Brighten Employment Currently Hiring Home Agents

Brighten Employment is currently hiring home agents in various locations, including Michigan. These are outbound calling positions that pay an hourly rate, plus commission. You should have telemarketing/sales experience and a standard home office setup.

Learn more about this work from home employment opportunity here.

MetLife sends their Indianapolis call center home

A new trend seems to be following call center closings - the call center closes, but the employees keep their jobs. MetLife, of Indianapolis, IN has closed the call center to save money. However, the are converting their call center jobs to virtual call center jobs. Which means, in the future, they will be hiring more people to work from home.

Cool, huh? You can read more about it in the IndyStar.

Marriot call centers consolidate & send more workers home

Marriot may be closing its Salt Lake City call center, but they're hiring home-based workers to pick up the slack. Marriott has been working with a virtual call center for a while now, but they are now restructuring to catch up with technology. People just aren't making as many phone calls with the internet being so widespread, and they don't need huge call centers anymore.

Employees were laid off, which is unfortunate, but Marriott says they will be giving former employees priority for the new work-at-home positions. There's an article about it in the Deseret Morning News.

A few more homeshoring employers - including one for military spouses

We've decided we're going to just post the new employers we come across in our blog until they are added to our ebook, to make life simpler. Keep in mind, you'll have to do your own research.

Home Base USA is a work-from-home call center employer that employs military spouses
PinPoint Select is a staffing firm that recruits for an (anonymous) virtual call center
Tele-Pros is a virtual call center specializing in lead generation and telemarketing

Oh, and Alpine Access is hiring work from home agents in Pennsylvania.