No Experience Work from Home Jobs for Beginners

You don’t need years and years of remote work under your belt to find, and land, home-based jobs.

True, some work from home jobs require tons of previous experience, advanced degrees, or extensive work history. And these types of jobs are usually for certain industries like web development, human resources, SEO, marketing, teaching, healthcare, etc.

But, there are quite a few online jobs titles that are beginner-friendly — ones that value skill over experience. So, if you’re worried that lack of experience will keep you from landing a work from home job — think again! Check out these no experience jobs from home that are perfect for beginners. 

Do You Really Have No Experience?

Chances are, you have some existing skills or experience that translates well to working from home. No, you may not have worked previously as an online moderator or home-based customer service rep, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have any work from home skills or experience.

And that’s great news because there are plenty of work from home jobs that will choose candidates based on skills and talent and not your work history.

Work from Home Skills You Probably Have

So, what are some common skills that can make you a standout entry-level remote worker?

• Sales
• Customer service
• Writing
• Admin/Clerical
• Online research
• Fast & accurate typist

I’m gonna bet that there’s at least one thing on that list you can do well — and the more things you know, the better your chances are of landing a no-experience required home-based jobs.

Entry-Level Work from Home Jobs

Now that you know that you do have some work from home skills, let’s look at some popular beginner-friendly home jobs. Remember, experience and skills are two very different things.

Although these jobs don’t require previous experience, they often require a certain set of skills. That’s why many beginner-friendly companies require candidates to pass and take skills tests to prove they’ve got what it takes. Ready? Let’s go!

Search Engine Evaluator

As a search engine evaluator, you may work with one of the larger search engines, like Google or Bing, and rate the relevancy of search results based on a query.

To do this well, you’ve got to have a pretty good understanding of current events and pop culture. I always use Paris Hilton as an example. If someone types “Paris Hilton” in a search engine, chances are, they’re looking for information about Paris Hilton, the socialite, not Hilton hotels in Paris, France.

Similarly, if a user types “apple discount” they’re probably not looking for amazing deals on fresh fruit but rather looking for promos on Apple products like iPads or iPhones.

Search engines need to “learn” these things, and as a search engine evaluator, you’ll be their teacher.

Appen

A global company, Appen regularly has search engine evaluator and social media evaluator positions available on their careers page. You can get in here as long as you pass a practice test.

Leapforce

Leapforce prefers candidates with bachelor’s degrees or degrees in progress. However, you don’t need any experience to be a search engine evaluator or personalized search engine evaluator here.

Lionbridge

There’s several no-experience-required jobs to choose from — usually broken down by state. Check out their career page to see if they’re hiring for everything from search engine evaluator to personalized social media assessor.

iSoftStone

Help improve Bing when you work from home as an ads evaluator or search engine analyst at iSoftStone. Experience isn’t necessary but you must be able to pass a series of practice tests!

Data Entry

Ah, data entry, one of the most sought after work from home jobs there is. It’s true that you don’t need any experience to get paid for data entry work. However, it does help if you’re a fast and accurate typist. After all, the quicker you work, the more you’ll earn with online data entry jobs!

It’s important to note that legitimate work from home data entry jobs are few and far between. Beware if you come across a company advertising home-based data entry positions that isn’t on this list.

The Smart Crowd

Formerly Virtual Bee, The Smart Crowd is part of Lionbridge (the search engine evaluation company mentioned above). There’s a short qualification test to take before you can key work for pay. Pay rate is low ($0.60 for each 1,000 characters keyed). Consider this an extra income opportunity!

SigTrack

Process voter registrations and petition signatures when you work from home for SigTrack. No experience required, but it’s helpful to have two monitors to increase your speed and accuracy.

Moderation

It’s time consuming to manage an online presence, especially for larger businesses. That’s why many companies choose to use a moderation service. And, this is good news for entry-level online job seekers since several of these companies hire beginners!

Crisp Thinking

Crisp Thinking looks for freelance moderators who come from a variety of backgrounds since they work with a clients across many industries. Simply fill out their short survey so they can get to know you better.

ModSquad

Joining the ModSquad doesn’t require previous moderation experience. But you must be comfortable with digital engagement and be familiar with social media, chat, and forums.

LiveWorld

LiveWorld works with some big-name companies from around the world. Many of their moderator openings don’t require experience (although preference is give to those who do). If you’re bilingual, you’ve got an even better chance of finding entry-level work here.

Transcription

Transcribing is one of the most beginner-friendly work from home jobs out there. For one, there’s quite a bit of work to go around. And two, there’s a number of companies that give newbie typists a chance.

I’ve covered no-experience-necessary transcription jobs quite a bit already. If you think you’d like to give typing a try, check out these 19 transcription companies that will hire beginners. You might also want to read my complete beginner’s guide to work from home typing jobs. Both articles are a great place to start if you want to get paid to type — no experience required.

Virtual Assistant

Let’s face it, sometimes there’s just not enough hours in the day to get everything done. That’s why busy professionals and small business owners outsource parts of their to-do lists to virtual assistants.

