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March 14

At home careers

Can someone suggest resources for flexible jobs that mostly or totally work at home? I trying to help a friend with ideas on how to create a second income while balancing childcare and other obligations. My friend has a graduate school science education, but the hard-earned laboratory skills unfortunately don't led themselves to working remotely. Maybe some of the technical knowledge and basic computer skills are transferable but there isn't an immediately obvious at-home career option, so it is time to think broadly about options. There are obviously a lot of work-at-home scams out there, but what good options are there? I know about oDesk and Freelancer, for example. Are there other good platforms to support at home work? What about less obvious options, like opening a small internet business or other forms of part-time self-employment? Can anyone suggest good resources with tips about how to get started and make a transition to earning income at home? Dragons flight (talk) 04:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I work at home, or wherever I happen to be, entirely over the internet, as a translator and proofreader. If your friend has scientific education, (s)he can work as a proofreader. Proofreading is not extremely well-paid (I charge £15 GBP per hour), but it's more than twice the minimum wage of the UK). KägeTorä - (^影_虎) (Chin Wag) 05:28, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

How do you go about finding people to hire you? Dragons flight (talk) 07:05, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

There are multiple websites where you can register. www.translatorscafe.com is one, www.traduguide.com is another. You can register for free, or pay a fee every three months to become a 'master member', which gives you early access. You then put in your details, including resume, and you will get notifications of translation/proofreading jobs by email. You can choose to do them, or choose not to do them. It's a bit difficult at first, but once you have built up a network (by doing jobs), you get more and more, and translation companies will start to recommend you to other translation companies. KägeTorä - (^影_虎) (Chin Wag) 15:59, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

If you're good with stats (and also lucky), you can be a professional gambler. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:09, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

You can choose from Category:Agriculture and Category:Crafts, and sell to your neighbors within walking distance. See http://smallbusiness.chron.com/grow-fruits-vegetables-profit-19233.html.

—Wavelength (talk) 23:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC) and 14:50, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

The Guardian

Why are so many different unrelated newspapers around the world called "The Guardian"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackleandhide (talk • contribs) 18:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I assume its a abbreviation of "The Guardian of Truth". There are also many newsapapers called The Times and The Sentinel LongHairedFop (talk) 18:39, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Or guardian of the people's rights, or some such. —Tamfang (talk) 02:59, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia, the most famous Guardian started to "zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious Liberty… warmly advocate the cause of Reform… endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of Political Economy and… support, without reference to the party from which they emanate, all serviceable measures." That's a wordier "some such". InedibleHulk (talk) 06:00, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Hark, another Herald. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:06, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Conversely, see 50 of the strangest newspaper names. Alansplodge (talk) 21:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Granma is either losing her memory, or keeping her prejudices. Seriously though, good find. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:55, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

They missed The Plain Dealer (an unattractive casino worker ?). Also, the Detroit Free Press is another with "Free Press" in the name. Then there's the The Straits Times, which sounds like a biography of a heterosexual, although the spelling is clue to it's real meaning. StuRat (talk) 17:57, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

• List of common newspaper names was deleted. It only consisted of the below list with no sources, examples, numbers or links. I wikilinked the entries here for convenience without checking where the links go.

PrimeHunter (talk) 03:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)