Finding a legitimate job from home isn’t easy, so perhaps the job board at HomeJobStop.com could help you. They say you will find a selection of freelance and contract job opportunities.
However, after my last few reviews of sites that promise jobs online and don’t offer any real work, I am a little wary, to say the least.
Having seen both positive reviews and negative reviews about this site, I thought I would take a look to see what they really offer. So I signed up to give you a complete review.
Product: Home Job Stop
Overall Ranking: 70 out of 100 or 3.5/5 stars
Price: Special of $18 when I signed up, the normal price is $59
Owner: Rita Farrow
Website: https://www.homejobstop.com/
What is Home Job Stop?
This an online job board featuring telecommuting and work from home jobs. They have been online since 2000. The jobs available can be full-time or part-time, contract, or freelance and these are real job opportunities.
This could save you time and money, not having to invest in lots of so-called job opportunities and the associated hype that we have seen from companies like MyFlexJob.com or Home Job Group.
Rita Farrow decided to start Home Job Stop after buying a course online that was meant to teach her how to make money from home. The course came with the familiar promises that it would be easy but turned out to be a scam.
Rita continued searching for work from jobs but was disappointed with what she found. So she created a new job site with only screened jobs and no scams.
Home Job Stop was created and has been in business for 19 years, which is a good testimonial in itself. There aren’t many websites that stay around that long.
Who is this for?
This is for anyone searching for genuine work at home jobs, you won’t find any get rich quick schemes here, which makes a pleasant change. Although the jobs may be home-based some might involve a lot of traveling. Most of the jobs are based in the US but there are a few opportunities in other countries such as Canada and Europe.
What sort of jobs are available?
There is a wide range of jobs available in 12 categories, as you can see below.
Many of the jobs require some form of qualification or experience, but not all.
For example, if you enjoy writing, there are many jobs available that don’t require any qualifications. If you are passionate and knowledgeable about a certain subject there are openings, if you are capable of correcting and condensing articles there are jobs available or there are jobs writing product reviews. In the writing category, there were 101 jobs available.
The advertisements give you the job title, job description, requirements, job term, location, and contact details.
All in all, there is a good choice of jobs, there’s one thing you will need for all of the jobs, that is a high-speed internet connection. Apart from that, the requirements for each job are different, you will need to go through the list.
Searching for a job
You can search for a job by going through the opportunities in the different categories or you can search by job title, job description, or US state. This could save you a lot of time going through all the job listings, especially if you are searching for a particular sort of job or you know where you will be based.
Are the jobs current?
One of the problems with online job boards is that they often advertise jobs that are no longer available and I have seen some reviews accusing HomeJob Stop of this. The jobs are listed in each category by date, the most recent show up first.
I joined the site in December 2015 and checked out the dates when the jobs were added. There were some from December, many from November, and quite a lot from the months preceding this, some even going back to 2014. Although many of the job adverts were maybe a few months old, they still seem to be current. I clicked on the link to the company that posted the ad to check.
Nonetheless, I did find some adverts dating from 2014 that were no longer current, although even some of these links take you to a page where they had job opportunities.
I was surprised to find that the jobs dating from a year were still current, some of these jobs were for translators, tutors, mystery shoppers, or career coaches. I suppose they have a quick turnover for these types of positions, so they are always recruiting new employees. At the same time, it makes you wonder if the people doing these jobs are happy or if they are being exploited and give up relatively quickly.
While it’s a shame that not 100% of the ads are still current, overall I was quite impressed.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- No outrageous claims that you will make lots of money
- You can work from home
- Get rich quick schemes with lots of hype are not allowed
- No paid ads on their job board
- Lots of real jobs, often with well-known companies
- A small one-time membership fee
- If you don’t like it you can get a refund
- It will save you time, no need to search the internet for job opportunities, find job listings in one place
Cons
- You have to pay to find work
- Some jobs may no longer be available
- Jobs are mainly for the USA with some in Canada and Europe
Support
There is no real-time support if you have a problem you have to send HomeJobStop an email via the contact button. But then again any problem you have will probably be between you and the advertiser.
As a member, you also have the option to download an ebook, which could help you in writing resumes, preparing for an interview, or negotiating your salary.
Price
The price when I was on the site was $18, which apparently is a limited time offer, with a regular price of $36. There is a 60-day Clickbank guarantee.
I like the fact that this is a one-off payment for a lifetime membership. With a reliable guarantee, you can see if the site might provide value to you with no risk.
