A majority of my income is earned in this space, my home office.

Three years ago, I walked away from an executive level administrative career. I didn’t know where I was going work-wise, and I hadn’t dealt with personal issues that had put me in the walk-away frame of mind.

The next thing I knew, I spent some time in Alaska.

I came home, and I began to seek “virtual work.”

Fortunately, I’ve been working steadily in virtual work ever since.  For the past two years, I have earned a satisfactory salary in "part time work."  In reality and as reported to the IRS, the part salary has exceeded my expectations for virtual employment.  I have had to learn about reporting income accurately.   I don't know how long this work will last, but it currently exceeds the salary I made when I worked the administrative grind.  I am blessed, and I am thankful.

I realize that my own experience may not reflect the potential outcome for others, however,  I want to share my experience in hopes that someone else may discover insight and opportunities as well.  

OPEN CALL

  The World of Virtual Employment: Sharing Virtual Employment links

I’d like this to be an “open call” list shared and built among us  in order to present a related list with a focus on employment in the virtual environment.

 With that in mind, here are few sites I examined today:

GetAFreelancer               

www.getafreelancer.com

FAQ: http://www.getafreelancer.com/news/articles.html

Laureate Incorporated

http://www.laureate-inc.com/careers/searchCareersFS.html

Use “virtual” as the keyword in the search engine.

Virtual Vocations

http://www.virtualvocations.com/

Today’s note: Total Job Postings: 27,164 total jobs posted

 Here is another one.  At Juju.com, a keyword search for “virtual” returns 6,986 hits.  These are obviously not all relevant hits for virtual employment, but the number indicates a strong lead for perusal.

Supportive e-how articles on landing a virtual  jobs: http://www.ehow.com/how_4788332_find-virtualjobs.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2162080_first-freelance-virtual-assistant-job.html

Iwork-online

A social network for those who work online.

http://iwork-online.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=59

My daughter, a photographer, also freelances. Here she is at work in her virtual office.

What virtual links can you share?

UPDATES:  Links contributed by OS responders

http://www.freelancersunion.org/

www.elance.com

linkedin.com

indeed.com
realitystaff.com

mediabistro.com