When asked “What’s your dream job?” do you automatically say to be a manager/boss of a multi-million dollar company? If yes, good for you; you have a clear goal, right? Not for people who have already been burned out by the office politics, stressing commute to work and all corporate conundrums, though. Having a job where you can work from home seems like the ideal solution to all those long hours stuck in an office. Not surprisingly then, work-from-home jobs are rapidly growing in popularity.

There is a lot of money to be made from the Internet for people who know what they are doing. Also, as the world become a smaller place it is less and less essential for people to actually work in an office.

If you are new to the world of working from home then you have to know something about the types of telecommuting jobs that are available. There is a misconception that there is only one type of work from home job – in fact, there are five.

It is essential that you choose the one that makes the most of your skills and stops you from wasting your efforts on jobs that will not earn you the most profit.

Here is an overview of the sort of home working jobs are offered on the Internet:

1) Off-Site Work

This means that you can perform the job without having to be in a particular place. You are free to choose anywhere that you want to work from, worldwide, on the condition that you complete your allocated tasks. It doesn’t matter if you choose to be at home or at the local internet café. Many of these types of job do entail a large amount of travel.

2) Virtual Work

Many administration tasks can be performed from home. Virtual work, or transitioned work, is still office approved. The person in charge permits you to perform a number of your tasks from an alternative location.

3) Telecommute-Only Opportunities

Some jobs do not require your physical presence at an office to get a job done. This is the work at home job in its truest sense, because you do not have to leave the house or change out of your pajamas to go to work.

4) Telecommute Option Work

The active word here is 'option'. This allows you to choose to work from the company’s office, or not. You can decide to create your own home office or make the daily trip to the office.

5) Freelance or contract work

In this case, there it is not necessary for you to have a home office or to travel to an actual office. You are hired by a client to undertake a particular project or task and this is on a per-job basis.

6) Internet Marketing

Internet marketing is the endorsement of products through the Internet. You can either sell tangible products or infoproducts such as e-books, reports, and software. It can be a lucrative work-from-home business depending on your effort and resourcefulness.

By practice, most Internet marketers have successfully learned direct sales strategy as their approach in selling their products. As an Internet marketer, you must realize there are gazillions of competitions out there. However, many Internet marketers are now becoming more adept in other ways of selling their products.

The key to being successful when working from home is to ascertain which type of position is best for you. The above overview is intended as a guide to help you to make a more informed decision.

Of course, working from home does not allow you to take it easy all of the time. You still have to perform the work. The fact that you can choose where to do that work is a bonus that should not be taken for granted.