25 In-Demand "Work From Home" Job Opportunities

The job hunting scenario has significantly changed a lot over the past years and there seems to have no sign of stopping it. Perhaps the forever growing traffic, new technology trends, and the emerging different ways of life affected the way hiring companies do their recruitment processes.

If you worked some 15 years ago, working from home was not really an option for some companies, especially in the Business Processing and Outsourcing (BPO) industries. Nowadays, BPO industries are giving job opportunities at the extent and comfort of your own home. Nonetheless, working from home these days are also a cheaper alternative for some BPO companies when it comes to marketing their brand or products, saving office electricity consumption, and cutting off some company costs and expenses. Other companies use the power of different workforce from home to improve their visibility on the Internet as well.

But working from home should not be based or limits itself in working at home or in any remote area using a computer or laptop and some good WiFi connection. There are a lot of work from home jobs out there that you might want to try if you are still looking for the right job for you. But if you have already have a job, working from home is also a good option for part-time job as well. Below are 25 of the in-demand work from home jobs available in the job market today.

Internet-based Work From Home Jobs

- The Internet offers a vast opportunity of different jobs, that if you look into it further and deeper, you will know that there are more to the Internet than meets the eyes. Below are some of the popular Internet-based jobs that you can do while working from home:

• Social Media Manager. The word "manager" does not even mean that your work requires you to "manage" people, so don't expect much when it comes to compensation. This job requires you to manage different Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, or even Twitter accounts. The best thing about this is that you can have as many clients as you have as long as you can manage them all at the same time. The more social media to manage, the better the income!
• Online Content Writer. This job is somewhat similar to managing different social media websites, but it will also requires you to be familiar with or at least knowledgeable of different Content Management System (CMS) platforms such as Blogger, Wordpress, and Joomla among others.  
• Online Seller. Online selling is so fab and trendy nowadays that almost everyone who has access to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter could be your potential clients. All you have to do is to have a knowledge and skills in marketing using different social media platforms and at least be familiar on how these work. Of course, you'll also have to have some stuff to be sold online.
• Other Internet-based Work from Home Jobs that are also in-demand are Digital Online Editor, Virtual Assistants, Website Developer, and Online Tutor / Teachers.

Skills/Talent-Based Work From Home Jobs

- Skills and talents are always a good investment in life. If you have a natural talent for something, you can always start from here and think of ways on how you can improve and earn from them. Skills and talents, when improved, can be a best alternative job for you. Here are some of the skills- and talents-based work from home jobs that you can do if you have what it takes:

• Freelance Writer. If you have a natural talent in writing with different styles and some imaginations, a freelance writing job is the right job for you! Freelance writing has a wide market ranging from print magazine and newspaper writer, blogger, ghost writer, playwright, and screenwriter among others. Discover your writing talents and skills or improve them more often. Who knows where writing can take you? 
• Graphics Artists. Doing designs are really a tedious task and it does not only require skills in drawing but also a talent for mixing colors, creative designs, and some really good imaginations. Being a graphic artist does not limits itself from designing T-shirts or whatever. If you are a graphic artist, you can also be a painter, a hobbyist, a graffiti artist, a tattoo artist, or perhaps a fashion designer if that will make you feel good.
• Foreign Language Translator. Studying a foreign language really takes guts, memorization skills, and some good conversational talents as well. If you think English is a hard subject, wait until you learn Korean, Chinese, German, French, Thai, Cambodian, Japanese, Bahasa Malaysia, Latin, Greek, Italian, or even Icelandic languages. Some of the mentioned languages where now being used in Foreign Language accounts in different call center companies in the country. Others are being used to translate documents to languages that company heads can easily understand. Businessmen also hire foreign language translators to help them translate a business meeting conversation with a potential client. The possibilities are endless.
• Other Skills- or Talents-based work from home jobs are Photo Editor, Freelance Copywriter, Photo Editor, and Music Mixer, which requires some editing skills as well.

TESDA-Based Work From Home Jobs

- If you are still in the batcave and counting some cobwebs and bats, well, it's time to get out and enjoy the sunshine that is TESDA. TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) is a government-run institution, which  provides direction, policies, programs, and standards towards quality technical education and skills development. It has a wide range of vocational courses that you can choose from to help you improve or learn some new skills for yourself. Below are some of the jobs that you can do at the comfort of your own home with the help of TESDA: 

• Baker / Chef. Cooking or baking can either be learned or acquired. Some people learned cooking or baking baked goodies at home or as a passed-on generation skills or business. The good news is, both skills can also be acquired through studying the basics and steps by steps guide when you enrolled yourself under a TESDA program such as Cookery or Food and Beverages courses. 
• Hairdressing / Cosmetology. Proper grooming can also be learned under a specialized TESDA program for Beauty Care Services. Hairdressing and Manicure/Pedicure are also good stress relievers that is why TESDA also classifies it under the Social and Community Development Services. Being beautiful and properly groomed have never been this so organized, you have to learn it from scratch!
• Electronics Repair. Technical skills such as radio and TV repair or cellphone repair might seems a little easy but it's not. All those small parts and complicated circuits are hard to learn and repair but when you know the twists and turns of electronics repairing, a more passive income would come your way.
• There are other TESDA-based jobs out there that you can do at home such as Dressmaker, Car Mechanic, Accessories Maker, Nail Artists, and Housekeeping. You may want to visit TESDA's official website for your inquiries.

Remote (Pseudo)-Work From Home Jobs

- What else can be better than working from home? Of course, that is working remotely! A remote working environment can be more focusing than working from home, but it can also be more expensive as well if you don't know where to go and consider a place your remote working area. By being said, a remote area could in a far-flung province, a beach front, or perhaps while travelling abroad. As they say, the world is your playground, and so as your office as well. Below are some remote work from home jobs that you may want to try:

• Remote Headhunter. One of the integral part of hiring officers inside a company is that you have to filter all the walk-in applicants and take the filtered applicants to their next level of recruitment process. A remote headhunter also works the same way only there are no applicants involved. A headhunter's responsibility is to filter potential employees from other companies and asked them to become part of a bigger company (the one that you are headhunting for). It is such a big world out there to find a quality and fit employee for a most-desired position/s. Nevertheless, filtering people is such a tedious task but it pays well. But don't take my word for it.
• Food Products Distributor. Food manufacturing and distribution has never been so busy this past years due to the demands of different food supplies in the recent years. There are about at least 75 million Filipinos in the Philippines who needs food to eat. And we are everywhere! Now, you tell me if food products distribution is not a good job opportunity? 
• Other remote working jobs are being a Massage Therapist and a Financial Adviser.

If you think working in an office is the only way to earn money as a job, well... think again. The world has literally changed a lot, and job opportunities out there also changed for the better.