The year 2020 has been a year of upheaval and change. The pandemic pushed many employers into sending their employees to work from home. With phones, email, texting, Zoom, Google Hangout, Slack, and a plethora of other software to help coworkers work together remotely, the possibilities of working from home have skyrocketed.
Maybe you are someone who was laid off from your job because it’s not possible to work from home and you’re sick and tired of job searching and going on interviews. You’d like to work from home but don’t know where to start or what to do. You’ve been researching and scouring the internet for days, maybe weeks and months even. But what job will actually suit your needs and be a success for you?
We’ve seen that many teachers have found themselves in a difficult position when returning to the classroom during the pandemic. That’s if they were able to do so. Teachers and support staff alike have had to reorganize and set up online classrooms. This has caused a lot of stress, and no doubt many have had to weigh the cost and benefits of returning to working with the public. It’s not uncommon to hear about women in the workplace making the difficult decision to stay at home with their children to homeschool. All these life-altering decisions that you’ve either made or have been imposed on you have led to a sort of mass pivot in the workplace. More and more are choosing to take control of their work-life and looking for options that will enable them to stay home and make a decent living.
So here we are at the end of 2020, and you might be finding yourself without any translatable skills, and you’re tempted to join an MLM company so you can have the freedom to stay home. It seems like many women are doing just that and attempting to live the influencer lifestyle. But did you know that the statistics show that your success rate is less than 1%? We know this from the income disclosure statements the companies post every year.
If you’ve been looking for work from home options, then probably you are being followed by ads everywhere you go. Facebook, Instagram, every website you visit with ads is showing you a new work from home idea. Have you seen ads for any of the following?
- Make or design jewelry
- Designing stickers
- Etsy shop
- Affiliate marketing
- Amazon shop
- Thrifting resale
- Ask your current employer to work from home
You’re most likely reading this blog because you are still looking for the best option for you.
There is a lot involved in starting your own business from home and possibly even more needed to work in a more traditional office-type job for a big corporation from home. It can all be very scary with huge investments of time and money, but what if you could find a work from home job that has clients that are looking for you? If that appeals to you, then a career as a scopist might just be for you.
Scoping isn’t your typical work from home job. Most likely, before today, you hadn’t even heard of scoping or scopists. Court reporters hire scopists to make sure that the final court transcript is complete and accurate. Because there is a worldwide shortage of court reporters, the work for them is limitless and hiring a scopist frees them to take more reporting jobs instead of editing their own files. This keeps the work flowing for scopists. Scoping is a viable career with strong future growth. Most scopists work as freelancers, running their own business, deciding how much to work and where to work. They don’t even need to have an internet connection the entire time.
If you’ve gone through the different options and decided you are ready to make a commitment to professional development, our scoping course is now available. It will teach you everything you need to know to start your career as a scopist, from technical skills to marketing and connecting with court reporters who need scoping services.
“Three years ago, I trained to be a scopist when I was searching for a career change from a government Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 job…I can truly say that scoping has given me the flexibility in my schedule that I had been dreaming of.”
-Heidi Yaeger, Cofounder, Scoping International
Visit our FAQ here to learn more detail about scoping. Next week on the blog we will go more in-depth about scoping and the day in the life of a scopist.