What Home Job Stop members are saying
Although some other reviews said there were many complaints about Home Job Stop, I only found a few. I searched for the term HomeJobStop complaints, scam, and a few others but came up with relatively little for a company that has been online for 19 years.
It’s perfectly normal for totally legitimate and useful programs to have their detractors. I didn’t find many positive comments either. Are the members of this site particularly discreet?
Anyway here is a selection of what I found:
Negative comments
“Most listings are expired” – I found some listings that were out of date, but certainly nothing on the scale of this complaint.
“Site down for 2 months” – I find this very surprising, why would a site that is very simple have so much downtime. I haven’t experienced any problems logging in.
Not being able to find a job in 4 years, could be worrying, but of course, this will depend on what sort of work you’re looking for and where you’re located. I would recommend checking it out to see if there are any jobs that might interest you if not, use the guarantee to get your money back.
Positive comments
Some comments from people who have found the site useful, even if one person was disappointed with the number of current jobs.
On the HomeJobStop site, there are some glowing testimonials, however, while they may be genuine I am always a little skeptical of these sorts of endorsements.
My final opinion
I was pleasantly surprised with HomeJobStop, but one thing many don’t like is having to pay to find work. This could be one reason why some sites refer to Home Job Stop as a scam. Rest assured this is legit!
The site is ad-free, they don’t charge the companies to place adverts, and they verify all jobs in their job bank – so it’s normal for them to cover their costs and to make their money somewhere.
The advantage of allowing companies to place free ads is they have a larger selection of jobs and also they can eliminate any low quality or scam sites that they might be tempted to publish if they were receiving their money.
If you’re struggling to find a job this site is worth a look. The price to join is very reasonable and if you don’t find anything that suits you, there is the guarantee to fall back on. Most jobs are in the US, if you are from a different part of the world you may not find many job offers.
Verdict: Recommended
An alternative
If you really can’t find a job, have you ever considered starting your own business? I recommend affiliate marketing, you can see how to get started in my post affiliate marketing for beginners. You will not earn money straight away and you will have to put in a lot of work, but the rewards can certainly make it worthwhile.
If you have had any experience with HomeJobStop job bank, I would love to hear what you thought and whether they helped you find a job or not. Just leave a comment below.
If I join Wealthy Affliates program like you said you recommended, is it tax deductible, and what tax form should I use to report to the IRS? I was laid off since 2004 after working full time as a 3d computer graphics designer for a trade show company for 4 years (1999-2003), n also prior to that I was a full time 3D graphics animator for TV commercial (1992-1997), with short term contract jobs in 1997-1998. Im hearing impaired, with lipreading skills. Im still on SSDI, social security disability income to be able to survive n find work. It is depressing that no other companies wants to hire me because Im 54, and out of work too long, and my 3D graphics software skills is outdated or becoming less popular (Alias, Maya 3D on a Silicon Graphics Octane2 workstation), since most Oculus Rift virtual reality apps were developed in Unity or Autodesk software. I tried to take a traing class at local college to become a rad tech (radiologic technologist, 2007) but I was discriminated even I got excellent GPA. I tried medical coding, but the medical coding was changed after I studied 4 years there (2009-2012). I took 30 days course in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint in Windows 7 on PC in 2015. Im trying to regain control of my life that I lost since 2004 with less chance of going back to 3D graphics jobs or even take courses in college (I have AAS degree, and Bachelor of Arts). I still work volunteer jobs at my local for-profit hospital but they will be closing. If I join Wealthy Affliates, am I required to make a phone call or video live chat with headphone? I asked because I m not comfortable using video phone (purple VRS relay service) as I am hearing impaired. But I use email and google data all the time, even ebay. Your advices or encouragements would be appreciated n hopefully lead me the way, the truth, n the life that I need to survive. I hope Wealthy Affliates is zero risk free trial. Yesterday, I was offered to a WAH program (Home Income System, $97, to make like $400 a day, $1600 week, $6400 per month, but I decline becos it did not say what kind of work I must do on their site). But Im glad to learn that it is a scam after reading reviews on your site. Thank you Peter.
Hi Mike,
Being a French resident I am not completely familiar with the US tax system. However, I would say that if you’re self-employed now, joining WA could be considered a business expense, as a course that will teach how to better promote your graphic design business or start a new affiliate marketing business.
