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Legitimate Work From Home Jobs by Industry

Sorted by industry, these legitimate work from home jobs are a starting point.

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Translation and Language Jobs

If you are bilingual, this opens a lot of possibilities for legitimate work from home jobs, such as bilingual call centers, translation jobs, online teaching and more. Many translation jobs are done by freelancers, but some companies do hire home-based translators as employees. This list of companies with translations jobs includes positions for independent contractors and employees. For more language jobs, see this list of work at home bilingual jobs.

Search Evaluation

Search engine evaluators work online as independent contractors giving feedback as to whether search engine results are comprehensive, accurate and timely. They check for spam and that results relevant. To do this, the search engine evaluator must be familiar with the language and the culture of the local search engine user. Typically these positions are bilingual, but there are some opening for English-only search evaluators. The job of search evaluation is typically a work at home position and can go by many names--search evaluator, Internet assessor, ads quality rater or Internet judge. For more on this, see this list of seach evaluation jobs.

Web Design/Internet Marketing

With the rise of social media came a whole new job category for Internet marketing professionals. Now besides the need for those with expertise in Web design, PR, SEO and affiliates is the need for those who can utilize social media effectively. The companies offer work at home opportunities in these Internet-related fields.

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