<p>I feel sure I’ve seen a thread on here before about options for work at home, but I’ve searched and cannot find it. DH and I find ourselves at that time in our lives where we are anxious to pay things off and sock away some extra savings for retirement (years away, sadly). We are in our late 40’s, DD (only child) has graduated college, and it would be nice to go more than we currently do. I am a school nurse but have a bit of extra time on my hands. I wonder if any of you might know of a reputable company with whom I could do some part time computer work at home? I appreciate any suggestions.</p>
<p>I am not sure what computer work you can have at home part time. computer programming became so specialized, I don’t think you can do it as a programmer. Perhaps web design will work, but that may not worthwhile because the international competitions.</p>
<p>I still think for a part time empty nester, sales is more viable alternative. Real Estate and Insurance are two came in my mind first.</p>
<p>I’ve read that there are more and more help desks being handled by home workers. In many cases companies have realized that offshore based help desks don’t work out that well so they’re moving them back to North America and in some cases are using home workers to staff them. The advantage for the home worker is that they get to work at home and have flexibe hours. The advantage for the company is that they don’t need to have the facility costs they’d otherwise have. The pay probably wouldn’t be the greatest but it’s an option. There are legit companies doing this but of course be careful. You shouldn’t have to front any money to any company in order to work at home - that’s a red flag if you’re asked to front money or ‘buy something’.</p>
<p>Do you only want to work at home? How about home health care for seniors or something since you’re a nurse? I know the rates for home health care are pretty high - at least around here.</p>
<p>Do you have other specific skills or interest areas you might be able to put to work?</p>
<p>I work for a large insurance company and have been a full-time teleworker for five years. I’m a data analyst, and as long as I have a phone and a high-speed internet connection I can work from pretty much anywhere. My entire team is work-at-home, including my manager who is in another state, and some colleagues several time zones away. In my experience telework works best when all or most of the team-mates are work-at-home. I had a short-term assignment recently where I was the only work-at-home and everyone else was together in an office on the other side of the country. It was excruciating, and although they all bent over backwards to include me in their day-to-day, I was happy that turned out to be a limited assignment.</p>
<p>The company I work for is very supportive of telework, encourages it in fact (saves on real estate costs), with a goal of wanting a certain percentage of workers as WAH. There are a lot of WAH opportunities for nurses, especially if you are an RN. I don’t think any of them will be part-time though, there’s the rub.</p>
<p>You can PM me if you would like additional info</p>
<p>Our health insurance provider has an on-call nurse – would doing something like that appeal to you?</p>
<p>My mom does court transcription. She is her own boss, sets her own hours, and chooses how much work she’s going to take based on how much time she has/how much money she needs. It can be slow to start because, at least here, you have to take a test to get certified and you need to establish relationships with people to get regular work from them, but a significant portion of our income comes from that. She’s done it as a career for 20 years now. Not a viable option for all, but just tossing out a suggestion. I am learning to do it myself so that I can pick it up for supplementary income. There is also medical transcription, but I don’t know as much about that.</p>
<p>I know someone who is a nurse. I know that when she had young children she worked from home. Her job was to coordinate in home nursing care. I don’t know if she worked for a company who sends nurses to patient homes, but I assume that is what she did. She would take calls about nursing care that a patient needed and send a nurse to the home and set up the scheduling. Is something like this possible today? Sorry, but I really don’t know the specifics.</p>