The VA industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years — and shows no signs of stopping. With no shortage of companies that hire VAs, beginners have a couple of options to get their foot in the door in this popular work from home profession.

Fancy Hands

Fancy Hands is part micro job and part VA work rolled up into one crowdsourced platform. Payments are made per task and you can work whenever and however much you’d like. No experience is necessary but to be a VA here, you should be great on the phone and have strong online research skills!

Time Etc.

You don’t need prior VA experience to contract with Time Etc. But, you should have a background that involves some type of clerical work — personal assistants, secretaries, receptionists, executive assistants, and admin assistants are all welcome to apply!

Virtual Receptionist

A virtual receptionist is kind of like a virtual assistant but the work here is mostly phone-based. Virtual receptionists answer incoming calls on behalf of clients, take messages, and relay important information — all while maintaining a pleasant phone demeanor.

Vicky Virtual

To work at Vicky Virtual as a receptionist, you don’t need previous experience but a sense of humor and cheerful attitude are a must. Candidates must also reside in the U.S. and have reliable high-speed internet.

EXEC-U-SIST

It’s all about personality and the willingness to go the extra mile when it comes getting hired as a receptionist at EXEC-U-SIST. To get a sense of who you are, you’ll go through a self-guided interview where you can win them over, regardless of experience.

Writing

Getting paid to write is more about talent than experience. So, needless to say, this is a very beginner-friendly way to earn money online. The road to freelance writing success isn’t always glamorous. But, nonetheless, anybody with a desire to write for a living can. Go into freelance writing with an open mind, and look at these entry-level writing sites as a paid writing internship — you’ll get to earn while honing your skills.

Textbroker

Commonly called a “content mill,” Textbroker pays by the word depending on your skill. When you go through the application process, you’ll submit a short writing sample and will be given a rating based on that. Your rating ultimately determines how much you will earn per word.

BKA

An acronym for Buy Keyword Articles, BKA will hire newbies to write SEO-driven content. All you have to do is demonstrate your writing chops during the application process.

Crowd Content

Crowd Content welcomes beginners who do well on their writing sample. They aren’t always accepting new writers — you’ll have to check their hiring page to see if/when they’re bringing new writers on board.

Grading/Scoring

Review essays, grade tests, and offer feedback to help students as an entry-level grader or scorer. Given the nature of work, these opportunities are usually seasonal. But, when work is available, there’s typically plenty to go around.

Literably

As a Literably scorer, you’ll listen to audio recordings of children reading and note/mark when they make mistakes. No experience is necessary but you must pass six sample files to be approved for paid work.

Gradiate

Becoming a Gradiate Genius doesn’t require experience but you do need to be familiar with certain subjects. At this time, Gradiate hires graders who are knowledgeable in English and/or Computer Science.

Measurement Inc.

This is one of the oldest grading/scoring companies out there. While you don’t need prior experience to become a grader, you will need a bachelor’s degree in any subject to be considered.

Customer Service

More and more companies are outsourcing their customer service departments to virtual call centers. This means there’s plenty of options to work from home as a beginner, as long as you don’t mind picking up a phone!

LiveOps

When you join LiveOps, your experience isn’t as important as your drive to succeed. This is, after all, more of a be-your-own-boss opportunity where you’ll get to choose the campaigns you work on. Part of signing up at LiveOps includes paying for a background check (which happens AFTER you’ve been invited to contract).

NexRep

Like LiveOps, NexRep offers contractors a chance to work on projects of their choosing while maintaining their own schedules. As a business opportunity, you will be responsible for paying all costs to get started — including a background check.

Sitel

Although Sitel prefers candidates with previous customer service experience, it is not a requirement to get hired on here. This is an employee position that comes with competitive pay and benefits (not something you see too often with entry-level home-based jobs!).

Miscellaneous Work from Home Jobs for Beginners

There’s some entry-level home-based jobs that don’t really fit in the others categories. Nonetheless, they are great places for beginners to gain valuable experience. If you haven’t found anything on the list yet that stands out, perhaps one of these jobs will be a good fit.

MaritzCX

A customer experience company, MaritzCX hires virtual market researchers to join their team. This is a part-time employee position that doesn’t require previous experience to get started.

Wonder

If you enjoy conducting online research, consider signing up to be a researcher at Wonder. This is a contract position that lets you login and perform research whenever you have free time. No experience is needed, but you do need to pass a few sample tasks to get started.

Rev

Rev hires freelancers to caption videos from home. You don’t need to have experience as a captioner but you will need to pass three sample videos before being invited to contract with Rev.

NextWave

This is a unique opportunity to work from home in public affairs as an outreach rep. This isn’t sales or telemarketing, and requires absolutely no experience to get hired.

Cambly

Become a tutor at Cambly and earn $10.20/hour helping students improve their conversational English. You don’t need teaching or tutoring experience but must be comfortable chatting with students from different cultures.

Entry-Level Work from Home Jobs

Don’t let lack of experience keep you from landing a work from home job. Instead, focus on your existing skills and use those to help you find (and get!) the right home-based job for you. And, remember, when it comes to work from home jobs, you’re only limited by what you’re willing to learn.

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