Does anyone work from home?

[BoeandBall]

I'm looking for a job at the moment, I'm in my final year at uni but not sure about getting a full time job at the moment because of anxiety/depression etc. Does anyone do a legit job from home?

I know someone who works for a travel agent and works from home. She takes calls from people looking to book holidays. I also know someone who works in IT support and works from home. They basically answer any calls or emails regarding IT issues within a company and need help fixing it. Someone else set up their own digital marketing company and work from home, although they do go out to meet clients but predominately work from home looking after client's social media accounts and social media campaigns.

I run my own business and freelance from home. You can also find VA roles and telesales that are home based.

I do but it's not a job you can do without work experience. If you look for home-based roles on the Charityjob website there seem to be a few admin and fundraising roles.

Also, look at large organisations they can be quite flexible ie allow you to work from home some days.

I'm a freelance costumer, stylist and dresser But a lot of my work isn't actually done from home, it's a lot of sourcing, meetings, talking, measuring people and then touching said people (when trying to shoehorn them into a corset because their agent fibbed about their measurements)
If you have any kind of anxiety it's a field to avoid. Its stressful but fun.
I also make stuff from home. I make period underpinnings. Not for people on their period, although I would if asked, but historical.
It's a job for love not money.

A lot of government department jobs E.g. Defra and the associated non-departmental public bodies such as Environment Agency etc are a combination of office and home based, with many people entirely home based.

Try Sensee or Enterprise Rent A Car.

I do but you’d need to work out of home for years to be able to do my job really.

If you are prone to depression , I would give some really considered thought to isolating yourself though. I am aware that anxiety and depression comes in different forms and affects people differently. There's a thread running at the moment from a poster who works from home and is struggling with the lack of contact with people.

Also, I think that most people that work from home have 'worked up to it', gaining their experience, networks, trust, etc first.

I work from home but it's pretty niche and something that you need an talent for not that that stops people from trying and failing.

Agree with PP about putting your MH first. It really is lonely working from home. I have a DS now and it's really bloody hard juggling him and my career.

If I'm honest, I feel way too anxious to go for job interviews if you see what I mean. So I'm not sure what to do. And doesn't claiming for universal credit mean I would have to go to interviews/assessments?

I work from home full time (am employed) but is something I couldn’t have done without a qualification and experience first.

What are you doing at uni? Do you enjoy it? Which bits particularly? What else do you enjoy doing?

I'm studying criminology, and would love to work in probation. The only other things I enjoy are crochet and archery. I'm really trying to get the courage to apply for a job, but I want to be confident and ready. It's just about how I can afford to live in the meantime

No one is truly confident or ready when they start applying. Not unless they are so completely sheltered from reality that they don’t understand how tough the job market can be.

Go, apply for entry level jobs that sound interesting, make mistakes, learn, apply some more. That’s how it works.

I’m surprised you want to work in probation as it’s so far away from the work from home drive you describe. I’d look at charities with a focus on offender rehabilitation, community based work, maybe local council. They’ll all give you a strong background in the sort of people skills the probation service will be looking for.

Outside of that I’d guess data science or research roles might suit? Or maybe something like paralegal work? Or even a more general entry level admin role to ease you into working and interviewing.