Since the US Chambers of Commerce and Better Business Bureaus have been urging their Republicrat friends to avoid creating any jobs "until we get rid of Obama" (marginally confirmed but in some cases likely credible reports) it has been reliably reported that Temporary Employment Agencies have been doing a "booming business."

There should be a number of established agencies with verifiable reputations and credentials with whom one might work who will properly "vet" places who have transcription tasks that need doing, and who are equipped to negotiate part-time work when appropriate.

Many of these agencies offer insurance and 401k/IRA savings plans that can be of value, although you usually have to work for some time with an agency to qualify for the plans.

"Temp workers" frequently spend long periods in a single job, so it's not just a here-one-day-and-there-the-next sort of thing in most cases, although short term assignments usually exist for those who prefer that. "Work at home" jobs with the Agencies are a little less plentiful, but some agencies do specialize in that kind of arrangement.

"Job shopping," which often means working from your home for companies with whom you sign your own contract often begins with working as a "Temp" under a contract with an agency long enough to meet the people to negotiate with at a few companies before "going independent." These contract jobs generally are shorter term, for specific projects, so you have to "beat the bushes" regularly to keep new jobs on tap, and you have to know which bushes to beat - which you may learn by working with a few companies as an Agency Temp.

John