Indeed, it could be your neighbor, your best friend's mom, your
retired uncle, your ex-boss. Everyone's doing it! Working online is
proving to be the new career frontier. And with good reason. Millennials
and Boomers alike have discovered the financial, practical, personal
and professional advantages of working at home and online.
For starters, meet Kevin. For years, Kevin managed a major record store chain, long before the existence of Napster, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, etc., and the explosion of universal online access to the entire range of digital audio, video, tv, and film media. As a manager, he received scads of free LP's, and, later, music CD's, given to him gratis by music vendors.
A musician himself, Kevin was immersed in the music industry. He witnessed first-hand the growth of the 70's and 80's genres, artists and groups that would eventually become successful brands. And so he was in a position to amass a huge collection of what later would become valuable music collectors' items.
As brick-and-mortar music stores began to decline, Kevin found himself jobless, while, fortunately, his wife's career as a nurse was flourishing. Their dilemma-the jobs now available to Kevin would barely cover day care costs for their three small children, all still in diapers.
With time on his hands, Kevin began dabbling in Internet commerce, especially on eBay, then in its early stages. There he noticed that there was a market for classic albums, and he just happened to have a basement full of now valuable "first editions," rare LP's, and early albums of once-unknown musicians who now had become music icons. Using his knowledge of the music industry as powerful leverage, Kevin was, before long, making money on eBay, buying, selling, and reselling music collectors' items. He has found his "dream job"!
Kevin boasts that the most unexpected and best outcome of his newfound online career has been his role as the classic stay-at-home dad. "How lucky I am," says Kevin, "to have the opportunity to watch my kids grow up, to make their school lunches, and to chauffeur them to sports and school activities."
Now meet Monica. At age 18, Monica found herself alone and pregnant. Determined to raise her child on her own, she aggressively pursued job opportunities available to those with only a high school diploma. Financially, Monica was in no position to be able to afford any type of additional formal training. But her tenacity earned her an entry-level position working online with a major telecommunications company just at the time when many corporations were experimenting with employee telecommuting options. Not only was the company willing to invest in training employees who were receptive to the idea of working from home, they provided their online staff with all necessary telecommunications, hardware and software, including a high-end computer.
Monica, who was smart, determined, and hard-working, soon found herself working from home full time, with company benefits and no childcare worries. One day a month she was required to travel to a major nearby city for a full day of meetings-a small price to pay for what she considered to be an ideal work environment. As young as she was, Monica realized the importance of self-discipline and of setting work boundaries for herself, as well as for her family and friends.
As she continued to demonstrate competence, and showed her willingness to master the company's latest software applications, Monica began to earn one promotion after another, assuming more and more responsibility, all as she continued to work from the comfort of her home. A few years into her career, Monica had a second child. Still a single parent, she continued to be able to rear both of her children while engaging in a demanding career.
Fast forward to today. Monica is now a grandmother of two, and guess what? She now occasionally takes care of her grandchildren while continuing to carry out her job responsibilities from her home-based office.
Take a look at Barry's new career. He shifted to working online when his industry, construction contracting, entered difficult times. He now works from his home office, running Mastery Tutors http://www.masterytutors.com, a one-on-one, in-home tutoring business. The tutors he hires work face-to-face with students. But Barry's workday is spent completely online and on the phone, recruiting, matching, interviewing, and coordinating tutors. Initially his business focused within a 60-mile radius of his home outside of Charlotte NC. Now he has expanded to two new locations, Baltimore and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill.
One of the major benefits Barry has enjoyed since making this shift to working online is the flexibility to work anytime and anyplace, while also sharing travel adventures with his wife, who is a travel writer. In the recent past, he has worked from the balcony of a condo on the Mediterranean French Riviera, from a canal house in Amsterdam, and from a castle on a hill high above the Rhine River in Germany.
Just imagine. For the most part, Kevin, Monica and Barry have no need to fret about Monday morning's weather conditions, traffic jams, car accidents, late trains, the price of gas, or road construction projects. Instead, they take a short walk up or down stairs to their home office, using their once grueling commuting time far more productively. And... they take as many or as few coffee breaks as their work allows or temperament desires!
Are you ready to join this dynamic 21st century trend of cyber working? Take a look at a recently published book, Shifting Gears To Your Career Working Online, (New Cabady Press, April 2015). It takes you into the world of online work, helps you find yourself there; then guides you, with specific, practical strategies, tools, and tasks, as you prepare yourself well, establish your own starting point as a web worker, and become highly successful working online.