Very sorry to hear about your problems as a graphic designer and with finding new employment. You obviously have lots of experience and you have been trying to get yourself up to date. Have you ever tried offering your services on a site like Fiverr for say creating logos? Maybe worthwhile taking a look and see what others are offering…
On to Wealthy Affiliate:
Wealthy Affiliate teaches you how to build an affiliate marketing website. Your main job will be writing articles/reviews. You can use this to earn an affiliate income which, in all honesty, takes a fair amount of time and work before you start to get traffic and make any sales. Or once you have the skills to build and optimize a website you can offer your services to local businesses, that may need a website or have a current website optimized for the search engines.
You were right to decline Home Income System, these get rich quick schemes are out to get one thing – your money and not stating what work you will be doing is a common sign of a scam.
I hope I’ve answered most of your questions, Michael and if I can be of any further help let me know.
Peter
Great work.I want to recommend homeworkminutes.com as e-tutor job hirer and e-tutoring provider throughout the world. They are quite reliable in terms of payment and service.
Thanks, an interesting website. Could provide a useful source of additional income for those capable of tutoring.
I’ve been a member of HomeJobStop for years and thought it is / was a good investment. For a one-time price to join they do provide job leads not found all over the free sites ( a few are seen everywhere but most are found on paid sites) The downside is that they are not the freshest leads. only updating job leads once a week or even bi-weekly or less. So not the biggest nor the ‘hottest’ of leads but a good resource for someone like myself who works as an Online Freelancer. Plus the cost was tax deductible anyways.
I agree Maureen! A good resource at a reasonable price. Nice to have your feedback as a long time member, thanks!
Hi peter,
It was great reading tour take on online jobs. I am from India and want to understand if homestopjob works in India.
Waiting for a revert from your end.
Regards,
Abhishek
Hi Abhishek,
I don’t think there will be many if any jobs for India. Most jobs are for the US with a few in Europe.
All the best,
Peter
I don’t understand the method of paying to look for a job and its not promised to find or get that job I need more information
Hi Brittany,
I know what you mean about not liking to pay to look for a job and there are certainly no promises or guarantees that you will find something suitable. Unfortunately, the only way to search the Home Job Stop database is to pay their fee. You can then search their job offers. If you don’t like what you find there is a Clickbank guarantee which is reliable. Your payment is made through Clickbank and if you want a refund it goes through them too!
Hope that helps,
Peter
Hi, Peter
Please help me please.i am from Bangladesh .i am a student but we are very verry verry poor .i need some mony .please anything true way talk please.
Hi Palash,
I appreciate your problem. It’s not easy to find a legitimate way of making money online. To earn money online takes hard work and a lot of time. You may be able to earn a few dollars completing Crowdflower tasks with a platform like Clixsense or other paid to click sites. Otherwise, if you have good written English you could try freelance writing.
My recommended method of earning money online is with affiliate marketing, but this will take a lot of time and effort and there will be some small costs.
Sorry, I haven’t got more to help you.
Peter
Hi Peter,
Well done. Your review is crisp and to the point. I like that!
I am from Australia looking for work from home opportunities for extra cash. Do you reckon Home job stop is only for people in the US? Please advise. Thanks
Hi Magesh,
Most of the jobs are for the US, but there are a few for other countries. If you want to take a look there is a solid guarantee from Clickbank, so if you don’t find anything ask for your money back.
All the best,
Peter
So, if I need 20 dollars very fast, like in a day, what would you recomend me? It’s not a million dollars, I need just 20 for buy something .
Hi Jo,
If I needed $20 very fast I would probably look around in my neighborhood for someone who needs something doing like babysitting, gardening, shopping, etc
All the best,
Peter
Peter, I’m interested in working part-time from home. I have clerical skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. I type or keyboard 45wpm. I also have an Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies. I graduated from Colorado Technical University in November 2011 with this degree. While I’ve not worked in the field I would consider independent work. My preference is clerical.
Hi Kelly,
Home Job Stop do have a category for clerical work but some jobs are for full-time work and others for different languages. Which means at the end of the day you may not find what you are looking for. There other companies that advertise for part-time clerical workers but these posts seem to be filled quite quickly. The data entry companies, like the Smart Crowd, also have clerical or transcription work but to get work with them you have to complete an evaluation, then you are put on a waiting list and people seem to wait several months before being offered some work. Here’s a link to another blog, they recommend some clerical job sites they have actually tried.
