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Latest Job Scams, High-Paying Side Gigs, and More NewsLatest Job Scams, High-Paying Side Gigs, and More NewsThis weeks news roundup offers updates in many areas of the world of flexible work, such as the latest job scams, high-paying side jobs, and surveys about telecommutingWork-life balance is something everyone desires, but working parents absolutely need. In the story, Survey Says Telecommuting Is the New Dream Job in PC Mag, founder and CEO Sara Sutton is interviewed on our latest survey of working parents. The solution to all the stress, relationship woes, and feelings of parental guilt flexible work.In the area of flexible work, there are many, many legitimate, amazing jobs in virtually every industry. Then, sadly, there are job scams, too. While some are obvious (e.g., working very little and earning a lot for it), others are not always as easy to spot. In the Click Orlando piece, Schemes and Ripoffs Dont Accept Online Reshipper Jobs, learn about the latest job scams, such a s the reshipping scam, and how to avoid it at all costsTheres no doubt about it the gig economy is gaining in popularity. With more people working as self-employed freelancers, companies are clamoring to tap this market- computer giants included. In the story, QuickBooks Rushes Out Self-Employed Updates, Because the War is On on Computer World on Computer World, youll discover how these companies are catering to the self-employed.There are many books out there that can help job seekers learn strategies to lage themselves as potential job candidates. The story, Book Review Stretch Shows How to Future-Proof Your Career on Small Biz Trends,offers a first-person perspective of the new book, Stretch- a book that helps people protect their careers. is mentioned in the article as a job site that the reviewer welches on as he was contemplating his own career.Lets say that youre fairly happy in your career- except, that is, for your salary. If youre in the market for a side job, the story, 5 High Paying Side-Jobs to Keep Your Bank Account Bolstered on List for Life,can definitely help you out Beyond finding out about cool side gigs, this article can help you realize that freelance jobs can not only help fulfill a passion, but can often be quite fruitful, too.Read on for this weeks news roundup, includingthe latest job scamsSurvey Says Telecommuting Is the New Dream Job on PC MagThe feeling of missing out on something isso pervasive, only9 percent of working parents describe their work/life balance as great or say theyre not stressed out about it.The figure comes from a newsurvey of working parents conducted by,an online resource for flextime and freelance work opportunities. The survey found virtually allgemeingltig demand for more flexible working arrangements 99 percent of respondents said having a flexible job would make them a happier person. On top of that, 93 percent thought it would make them a more involved parent, and89 percent thought it would make them a m ore attentive spouse/partner. Plus, half of those surveyed said breaking free of the 9-to-5 grind would improve their sex life.Schemes and Ripoffs Dont Accept Online Reshipper Jobs on Click OrlandoThe pay is great, and the job is as simple as opening a box and reshipping the contents that arrive at your front door.You have just been hired as a reshipper and, according to CEO Sara Sutton, the stuff in the box is hot, as in stolen.The problem with this is the items are purchased with stolen credit cards, and so the job seeker is enabling a smuggling operation.Sutton says the big job board companies post without conducting any type of hintergrund check or screening.They find ways to profit and they are using innocent people, Sutton says.Thats why she founded , which screens job offers to make sure they are not set by unscrupulous con artists.QuickBooks Rushes Out Self-Employed Updates, Because the War Is On on Computer WorldIntuit is upping the ante in this game and announcing some up dates for the QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) version. New partnerships and new features all aimed at making life easier for self-employed workers and staying one step ahead of Xero. So, what is the news?While both Xeros and Intuits self-employed solutions are strong offerings in and of themselves, the reality is that it is going to be primarily through partnerships that they achieve growth. To this end, Intuit is moving quickly to sew up as many partnerships with different umbrella organizations for self-employed workers as possible the theory being that these partnerships will provide a strong barrier to Xero gaining more traction.Intuit already has a number of partnerships with both on-demand service providers and talent marketplaces. It is adding to those partnerships today by announcing that its secured another sixeBay, , Incorporate.com, Kelly Services, Moonlighting and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). While some of those might sound in consequential compared to juggernauts like Uber, this is a grass-roots war and, as such, it will be won by overcoming territory, one partner at a time.Book Review Stretch Shows How to Future-Proof Your Career on Small Biz TrendsSomething really frightening happened to me the other day. I was exploring some of the new job sites out there like Indeed and when it hit me. It wasnt like a ton of bricks, rather, it was a sort of sinking feeling. Honestly, I dont even know why it mattered. I wasnt looking for a job. But what if I was looking for a job? What if something happened and I needed to get back into the corporate world? I realized that my current skill set was so specific and so unique that they didnt really match exactly what the hiring companies were looking for.How to Future-Proof Your CareerIts not news that the world of work is changing, shifting and evolving. The part that seems to be eluding so many workers and geschftsleben owners is how to create a stable future for them selves and their families. In the new book Stretch How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrows Workplaceby Karie Willyerd (Angler) and Barbara Mistick (BarbaraMistick), the authors combine their groundbreaking research with SAP and Oxford Economics to outline five strategies and practices that will help both workers and business owners greet tomorrows work environment with ease.5 High Paying Side-Jobs to Keep Your Bank Account Bolstered on List for LifeAs flexible working becomes a more realistic style of work, freelance and temporary side-jobs are rising in popularity. Think of them as converting the free-time you spend re-watching Friends episodes into cold, hard cash. Here are six high paying side-jobs to keep your bank account bolstered, courtesy of .Readers, what do you think of this weeks news roundup and the latest job scams? Let us know in the comments