The nine to five position. Gratifying? Perhaps. It used to be that working nine to five was the most “rewarding” option for anybody hoping to provide a “good” lifestyle for themselves and their family, but in the technical era many people are starting to Work From Home. Why is this so? I think that it is due to the improvement in technology which has allowed the general public access to tools before used in big organisations by people with expert knowledge in those areas.

The discovery of technologies such as the home computer and then the internet have increased the amount of people attempting to make a living from organisations that allow them to Work From Home. The ease of use of both the home computer and the internet, aswell as the many “new” resources available for people to use are a contributing aspect in the rise of people working from home. This has changed the work market where, as anticipated, computers are gradually taking over the jobs that were once done by hand.

How are people working from home? In a lot situations people are working from home using the Internet Business. The use of internet organisations has of late increased due to the accomplishments of sites like Friends Reunited (which in 2005 sold for £30,000,000) and Amazon (which was predicted to make in excess of $4.75 billion in 2008) along with to the increasing ease with which one can set up a website. There are many websites devoted to providing people with information on how to set up and run an Internet Business, from the very first stages (conception of an idea) to the very end stages (steady income and regular customers). This increasing ease with which internet and home businesses can be operated has contributed to many things. Primarily it has increased a desire for freedom from the “nine to five” and the increase in resources available to people on a day to day basis. This is along with the increasing use of home computers and the internet with the general public.

I mentioned before that computers are slowly taking over jobs that historically would have been done by people. This is correct in many ways, but in modern society computers cannot run themselves and although a website could be run by one person many people choose to employ people to keep the electronic system operating well. This is so that optimization of the website can occur. The more people you have running the website, the better performance the website will offer and the less chance it has of crashing. This has lead to an rise in online jobs. What is an Online Jobs? An online job could be defined as many things but is mainly used to describe someone who either owns and runs an internet business or someone who ensures the running of said business. With expertise becoming more and more user friendly – the use of computers in the home rising hugely. Over the last five years online jobs have become a viable option as a career, often being favoured over sometimes uninspiring and difficult jobs in an office. This is a natural progression in business, making more profit with considerably less human “output”, optimising the way within which organisations work.