medical coding training at home.
I. Where data entries jobs are needed
Online jobs requiring data entries are real. Audio recordings, live calls, and video footage with an audio track need setting to written transcript form. Handwritten forms need to be typed out. Written prose drafts and financial records need proofreading and correcting. Pre-computer documents need converting to electronic form.
Of course technological automation has made many such jobs obsolete. Take the use of bar codes for inventory and retail sales. Much data entry is done on-the-spot by people in all sorts of vocations typing or speaking into the computer. Yes, the technology is becoming increasingly available for spoken words to appear automatically in written form.
But data entries jobs of one sort or another are likely to remain in demand for some time to come. Legal stenography, medical transcription, secretarial work, call centers, photocopying and scanning, some banking documents, and so on all imply that there are positions available, especially for those whose speed, accuracy, and in some cases, familiarity and experience with technical terms (like pharmaceutical or legal ones) are skills in demand. And some of these positions can be performed online and at home.
II. Cautions regarding data entries positions
Beware, however, that many advertisements and offers for online jobs of the data entries variety are either scams or misleading in one way or another. And the supply of unskilled or semi-skilled workers is probably greater than employer demand.
So adding to one's data entry skills can broaden the kinds of positions one might find. Skills in English (or whatever relevant language) grammar, punctuation, documentation style, and related software might enable one to look for a proofreading position or freelance writing, such as in academic research areas. Experience with medical terminology might enable one to seek a medical transcription job. Familiarity with common office software, scheduling, composition, and some management skills may open doors to becoming a virtual assistant (see virtualassistant.org, and be sure to use the ".org").
Some online jobs may only involve data entry rather than wholly consist of it. And in some online advertisements may not tell the whole story or may turn out to be something very different from what you had in mind. So be cautious and do your research.
One matter to be especially aware of is that an employer would not charge an applicant a fee in order for the applicant to be hired to get paid for work. Any fee is for something other than getting hired. Some of these fees may be legitimate, but not if the claim is that the fee is required for being hired.
Legitimate fees may be for educational materials that are helpful (depending on targeting and quality) in getting a job elsewhere. Or for some service that helps one to find a job. Other fees can be for training for something other than an online data entry job, for example for training to write Google ads for which one must pay to get them up and running. (If this is what you want, fine. If you get into such a thing by being deceived, that's not good.)
III. Searching for data entries positions
One of the ways to avoid such online confusion may be to find a local data entries job that could be performed online and persuade the employer that it is in his or her best interest to have you work from home. Otherwise it is advisable to research the companies, opportunities, and websites one finds with the Better Business Bureau (bbb.org), ftc.gov, and other ways to reduce the chances of getting scammed.
Even on job board sites such as careerbuilder.com or job.com, one must be cautious and research the companies. And if you have any specialization or qualification in mind (like location), use advanced search features on job board sites to narrow the range.
medical coding training at home.