For starters, meet Kevin. For years, Kevin managed a major record store chain, long before the existence of Napster, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, etc., and the explosion of universal online access to the entire range of digital audio, video, tv, and film media. As a manager, he received scads of free LP's, and, later, music CD's, given to him gratis by music vendors.
A musician himself, Kevin was immersed in the music industry. He witnessed first-hand the growth of the 70's and 80's genres, artists and groups that would eventually become successful brands. And so he was in a position to amass a huge collection of what later would become valuable music collectors' items.
As brick-and-mortar music stores began to decline, Kevin found himself jobless, while, fortunately, his wife's career as a nurse was flourishing. Their dilemma-the jobs now available to Kevin would barely cover day care costs for their three small children, all still in diapers.
With time on his hands, Kevin began dabbling in Internet commerce, especially on eBay, then in its early stages. There he noticed that there was a market for classic albums, and he just happened to have a basement full of now valuable "first editions," rare LP's, and early albums of once-unknown musicians who now had become music icons. Using his knowledge of the music industry as powerful leverage, Kevin was, before long, making money on eBay, buying, selling, and reselling music collectors' items. He has found his "dream job"!
Kevin boasts that the most unexpected and best outcome of his newfound online career has been his role as the classic stay-at-home dad. "How lucky I am," says Kevin, "to have the opportunity to watch my kids grow up, to make their school lunches, and to chauffeur them to sports and school activities."
Now meet Monica. At age 18, Monica found herself alone and pregnant. Determined to raise her child on her own, she aggressively pursued job opportunities available to those with only a high school diploma. Financially, Monica was in no position to be able to afford any type of additional formal training. But her tenacity earned her an entry-level position working online with a major telecommunications company just at the time when many corporations were experimenting with employee telecommuting options. Not only was the company willing to invest in training employees who were receptive to the idea of working from home, they provided their online staff with all necessary telecommunications, hardware and software, including a high-end computer.
Monica, who was smart, determined, and hard-working, soon found herself working from home full time, with company benefits and no childcare worries. One day a month she was required to travel to a major nearby city for a full day of meetings-a small price to pay for what she considered to be an ideal work environment. As young as she was, Monica realized the importance of self-discipline and of setting work boundaries for herself, as well as for her family and friends.
As she continued to demonstrate competence, and showed her willingness to master the company's latest software applications, Monica began to earn one promotion after another, assuming more and more responsibility, all as she continued to work from the comfort of her home. A few years into her career, Monica had a second child. Still a single parent, she continued to be able to rear both of her children while engaging in a demanding career.
Fast forward to today. Monica is now a grandmother of two, and guess what? She now occasionally takes care of her grandchildren while continuing to carry out her job responsibilities from her home-based office.
Take a look at Barry's new career. He shifted to working online when his industry, construction contracting, entered difficult times. He now works from his home office, running Mastery Tutors http://www.masterytutors.com, a one-on-one, in-home tutoring business. The tutors he hires work face-to-face with students. But Barry's workday is spent completely online and on the phone, recruiting, matching, interviewing, and coordinating tutors. Initially his business focused within a 60-mile radius of his home outside of Charlotte NC. Now he has expanded to two new locations, Baltimore and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill.
One of the major benefits Barry has enjoyed since making this shift to working online is the flexibility to work anytime and anyplace, while also sharing travel adventures with his wife, who is a travel writer. In the recent past, he has worked from the balcony of a condo on the Mediterranean French Riviera, from a canal house in Amsterdam, and from a castle on a hill high above the Rhine River in Germany.
Just imagine. For the most part, Kevin, Monica and Barry have no need to fret about Monday morning's weather conditions, traffic jams, car accidents, late trains, the price of gas, or road construction projects. Instead, they take a short walk up or down stairs to their home office, using their once grueling commuting time far more productively. And... they take as many or as few coffee breaks as their work allows or temperament desires!
Are you ready to join this dynamic 21st century trend of cyber working? Take a look at a recently published book, Shifting Gears To Your Career Working Online, (New Cabady Press, April 2015). It takes you into the world of online work, helps you find yourself there; then guides you, with specific, practical strategies, tools, and tasks, as you prepare yourself well, establish your own starting point as a web worker, and become highly successful working online.
