legitimate work from home?

Can someone please tell me how to find legitimate work at home?

• I work at a hotel full time 6 months out of the year (that is when they are open) and I need something during that other six months. The only problem is most people do not want to hire you if you can only work 6 months out of the year. The time I have off is our snowy periods so I would love to work at home. I was wondering if anyone knew of anything. I live in Maine so most companies I found do not offer working at home here. Does anyone know of anything out there that is legitimate and I can do in Maine. Thank you

• Answer:

  One of the growing work at home businesses is the virtual call center. You can apply with them and work for 6 months, then quit when you go back to your hotel work Read this MSNBC's article on this industry http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7739611/ns/business-us_business/t/call-center-agents-without-call-centers/#.TknJns1lYjw AOL also published an article about virtual call centers, and named it as one of the best work at home jobs http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/01/27/work-from-home-jobs-for-retirees/ Some companies where you can apply Alpine Access http://www.alpineaccess.com = no fees and you will be considered as an employee, not as an independent contractor LiveOps http://www.liveops.com/ = considers agents as independent contractors; no upfront fee but requires applicants to pay for the background check