10 Jobs That You Can Do From Home

Tarikul Islam Topu
6 min readMar 22, 2021

In this time of pandemic, jobs has been changed in so many different ways. It can be done by physically appeared there or don’t even been there at all. So, the main advantage is that it can be done from the coziness of your home. You just need to have a computer and being connected with the mighty Internet.

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So, the first question that comes in your mind that what kind of jobs you can do from home and what kind of skills those jobs required. I’m here to give you those answers in a simple way. Here we go-

10 Best work-from-home jobs -

1. Virtual Assistant

2. Tech Support Specialist

3. Customer Service Representative

4. Designer

5. Social Media Manager/Marketer

6. Developer

7. Online Tutor

8. Translator

9. Content Writer

10. Photographer

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1. Virtual Assistant

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This title includes a wide range of work that one can provide, varying from answering calls, replying emails, managing social media etc. At present different companies like to hire this kind of skilled person who can add value to their business. As a virtual assistant you can earn $5 to $25 hourly basis to $25,000 to $75,000 annually, depending on what you can offer and your skill.

2. Tech Support Specialist

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Different kind of organization including trading companies, nonprofits, call centers hire technical support specialist to support their business remotely. According to BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) this job annual wage could be-

Computer network support: $62,340

Computer user support: $50,210

3. Customer Service Representative

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When someone call to order or to find support from a certain company, the people on the other end of the line could be sitting in their home and work as a remote contractor to give customer support for those companies. This independent customer support service job becoming popular day by day and companies like Startup or Well-established business increasingly hiring for this kind of post.

According to BLS, hourly rate for this job ranging from $11 to $17, annual wage could be $22,000 to $34,000.

4. Designer

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If you are an artist or have a creative mind, then it will be very efficient for you to be a designer to turn your hobby into wealth. Websites like Behance, 99design, Dribbble will help you to meet potential clients to get wage like $25 to more than $100 per hour depending on the budget of the project and your level of expertise & experience.

5. Social Media Manager/Marketer

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Many companies don’t have time to continuously update their product or to interact with customer through social media, because of that hiring social media manager/marketer getting popular everyday. If you have a tendency using social media such as Facebook, Instagram then you can help companies to reach out to their customer and develop their social media platform. But the real progress is in making new leads through social media and microtargeting the right customer. If you have experience in this work, you can charge clients $20 to $100 per hour.

6. Developer

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This job is being popular as remote for a long time & it’s popularity just increasing more and more. If you’re a web developer, app developer, software developer or game developer— all those jobs can be done remotely.

Coding can be fun and life changing if you just have the passion for it and there’s ton of free resources online to get you started in this field.

The average remote developer salary could be $110,000 per year & $56.41 per hour.

7. Online Tutor

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Online teaching industry is growing in a higher rate because of this pandemic situation and also with availability of advanced technology and high speed Internet. You can teach in English or in any other language as you want. If you have previous experience in teaching in just a casual way then you can teach students from all over the world from sites like VIPKID where average hour rate is $18. It’s actually depends on how much time you are giving in that and the types of class you are teaching.

8. Translator

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Because of globalization, the demand of translator is growing on many level. Translator worked on written or audio document. If you are skilled in more than one language, you can do that job very easily by translating the document from one language to another. Nowadays companies can hire translator through online instead of being held by geographical barrier. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

Employment of translators is projected to grow 17% from 2016 to 2026.

As a translator you can charge average $24 per hour, annual wage can be $47,190.

9. Content Writer

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As the print media is dying there are more demands for writers on Internet. According to the U.S. Department of Labor,

The demand for writers is expected to grow by 6% from 2010 to 2020.

It’s one of the most lucrative job in online market if you have prior experience on it. Even if you have no experience you can open a blog and just get started. Blogging can be fun as well as a great source of income if you have patient. Beginners can charge $15 to $40 per hour as a freelance writer.

10. Photographer

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If you have a camera and love to take photos then you can start to work as a stock image photographer & sell photos in sites like Shutterstcok, Adobe stock, Getty images right now. Business companies need quality stock photos for their various work like for their website, presentation and so on. Demand on stock photos increasing day by day. According to Technavio,

The business of selling stock photos will exceed $4 billion by 2020.

One photo can be sold in between 20 to 50 cents. So, the goal will be to store more photos so you can earn your expected money. The fun thing in that job is you have to work just once in one content and getting paid as many times it get sold.

Where you can find those remote jobs?

There are some scam sites which could burn you out and waste your valuable time and energy. So before jump into the game, do some research and put your talent on the right place.
Some trustworthy and recommended site for finding remote jobs is given here-

So, If it helps you in anyway give a clap for me. And keep believing in yourself, keep trying because every new start can be rocky sometimes but it will be easier for you after a few amount of time if you just follow your passion, stick with it & work hard.

Have a good day.

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Tarikul Islam Topu

Product designer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Love to learn and talk about product and service how it’s impacting our daily lives.