The Top Ten Best-Paying Work-From-Home Jobs: Are Ready For the Change in Job Market

With numerous companies laying off employees or transitioning workers from full-time to part-time, work-from-home jobs have become an economic necessity for many. The following telecommuting jobs received A scores or better from the Better Business Bureau. They offer extra income, flexible hours and that cherished work uniform – the robe.

Note: with Government of Kenya concentrating on making Kenya an IT Hub in Africa, the following are the kind of jobs and skills that you need to hone. Sit back and relax….oh!! Sorry. My bad…read!!

Web search evaluator

 Pay range: $13.50-$17.50/hour

When you type in a keyword to any of your favorite search engines, there aren’t just pre-loaded algorithms at work finding you the top matches for your inquiry. Many large companies employ real live people to analyze search results and improve the accuracy of search engines.

 

 

 

 

Culinary consultant

Pay range: $15-$30/hour

For those who can’t learn all there is to know from a YouTube video or an eHow article, there are actual culinary hotlines where experienced cooks take calls and answer questions about culinary confusions. A culinary degree isn’t required to work these hotlines, but experience in the field is preferred.

Customer service representative

Pay range: $9-$14/hour

In the old days when you called a major company with a question or complaint, your call was directed to an enormous call center. But today, the person on the other end of that call may be sitting in his or her own home office. Few companies require any particular education from their telecommuting customer service representatives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tech support agent

Pay range: $17-$29/hour

If you speak “tech” like it’s your second language, you can be of high value to companies that offer technical services or products. From the comfort of your home, you could answer questions about everything from laptops to stereos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual assistant

Pay range: $28-45/hour

A virtual assistant fills the same shoes a regular assistant might fill: scheduling appointments, keeping up records, recording memos and the like. But the difference between a virtual assistant and a traditional secretary is a virtual assistant operates as an independent business, often assisting a roster with multiple clients. The ability to juggle a high volume of calls and remain extremely organized is a must in this position.

Online tutor

Pay range: $10-$30/hour

All that’s required for this job is a bachelor’s degree and a computer. Online tutors instruct live chat sessions with students in a virtual classroom. Positions for those with advanced degrees are available as well, and often offer higher pay. 

Medical transcriptionist

Pay range: $25,000-$50,000/year

Medical transcriptionists type up those messy hand-written notes doctors scribble down during appointments, and turn them into official medical records. Most clinics or private practices want their transcriptionists to have an associate’s degree and be familiar with medical terminology.

Proofreader

Pay range: $12-$20/hour

Many foreign firms that publish academic or medical papers to English-speaking audiences need a native English speaker with editing experience to ensure documents are up to par. Some companies, even within the U.S., offer proofreading services to students and professors and hire experienced editors for the position. A bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Concierge

$11-$17/hour

A concierge doesn’t only work at a hotel. Large firms like JPMorgan employ virtual concierges who provide travel assistance, make reservations and handle questions via phone and email. These concierges often enjoy full benefits and flexible hours.

Translator

$1,000-$2,500/month

All this job requires is the command of at least two languages, and a computer. Many companies hire freelancers to translate business documents, consumer websites, academic papers and more. The most desirable applicants not only speak two languages, but also have some background in the industry of the company.

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Top 10 Emerging Jobs in Kenya

Blogging

Blogging has become one of the most profitable jobs in Kenya today. Most blogs such as Kenya Daily Post, Nairobi Wire are some of the emerging news channels that have come to be followed by many Kenyans. They are getting into the league of Daily Nation and Standard news blogs.

Moneywise, they are said to be earning their owners over 20k per day –may be a bit on the higher side though.

Academic Research 

 

This is the other sector that has taken university graduates by storm. They are failing their exams as they help others succeed in theirs…quite ironical. However, this is another field earning Kenyans good money.

Other Emerging Job Trends include

These are mostly used in internet marketing

3.      Social Media Marketing

 

Companies and celebrities are hiring IT savvy individuals to help in managing their twitter, facebook and other social media accounts. Quite a profitable endeavor too.

4.      Content Marketing

 

While this requires a bit of technical knowledge, companies that are involved in this type of marketing concentrate on giving their customers an added value. Digital marketing professionals in Kenya are involved in

i.                    Establishing problems and issues the target audience faces,

ii.                  Continuously creating new, high-quality content that target audience values

iii.                Capturing attention of your target audience for your great content

iv.                Measuring the success of your content marketing campaign.

5.      Landing Page Optimization

 

(LPO) is one part of a broader Internet marketing process called conversion optimization, or conversion rate optimization (CRO), with the goal of improving the percentage of visitors to the website that become sales leads and customers. A landing page is a webpage that is displayed when a potential customer clicks an advertisement or a search engine result link. This webpage typically displays content that is a relevant extension of the advertisement or link. LPO aims to provide page content and appearance that makes the webpage more appealing to target audiences.

6.      Inbound Marketing

 

Inbound marketing earns the attention of customers, makes the company easy to be found  and draws customers to the website by producing interesting content.

Sharing is caring and inbound marketing is about creating and sharing content with the world. By creating content specifically designed to appeal to your dream customers, inbound marketing attracts qualified prospects to your business and keeps them coming back for more.

7.      Web Analytics/ Google Analytics 

 

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage.

8.      SEO

 

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific vertical search engines.

9.      Conversion Rate Optimization

 

In internet marketing, conversion optimization, or conversion rate optimization (CRO) is the method of creating an experience for a website or landing page visitor with the goal of increasing the percentage of visitors that convert into customers. It is also commonly referred to as CRO.

10.  A/B Testing

 

A/B testing is a methodology in advertising of using randomized experiments with two variants, A and B, which are the control and treatment in the controlled experiment. Such experiments are commonly used in web development and marketing, as well as in more traditional forms of advertising.

#1 Most Marketable Course in Kenya

Sometimes back, I was asked by a good friend of mine what course she should take, now that she has finished High School. Am a strong believer that you can be what you want to be if you work hard on it.

However, I came to realize that very few people in this country finish high School knowing what they want to do. Some career talks don’t help and at some point they are not taken seriously as they don’t have a step by step approach.

Well I did my research, and for any business to succeed in this century, it will have to embrace technology. ICT professionals will be in a better position, in fact, I dare say that ICT is a flagship course (something that any professional in any field should have) that will be required for businesses to remain relevant to customer needs.

Now, if you are in ICT SAP accreditation is paramount. Here is why,

There is a gap in SAP accredited professionals in the Kenyan market. Currently 70% of World platforms run on SAP. At least 10,000 professionals are needed annually yet Kenya produces less than 1 per cent of the needed workforce despite many local companies running on their systems. This creates the need for industries to employ expatriates, a substantive cost to the business.

To develop, Kenya will need to churn out more people with high-end skills. With a bigger skills capacity Kenya's economy will thrive as skills will not only be consumed internally but will be exported globally. Today, knowledge export is one of the thriving businesses in the outsourcing sector.

This is what ICT Board is advising Kenyans. Take note, Kenya needs a whooping 10,000 professionals every year. Companies are turning to expatriates for excellence.

As you consider taking such a course, remember that businesses don’t need SAP accredited graduates they need SAP accredited excellent graduates.