By Caitlin Dewey | Kiplinger – Thu, Mar 1, 2012 1:58 PM EST
These days, working at home isn't just a pipe dream -- it's an economic necessity. The Great Recession forced more than 300,000 stay-at-home moms to return to work. And in a recent retirement poll commissioned by Allstate, nearly 70% of near-retirees said they plan to continue working past age 65.
For these people, work-at-home jobs promise big benefits: extra income, flexible hours and the enviable dress code of slippers and sweatpants. The trick, of course, is finding legitimate, well-paid positions because work-at-home scams abound.
To assemble our list of top work-at-home jobs, we combed Bureau of Labor Statistics data for occupations with good hourly wages and promising growth prospects. We then identified actual companies that hire home-based workers in these fields, and scrutinized their benefits and schedules.
To weed out scammers, we checked out companies with the Better Business Bureau. Every work-at-home company we mention has an A or A+ rating from the BBB (or, if it's not in the BBB's database, it has been vetted by industry groups). While we can’t guarantee that you’ll get hired for one of these work-at-home jobs, at least you can have confidence that none of these employment opportunities is too good to be true.
Web Search Evaluator
Pay Range: $13.50-$17.50/hour (at Leapforce)
Minimum Education: High school
Essential Skill: Going gaga for Google
When you type a search term into Google or Bing, an algorithm determines what the best results will be. But that algorithm doesn't operate alone: Many large search engines rely on home-based evaluators to test the accuracy of online search results, examining different search terms and the Web sites they turn up. The job involves a lot of analytical thinking, so applicants must pass a test before firms such as Appen Butler Hill, Leapforce and Lionbridge will hire them. Search jobs are flexible. Evaluators generally choose their own hours, and none of the three major search firms has educational requirements.
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