Institute of Reading Development

The Institute of Reading Development hires seasonal at home workers to enroll (aka: sell) their summer reading programs. The work is pretty intense, you are on the phone almost constantly explaining the same things over and over again. I worked here for a season and it was a love/hate relationship. The pay is excellent (LOVE)... the actual work made me want to shoot myself (HATE). It wasn't all bad though, in fact I would definitely do it again. The season lasts for about 3-6 months (the better you are at selling the programs, the longer they keep you for. This comes in really handy: How to Sell Anything to Anybody). You are hired as an actual employee (no benefits, but you do earn free reading programs for family members), the pay is a base rate of $11 per hour or commission (except for maybe your first week, you ALWAYS make commission). The top reps earn $25-$35 an hour, and the bottom reps make around $17-$20 an hour. The more you do it, the better you get at it! They also have an excellent training program (training is about 2 weeks and during that time you make minimum wage for your state). They hire all over the country! You need an up to date & fairly new computer, a headset (check out: Panasonic KX-TCA400 Over The Head Headset), the ability to sell and discuss reading programs with parents (usually with screaming kids in the back, and many times with hard to understand accents). Check out their website here.