Most of us enter world of work as employed and soon start to wish that we could change career or be our own boss.

It is probably true that after a while a large percentage start dreaming they could work from home or start a home based business, few actually do something about it. They continue dreaming

These days this is in explicable because it is possible to change career no matter what your age or profession. There is now less continuity in employment so adaptability and being forced make a career or job change could face anyone at any time. You are certain to know someone who has faced such a dilema.

With advent of computer and associated equipment more and more people are changing career, deserting corporate world and joining those of us who have successfully started our own businesses working from home and who continue to reap benefits of being our own boss.

The technical advances of recent years have made owning and working in your own business not only possible but also practical. This apparent change of career is really a change we make in way we work.

As we progress through life we all acquire skills and experience. It is these skills and experience, which, with imagination and persistence can move you into realms of working in your own home, employed, freelance or in your home based business.

Many people start working from home for their current or some previous employer. The only difference is that they may take responsibility for employment costs, insurance, holiday pay, tax etc.

Telecommuting is now a reality. Approximately 15 million people in USA telecommute in some form. Major employers in UK are actively encouraging this trend.

Working from home requires skills, experience and discipline so it's very important to make an inventory of what you have to offer to employers and or clients. When listing your skills and experience, don't limit yourself to past job experiences.

Include anything that you have learned or can do that is related to a hobby, interest, pastime or volunteer experience.

Skills that translate well into working from home include researching, writing, computer skills, phone communication skills, and sales and marketing experience.

If you are looking to be employed in a work at home job key is to search where people post jobs. Employers are looking for qualified people to fill genuine vacancies. It is position they advertise, and they advertise on job related sites.

That does not mean that scams will not be posted on job sites but for most part you can be sure that work at home jobs won't be posted in search engines.

By Bryan Thorby

Once you get call for interview, next thing that you need to do is prepare for it. You can never over prepare for an interview. The more prepared you are, harder it will be to make mistakes. It is best to prepare yourself emotionally as well as intellectually for an interview. Giving a great interview is not as hard as some may think, but not as easy as others do either. Here are a few things that must be done in order to prepare for your next interview.

Remember, during an interview, you are there to sell yourself to your prospective employer. You want to market yourself in most interesting way possible. Great preparation for interview is your best bet.

Do Your Research

It doesn't matter how much knowledge or experience you have about position that you have applied for it is disastrous to enter into an interview and not be able to tell your interviewer what their company is about. How else are you going to tell them why you feel that you would be a good addition to their company? The number of applicants willing to thoroughly research and invest both time and effort in preparing for an interview is very small. This presents you with an invaluable opportunity to outmaneuver competition.

Research company to find out about such things as products, services, location, head office, branches, clients, turnover, method of operation, growth history, future expansion plans, market presence, market share, annual reports, and financial information.

One way to research a company is to look up their website. You can get all of general knowledge about them that way, including names of key people and their job titles.

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