Online Typing Jobs
During times of high unemployment, many individuals look for additional sources of income. With the popularity of word processing programs in the workplace today, the amount of people with the ability to type at a high rate of speed has increased compared with 10 to 20 years ago. This makes the market for bidding for online typing jobs very competitive. High quality home typists can find reliable online typing jobs; they just need to beware of scams and try to network with a few reliable companies offering online typing jobs.
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Signs of Fraudulent Offers
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Never accept an online typing job that requires you to send money in to be part of their employment pool. In that situation the only money that is made is by the company collecting all the "registration fees," and these companies commonly assign very few, if any, assignments. You should never pay for the ability to work for a company, you wouldn't do this in a traditional brick-and-mortar location, so don't do it online.
Acceptable Error Rate
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Before accepting an online typing job, find out what the acceptable error rate is. Get this in writing when accepting an assignment. As long as you know the rules before an assignment, you can ensure that you meet the requirements of the assignment. By getting this in writing, you also have a document you can refer back to if there is a dispute about your quality of work not meeting the minimum requirements.
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Clarify All Deadlines
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When an online typing job is assigned to you by a company, it will have a deadline. Sometimes these deadlines are very vague. They will say that the assignment must be received in a certain amount of days from when it was completed. Find out from the company how they determine "received." Find out whether the assignment is considered on time as long as it is received in its email by the date stated. Sometimes a company will include the time it takes for it to review your work in that deadline. If this is the case, find out how long it takes for it to review work. In that situation make sure it is received by the company in time that it have four or five additional days to review the work before the deadline expires. This way you can limit the effect of slowdowns in reviews by the company reviewing it as an excuse for not paying you.
Use The Software The Company Requires
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When performing online typing jobs, the company that is receiving the document may require that it is submitted in a specific file format. It also might require that you use a word processing program such as Microsoft Word, which has a spell checker included in the software. It is possible to convert files from one type to another, but there are chances of errors in this conversion. Using the correct software eliminates the need for conversion.
Bidding On Typing Jobs
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Determine the minimum amount of money that you will accept for your time. Typical online typing jobs pay you based on the number of words at a rate per word. On websites where you bid against other freelancers to do the typing, do not get influenced by extremely low rates offered by other writers. Companies offering typing jobs know what is a reasonable rate for their work based on past assignments, and can actually become wary of very low offers. Having to reject an assignment for quality issues can cost that company the contract with the client it is supplying work for. Making a reasonable bid might result in a lot of rejections, but it will lead to you receiving more of your jobs from reputable companies looking for a combination of performance and quality instead of just speed.
Deadlines
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You must never miss a deadline if you wish to continue writing for an online typing job company. Some will offer you a little bit of leeway if you miss a deadline, but as a professional you should do everything to ensure this doesn't happen. Even if the online typing job company keeps you on its list of writers, it might lower your rating compared to other typists for that late submission, reducing your chance of receiving future jobs at the frequency you wish.
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