take on the challenge of owning my own business,'' Kevin Murphy said in Emboidery a release. ``We are very excited about our EmbroidMe store and enjoy serving the Newhall community and surrounding areas with its customized embroidery and screen printing needs.''

This is one of 70 new EmbroidMe stores that is scheduled to open this year.



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A promotional product is a genuine marketing strategy that is widely used by a lot of companies today. It is an effective marketing tool to build your business status, promote your company product or service and ultimately increase your returns on the huge sale. It is a brilliant technique used for promotion and have proven its way to increase the sales in this tough competitive business scenario. There are a lot of companies in Melbourne and Australia wide that offer you a huge variety of promotional products at very reasonable prices. The prices are reasonable because the companies offer these products to you directly from the wholesalers. In Melbourne, Australia you get the best and finest quality promotional products.

In Australia, the companies have a competitive edge as it offers high quality printed promotional items. Consumers are often satisfied with these tangible and appealing promotional products. Thus, a combination of beauty and benefits from any promotional item makes the company promote its brand more effectively and also gains a good goodwill from the customers. These Australian companies offer promotional products that are used as giveaways and are quite stylish, useful and appealing. The companies in Australia are continuously using some unique and innovative techniques to promote the promotional products that prove to give awesome results and you gain huge returns.

The promotional items offered as gifts to the target customers will have your company's name, with your company logo printed on it, these may include showpieces to decorate your homes or some utility item that is helpful for you in your daily chores. Promotional products can be distributed in a number of ways like as a free gift with imprint of the company called as advertising specialties, or they may be given as an incentive for a particular task called as premiums, or may be given as Business gifts, awards or as a memorial item by the company, all these are called as Promotional products. These Australian companies have come out with special eco-friendly gifts which not just advertise their products but also create awareness for green environment. These are New Eco-Environmentally Friendly Products.

Promotional products may also be Promotional Flags and Banners carrying the company name with company logo on it, these attract a lot of customers and thus promote the company in a profitable manner. Their main objective is to provide customer satisfaction and turning their dreams to reality by offering promotional products that really prove to help you enormously. They fulfill all your promotional requirements from the raw material till the final product that reaches you for promotion. The quality of screen printing is unbeatable and the fabric is highly competitive, this is corporate apparel inc the added advantage that a customer enjoys and these are all eco-friendly products.

The Australian companies are greatly satisfied with the promotional products that are available at affordable prices directly from the factory. You can even get the custom items that are not available in the catalog too. Marketing through promotional products suits every budget and is better that other technique of advertising; moreover it is directed to the prospective market with repeated promotion of the product without any extra cost! Thus, it is made clear that how the wholesale promotional products are the best for your business as this is the most effective and low-cost method to market your company's product.

If you can get hot-cooked kosher food from a vending machine, why not a pillow? With no end to the creative ways people are using vending unique promotional items machines these days, a custom-made pillow is actually not such a strange concept.

And The Dream Machine does not operate the same way as the vending machines that dispense candy or pop. It's really a mobile manned kiosk that lets consumers select the shape, density and embroidered message they want in and on their pillow. It takes about 10-15 minutes to make and costs anywhere from $130-150.



"It's a bit of retail theater," said Dave Young, the CEO of bedding-materials supplier VyMaC Corp that bought the master licensing rights from the machine's creator Merrimac Dillon, the owner of The Pillow Bar retail chain. Young's company rebranded the technology as The Dream Machine. "It's a lot like the popcorn machine. It takes about the same footprint as those little red machines."

The consumer is able to select their own pillow based on sleeping preference: side, back or stomach sleeper. Then they can sit back and watch as the machine fills it with its patented duck down. Customers are able to squeeze the product as it's being stuffed, which Young said makes it more fun and interactive.

The machines are fitted with an embroidery needle that lets people personalize their pillow case with their name, initials, a word or message such as: "I love you."

But justifying $130 and up for a pillow?

"Quality costs a little money and the retail theater is probably part of that as well," said Young, noting that a low-end down-filled pillow costs about $100. He added that the average lifespan of any pillow is about three years. "The personalization aspect is certainly worth an extra $10, so you take that and you add it up and you're pretty much getting to that $129-149 awfully quick."

FRANCHISE BUSINESS

Young said the Dream Machine operates like a franchise business, where people license the machines for a one-year term for $15,000 that includes enough fill and materials to get them started. They then pay a renewal fee of $5,000 for each additional year. Young said by just selling one pillow a day, the franchisee can make back their initial investment in just four months.

"Everything after that is gravy," said Young, who claims the Dream Machine provides licensees with a 70-percent gross profit margin, based on the suggested retail price per pillow of a minimum of $129. "That's if you were an individual kiosk operator. If you were going to put it into a four-store furniture chain the economics are even faster; now you're not adding overheads (rent) you're just putting it into existing structures."

Young debuted the machines at a retail trade show in Las Vegas last summer and is using this holiday season to more widely gauge how consumers respond to the Dream Machine.

"It will be an interesting test to see how well it stands in the gift category," he said. "In a mall setting we expect it to bring in a much different level of foot traffic than just a static pillow display would."

While skeptical of Young's math in regards to the Dream Machine returning such a high profit margin based on selling just a single pillow a day, retail expert Doug Stephens didn't think spending $150 for a nice pillow was exorbitant.

"It didn't necessarily scare me too much," said Stephens, the founder of Toronto, Canada-based Retail Prophet Consulting, who added in some circles consumers are still shelling out $20,000 for "hand-tufted" beds. "But I don't think a $150 pillow is an impulse buy. I just don't think you're on your way from Wal-Mart to The Gap and you say, 'Oh wow, custom-made pillows - I'll take one of those.'"

Stephens felt the machines would have more success in mattress stores and bedding centers, where people usually go to buy high-end sleep products.

"It's all about positioning this thing in the right retailers," he said, "but I certainly don't see it as being an in-mall type of thing."

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EXCLUSIVE: A new Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin warns it could be "impossible" to stop 3D-printed guns from being made, not to mention getting past security checkpoints.

A May 21 bulletin distributed to numerous state and federal law enforcement agencies and obtained by FoxNews.com states that the guns, which can be made by downloading blueprints into cutting edge computers that mold three-dimensional items from melted plastic, "poses public safety risks" and are likely beyond the current reach of regulators. The guns threaten to render 3D gun control efforts useless if their manufacture becomes more widespread.

"Significant advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities, availability of free digital 3D printer files for firearms components, and difficulty regulating file sharing may present public safety risks from unqualified gun seekers who obtain or manufacture 3D printed guns," warns the bulletin compiled by the Joint Regional Intelligence Center.

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The bulletin refers specifically to Defense Distributed, a nonprofit company started by a University of Texas law student, which has successfully made and fired a 3D gun whose only metal parts are the bullets and a small firing pin. Some 100,000 plans for a gun called "The Liberator" were downloaded in just a few days before May 3, when a branch of the U.S. State Department told it to stop sharing the file. But the government bulletin seems to acknowledge that the genie is out of the bottle.

"Limiting access may be impossible," concludes the three-page bulletin.

A source tells FoxNews.com the potential problems faced by government authorities involve securing large, high-profile why not check here events or those attended by the President, where magnetometers used to screen for weapons would not pick up a 3D printed gun.



"This is a serious threat," the law enforcement source said. "These could defeat magnetometers. The only security procedure to catch [the 3D firearms] is a pat down. Is America ready for pat-downs at every event?"

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