Increasing your online pay is commonly desired among work from home moms. Everyone desires to provide quality services and be paid accordingly. There are a variety of ways to increase the online pay received. Increasing existing skill sets, making referrals, using online testing, and adding to current portfolio items as well as job services can help bring more profitability to your at home business.
Improving Existing Skill Sets
Each work at home mom that desires to increase pay from online opportunities should improve existing skill sets. Preparation for the new experience is needed. If a young woman, found out she was pregnant, immediately she will begin to make preparation for the new baby. Mentally, many things will begin to run through her mind in what needs to be done to prepare. As a short time passes, she will begin to prepare by taking action.
Opportunities are available that can help add new skills to your online portfolio. Planning to add new skill and talent to your existing skills as well as taking action is important. Staying current with new trends and developments in the area you desire to work is also needed. Time can also be taken to research skill demands and pay scales in the area of choice, to determine appropriate pricing. Low cost or no cost classes are available locally as well as online. Become an expert in the skills you have or desire to have. This will provide strength and precision in those areas.
Online Testing
Online testing of skill sets is also a great way to see how you are doing in a particular area. Many websites are available to provide testing or evaluation of skills. Testing results which have been completed through other employers can also be used as documentation.
Portfolio Items
A current portfolio should be created before applying for online opportunities. The existing portfolio can also be added to, as you learn new skills. It should be up dated on a regular basis. By doing so, an increase in pay is more negotiable with the employer.
Various items can be placed within the portfolio. Documents can be added as well as presentation samples that have been created in the past. Samples can come from previous work done for employers, volunteer work or agency work. It can also come from finished projects created during previous education classes or coursework. The main objective is to have documents that are nicely done that will show the online employer that you have the ability to complete specific tasks. Here are a few examples of portfolio items:
Articles written if interested in writing jobs
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets examples
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
College Transcripts or Educational Certificates
Letters of Reference
Licenses and Certifications
Resume information along with cover letter samples
Portfolio items should be kept on your computer as well as a back-up location. The files do not have to be in physical form, since we are focusing on online opportunities. Some portfolio items should only be provided in certain circumstances, such as licensure information. Use the items to market your skills while increasing your average online pay.
