Legitimate Online Jobs

In days of global recession seaching for legal and legitimate online jobs such daunting and exhausting experience.There are so many scams, it's not hard to see why so many people feel real online jobsdon't exist.I will list several proven online and work at home jobs, offered by real companies, but first I want to explain how an individual can be taken in different directions.The term "online job" can have several meanings, depending on your personal criteria, currentemployment status, and your desire to either work at home or in an out of home environment. There are jobs that are done online, online business opportunities, and businesses that provide online services. But what are the differences between the three?
A job that is done online, whether as an employee of a legitimate company or as a consultant (aka freelancer) providing an online service, is a job where an individual has negotiated with their employer, or predetermined the fact to their client, to allow the opportunity to do the assigned work online - typically at home. These are truly legitimate work at home jobs. As an employee, the employer takes care of any payroll issues, including employment taxes. As a consultant, you are responsible for self employment tax issues. Many companies whoseek individuals to fulfull online jobs do not consider individuals as employees, but rather consultants.An online business opportunity allows an individual to feel as though they own a business. However, the  individual more than likely has paid a start-up, or sign-up fee. Online business opportunities are mostly in the direct sales arena, and - in my opinion - are not worth the money invested. Most of these "opportunities" consist of a company sponsored website where an individual promotes products or services. The hidden truth: many of these "opportunities" expect you to recruit other people into the "opportunity". I don't like online business opportunities; most of them are scams - no real opportunity comes out of the deal, except to those accepting
the fees. People are easily lured into the lies of earning a high income.
A business that provides online services is an actual business started by an individual. The business is something in which the individual has a great deal of interest and truly enjoys the work. The individual provides the service online to clients.For the sake of this article, I am going to concentrate on legitimate online jobs and list actual companies who are
in need of people who seek free "at home" jobs. As I come upon more companies who seek online workers
I will add to the below lists. It is worth mentioning that, due to the need of their clients, some companies may  require the needs of individuals on a sporadic basis. However, it is my finding that call center, customer service, and general bookkeeping online jobs are the most stable.
Data Entry
Quick Tate
Become a Quick Take typist and transcribe voicemail messages into simple text and "deliver" them via email. NO FEES TO JOIN
Working Solution
A long-standing company, workingsolutions.com offers many legitimate - NO FEE - data entry and administrative home based opportunities
Writing Search Services
Although geared towards writing jobs, they do have a section specifically for Data Entry Specialists. NO FEES TO JOIN
Transcription Sevrcies
Absolute Document Services Seeking corporate, medical, and legal transcriptionists to work at home.
Accutran Global Legitimate online jobs doing medical, legal, financial, investigation, interviews, and focus group transcription.
Tiger Fish Provide transcription services: video, editing and legal transcription