Companies will pay people hourly to answer phone calls or respond to chat messages. These customer service agents can sometimes do these jobs working from home. Once hired, you are trained to learn about a particular product or service, and you will then be hired to respond to questions from customers.

If you are detailed oriented, and a people person, you may enjoy customer service jobs. You should howerver be prepared to deal with frustrated people whom have an issue with the companies product or service. In addition to people skills, you should also have a high speed internet connection and a computer with basic software.

Often, staffing companies land contracts to hire work at home customer service reprsentatives for a company. Here are some staffing companies and websites to look into: