Posts Tagged ‘independent contractors’

ACD Direct

November 27th, 2009

ACD Direct was founded in 2000 as a brick and mortar business focusing on customer service and product returns of one of the biggest computer manufactures in the world. ACD Direct utilized virtual business tactics to grow their company in order to offer services to a clients in varies fields. ACD Direct is based out of Layton, Utah.

ACD Direct currently has over 1000 work at home agents and is always looking for qualified candidates to fill their work at home jobs. Requirements to work for ACD Direct as an work from home agent are as follows: must have call center experience, must have a dedicated phone line, must have a high quality computer, must have high speed Internet, must have a quiet home office, must complete all training before taking calls and must stay up to date on all training & resources.

ACD Direct’s work at home jobs are independent contractor positions. This means that agents are paid by the minute spend talking to customers on the phone. It is each independent agents responsibility to invoice ACD Direct in order to be paid. All of ACD Direct’s work at home agents are fully responsible to paying their own taxes and maintaining records. As independent contractors, agents have the flexibility to work the number of hours and schedule they choose.

ACD Direct’s independent agent position is a “no fee” work at home job. This means that ACD Direct doesn’t charge a fee to work for them. However, there will be costs associated with working from home that are solely the responsibility of each independent contractor. All computer & phone equipment, Internet costs, background & credit checks and phone service is the responsibility of the agent.

Mountain West Processing

November 24th, 2009

Mountain West Processing, founded ten years ago, provides services to numerous clients ranging from start up corporations to the nations top companies. Mountain West Processing provides services including transcription, coding and research. Mountain West Processing provides transcription services for the following: medical seminars, legal, public speakers, marketing seminars & general business. Mountain West Processing research services include: personal individual interviews, custom research, competitive intelligence & market research. Mountain West Processing is currently based out of Missoula, Montana.

Mountain West Processing only hires independent contractors, but does hire both entry level and experienced transcribers. Entry level transcribers must be experienced typists with proficiency in Microsoft Word. Experienced transcribers must have experience in one of the following fields: corporate, medical seminars or legal and must be proficient in Microsoft Word. All transcriber contractors must reside in the United States and must be eligible to work in the United States.

Other requirements needed to work with Mountain West Processing include: computer with Windows XP or Vista, high speed Internet, digital petal, headset, Word 2007, FTP file transfer program, express scribe program, real player and a messaging program.

Independent transcriber contractors who work for Mountain West Processing are paid per minute of transcribed audio, not per minute actually worked. Rates vary according to experience and type of transcription. Evaluations are conducted regularly to offer higher pay rates.

Mountain West Processing offers a “no fee” work at home transcriber opportunity. This means that Mountain West Processing doesn’t charge a fee to work for them. However, this is an independent contractor position which means that each work from home transcriber is responsible for covering the costs associated with running a work at home business. In addition, work from home contractors are solely responsible for paying their own taxes. To apply as a work from home independent transcriber for Mountain West Processing you should send them an email with the required information. Emailed responses may take up to one month.

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