If you don’t find anything of interest you could consider starting your own affiliate marketing business.
All the best,
Peter
Hi, Peter
Does Home Job Stop offer any on-line jobs for legal professionals seeking to make extra income in addition to their day jobs?
Thanks,
Camille
Hi Camille,
I just had a quick look, all I found were a few legal transcription jobs.
Hope that helps,
Peter
Thank you for the review it is very helpful, I was almost signing up then I thought of checking on the reviews before anything. I am in Kenya and I would like to know if you may know on any online jobs that are available not only to US. It is very hard finding a genuine one, I have sign up to many but not genuine as they seem. I would like to get a part time job to be working at home. I started my own business early last year and it is not doing so well and I want something that can give me steady income as I work on improving my own business. Kindly assist.
Hi Keyllah,
I am sorry to hear your business is not doing too well. Finding an online job that will give you a steady income from home is hard if you’re from Kenya it makes it even harder. You could try FlexJobs they do have a couple of partnerships with companies in Kenya but there is a small monthly fee. You could even email them first to see if they have any jobs for people from your country. Have you considered freelance writing? You could sign up with iWriter, Upwork etc and see how it goes.
Home Job Stop do have some opportunities that apply worldwide, if you sign up and don’t find anything suitable there is always the guarantee to get your money back.
Best of luck,
Peter
Hi Peter,
Very refreshing to hear about your Home Job Stop review. Nice to know that this company actually serves a useful purpose for the guy who just wants to work a steady paycheck online.
I had a client asking me about this the other day and I referred them to ClixSense, but I’ll have to send them your link.
I’d love to know more about the income potential, I wouldn’t assume it would be much, but interested.
For me personally, I have found starting my online business fun, relatively easy, and not hard to start making commissions from affiliate marketing by creating a niche site. But to each his own.
Great review Peter,
Todd
Hi Todd,
I’ve never really liked job boards, they’re often not kept up to date and sometimes they promote doubtful job opportunities. This one certainly seems better than most and could be useful to someone looking for regular sort of work online. A reasonable price for a lifetime membership and a good guarantee make this program particularly attractive. The income potential is limited you certainly won’t be earning $1000’s for a few hours work and it’s a shame not many adverts say how much you will actually earn. Just to give you an example I have seen a couple of ads paying $15 – $20 per hour, another $70 – $90k per annum or others paying a sum for each completed piece of work.
Like you, I must admit I prefer building my own business, you might have a few months initially where you don’t earn anything but after that little by little your revenue starts to build.
Thanks for your comments Todd,
Peter
This seems like a great option for someone who wants to work at home but doesn’t want to start something themselves. Looks like this program can help people find legitimate jobs and be able to work at home which is definitely a benefit for some people. Looks like the system could use some improvement however, noticed those negative comments.
Hi Luke,
I think it’s worth considering looking for a job here, if you don’t find anything, you always have the 60-day guarantee. As you say the platform could be improved, it would be nice to see more recent advertisements. I have never been a fan of job boards, but this one seems better than most.
Nice to have your feedback,
Peter
Interesting review. I like to try new stuff, but I’m not sure if I dare try this service. Pay to find a job doesn’t sound so appealing, but if I really, one day, desperately need to find work, I know where to look. 🙂
I think I’ll just continue working with wealthy affiliate and learn the trade. That’s what I recommend to others as well.
Andreas
I know what you mean about paying to find a job Andreas, it’s something I have trouble accepting. If you are desperate you will try anything and HomeJobStop isn’t the worst place to look. The fact that the payment gives you lifetime access is good and the solid guarantee means you can try this risk-free. Perhaps a system that required you to pay a small amount from your first salary would be good but maybe hard to set up.
I think your choice to continue the training at Wealthy Affiliate is the best thing you can do. You have the potential of earning much more with your own business than with the jobs advertised here.
Best of luck with your business,
Peter
Seems pretty legit to me.
Good job on reviewing HomeJobStop. It seems like a good place for people who prefer working from home. That’s also my ideal.
I liked your review because it’s so detailed. Pretty much information and no blank spots left. Thanks for providing such good information!
Duru
Thanks, Duru! This is not a bad site to find a job and I found it to be legitimate. Yes, they do have some old ads, but the jobs are genuine and I like that the companies can place their advertisements for free. This means the Home Job Stop staff can eliminate any scams quite impartially as they have nothing to gain. All in all, not a bad job board.