27 Home Work Jobs That Accept Newbies

If you really want to work at home but don’t have any past experience, it can sometimes be difficult to get your foot in the door of the job you want. Fortunately, there are some options. We have to start everything! Today, we are talking about work at home jobs for beginners.

Keep in mind that work-from-home jobs for beginners also come with lower pay rates in most cases. In fact, sometimes you may have to juggle two or three of these jobs at once to make anything close to a livable wage. This is something I had to do when I first started!

The great thing is that you can gain valuable experience that helps ensure you land a higher paying job down the line!

Work from home jobs that accept newcomers

Below are some of the different industries and companies in each industry that may be willing to work with you as an intern:

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As a work from home transcriber, you listen to audio files and type what you hear. While this may sound simple, there is a learning curve.

Also, most transcription companies have very specific formatting rules that you must follow and these will not be the same from company to company.

Transcription can pay well, but higher paying companies usually want proof of past experience.

I have linked below for you companies that are not known to pay well, but they will consider freshers who pass their skill test.

If you are interested in replica training, I recommend it General Transcription: Theory and Practice or Legal Transcription: Theory and Practice By Janet Shaughnessy.

Janet also has an offer Totally free mini course (no strings attached) that can help you see if you would benefit from his training and if transcription is something you’re into.

Translation

As a translator who works from home, you will convert information (written or otherwise) from one language to another. So if you are fluent in multiple languages, this can be a viable work at home option for you as this work can be done remotely.

As it is with transcription, you earn more as a work at home translator with past experience. But if you’re just starting out, you still have some options to gain that experience.

The companies below will consider employees with no previous experience in translation, although you may be required to pass a skills test before being accepted.

Virtual assistance

As a virtual assistant, you are a Jack or Jill of all trades. What your job entails can vary greatly from one day to the next, depending on what your client(s) are asking of you.

Many companies that hire virtual assistants prefer employees with ex-admin or virtual assisting experience, but not all!

Below, I’ve linked some companies that are very open to virtual assistants who have never done the job before

my e-book, Your quick guide to working from home as a virtual assistant, lists 50 companies that hire and some of them also accept newcomers. It also explains how you can go into business for yourself as a virtual assistant.

ESL tutoring

ESL tutoring is teaching the English language to people who cannot speak it.

Although it was a booming industry for a time where companies in China hired many people to teach English language to children from English-speaking countries, it has somewhat stagnated. China recently banned for-profit tutoring in their country.

Nevertheless, there are still a few sites where you can join as a teacher that are not based in China and still need staff.

Some of these companies only require that you speak English as a native language, but most require a language certificate — such as TEFL or TESOL. You can get this training online very quickly and easily, but again, not all companies require it.

Below, I’ve listed a few ESL tutoring opportunities that I know of that you can still work with as a beginner.

Academic tutoring

As an academic tutor, you will provide tutoring and/or homework help to elementary, middle, high school, and even college students in a variety of subjects.

While most companies prefer to hire people who are either pursuing or already have a college degree, you can still often find work even if you’ve never tutored before.

The companies listed below are often looking for online academic tutors, and they are open to people with no experience.

Freelance writing

Freelance writing is what I did a few years ago to make money from home and I was able to make money without any prior experience or even a degree!

Many companies will consider applicants based on skills alone — your past experience won’t always matter if you can prove you’re a better-than-average writer.

The companies below don’t pay well, but if you can write, you have acceptance with them.

Another option is to strike out on your own as a freelancer and find high-paying clients for direct writing. You can do this if you’re a good writer — past experience or not — and you’ll earn more than the content sites above will pay you. But this takes time.

Carol Tice runs a really popular online community for writers called Freelance Writers Den. It’s only open a few times a year, but if you’re interested in joining, you can join the waiting list.

As a member, you get access to a writing support forum, exclusive job boards, accountability partners, useful training on writing, marketing and more.

phone jobs

Home phone jobs include providing customer service, sales, tech support, and more to those who need it. While many companies don’t like to hire people without proven experience, you can still find a handful that are open to entry-level employees.

Phone work is not ideal for everyone. Most of the companies you can work for don’t require any background noise. Almost impossible to guarantee if you have kids or loud pets.

If you think phone work might be for you, check out the companies below that can hire you even if you’re new to it:

task site

Task sites are mostly good for a little side money, and I often recommend them for some of the better paying jobs.

I did search evaluations and task work in between my freelance writing gigs during the day and it helped supplement my other income.

Getting accepted to work for task sites is pretty easy, and the type of work you do will vary depending on what’s posted.

Below are the sites you should check out if it interests you

Proofreading and editing

If you’re good at proofreading and editing but you’ve never done it professionally, finding a company that will pay you for it can be a little difficult. But all hope is not lost — after a lot of digging, I found a handful of companies that will hire you without past experience.

Note that they will test your skills before allowing you to proofread and (usually) require a college degree.

As with freelance writing, you can run your own business or side gig as a proofreader or editor. It takes time to build a base of well-paying clients who trust you and your skills, but it will pay you the most in the long run.

When people ask me about proofreading training as a side gig, I always refer them to Caitlin Pyle and her resources.

I’ve known Caitlin since 2014 when she first launched her Transcript Proofreading e-Course after quitting her day job to proofread transcripts for court reporters making more than she was making at her day job!

He has since created an e-course for proofreading as a side business in general, and if that interests you, you can watch his 76-minute webinar that explains a lot about it.

In conclusion

So you see, as a beginner in most industries you have some work from home options — although some of the companies above still won’t accept your application without proven skills.

As always, I wish you the best of luck in whatever you choose to pursue.