Did you know that in some offices people sit down to work? If this sounds like an alien concept to you you’re not alone. Most entry level jobs are standing up jobs so this is something of a revelation to many people. While working on your computer probably isn’t great for your posture, there are lots of jobs out there where you can sit down and still get stuff done.
There are plenty of fun jobs out there that you could pin all day, but aren’t those good for your body or mind! Where can you find entry level jobs where you sit down all day? You’ll be surprised at how many exist.
Entry Level Jobs Where You Can Sit Down
Accountant. What you’d do: Accountants deal with financial records and prepare reports to explain their findings to managers or individual clients. …
Archivist. …
Computer Programmer. …
Drafter. …
Funeral Director. …
Jeweler. …
Lab Technician. …
Librarian.
- Become a Freelancer
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Freelancing is the best way to make a living from home, especially for the disabled and people with chronic illnesses. I’m now working full-time as a freelance writer and provide for my entire family without even leaving my home.
There aren’t many easy careers for people with disabilities and freelancing is one the few.
To become a freelancer, you’ll need to find a marketable skill. You use this skill to create a service that you sell to your clients.
For example, if you can write, you can offer a service to write eBooks. Or, if you know how to code, you can develop websites. If you’re good at Photoshop, you can offer graphic design services.
You can get started by joining a freelance marketplace, which are filled with jobs posted by clients, and then contact those clients to offer your services. Once you get accepted for a job and deliver your assignments, you get paid.
Most of you may not have a marketable skill that you could use to create a service at the moment. That’s OK. There are ways you can learn skills online. Thanks to websites like Skillshare, Udemy, and EDx.org, you can now easily learn new skills from the comfort of your home.
After learning a skill and practicing it, you can create a freelance profile on a freelance marketplace or browse online job boards to find jobs related to your skill and contact clients. If the client thinks you’re a good fit for the job, they’ll hire you and pay you for your work.
If you’re willing to invest time in starting a career in freelancing, learn a skill to create a freelance service. If you need guidance, check out my book Freelance Like A Pro.
Also, feel free to send me an email. I’m happy to help.
- Find Transcription Jobs
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Transcription jobs are one of the easiest jobs you can do. These jobs involve listening to audio or video content and then converting everything spoken in the audio into text format.
This is quite a popular and an in-demand job, especially thanks to the boom in podcasting. Many podcasters hire transcriptionists to convert their podcast episodes into text format so that they can publish them on their blogs.
A great strategy you can use to find transcription jobs is to browse a podcasting platform like iTunes or Stitcher and pick a few new podcasts that you like. Then contact its creators and ask if you can provide transcription services to them.
Or, you can try looking for transcription jobs on these sites:
Transcribeme
com
Way With Words
Scribie
Daily Transcription
- Write For A Blog
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There are blogs that actually pay you to write articles for them.
If you’re skilled at writing and have a way with words, you can write online. Even if you haven’t written any content before, you can start writing for blogs without past experience.
Although, I would recommend that you test the waters by writing a couple of articles. You can write and publish a few articles of your own using a platform like Medium. Then ask for feedback from your friends and the community. Then improve your writing.
Once you’re confident about writing, try pitching to these blogs and start writing:
Listverse
Travel Writer’s Life
Cracked
Metro Planet
Tuts+
SitePoint
More
- Become A Virtual Assistant
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Virtual assistant jobs are a bit challenging to manage than most other jobs.
Thes jobs usually involve managing the schedules of your employers, answering their emails, and sometimes managing other people who work for your employer.
For example, if you get a virtual assistant job for a successful blogger, you will have to manage her blogging schedule, reply to emails, manage the writers who work under her, and more.
Remote.co
Indeed Remote Assistant jobs
Fancy Hands
Assistant Match
- Get A Social Media Gig
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If you love using Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest and know your way around these platforms, then you can make money from these skills.
Most small brands and entrepreneurs often don’t have the time to invest in managing their social media accounts. So they hire people to manage the different social media accounts for them.
This means you will have to create unique posts and images for different social networks, reply to comments, respond to messages, and publish posts according to a schedule. You will need some skills in Photoshop and online photo editors like Canva to be successful at this job.
Look for social media gigs on these sites:
Working Nomads
Jobs In Social Media
Entertainment Careers
Indeed Social Media Jobs
- Test Mobile Apps
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This is one of the jobs that don’t require any skills at all.
If you know how to install an app on your phone or use a web app on your computer, then you are qualified for this job.
This job involves testing unreleased apps and services and then providing your feedback for the companies and developers. If you find bugs, issues, or difficulties with app features, you just report them. Some app testing jobs pay more than $10 for a successfully submitted test.
User Testing
Tester Work
Test Birds
User Feel
- Become A Voice-Over Artist
If you have a great voice and good grasp of English speaking, then this could be a great career path for you.
Voice-over artist gigs involve lending your voice for video and audio content. For example, you’ll get hired by podcasters to do ad bites for their advertisers, you’ll get hired by video content creators to create introductions, and there are many other possibilities.
You can look for voice-over jobs using these platforms:
Voice Bunny
Voices
The Voice Realm
Indeed Jobs
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- Join A Customer Service Team
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Customer service jobs are quite easy. You simply work as a representative of a company and respond to customer inquiries and questions related to sales and technical aspects. Although, finding these jobs is the difficult part because there’s aren’t many.
Try looking for gigs on these sites:
Indeed Live Chat Jobs
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Site Staff
Apple Jobs
Live Person
- Do Translations
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Know a second language? Then you can do translation jobs.
This involves translating documents, articles, and even eBooks from one language to another. For example, if your native language is German and you also know English as a second language, then you can translate English documents to German and vice versa.
You can find various translation jobs online by browsing sites dedicated to translators. Landing the first couple of jobs will be tough, but after that, it will be like a walk in the park.
Gengo
Unlabel
Scrybs
Translator Cafe
Translator Pub
- Become A Tutor
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Don’t let your college degree or work experience go to waste. If you’re good at helping students and teaching, you can become an online tutor.
Online tutoring is much like getting a teaching job at a school. There are sites dedicated specifically for finding online tutoring jobs. You simply register for a teaching profile on these sites and help students with their studies.
Here are some of the sites you can join for tutoring jobs:
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Skooli
FlexJobs Tutoring Jobs
Tutor Hub
My Tutor
Home Tutor Site
If you have past teaching experience or great qualifications, it’ll be much easier to join these sites.
