Research and Data Entry - Make your own hours

Research and Data Entry Specialist (work from home)

Location: 100% working from home. Our office is based in Westlake Village, CA and you'd be communicating with us by email and phone as needed.

Schedule: Flexible (part-time or full-time is ok, working any time of day or night is ok)

Compensation: $10/hr

About the Company:

Skyrocket Ventures is a leading recruiting firm for high growth technology companies.

We are looking for a reliable and fast-paced Research and Data Entry person to contribute to the success of our company and our clients. The success of this person will primarily be measured by the speed and accuracy of the data entered into our system.

Benefits of this Job:

This is for someone who thrives on doing heavy amounts of computer work, likes turning chaos into order, and enjoys work that is straightforward and repetitive.

This job is not for everyone, and it may not pay the highest amount of money. But it could be a great job for someone who values these types of benefits:

- Stability. We of course can’t guarantee employment for any duration of time. But if you do a good job, we would hope/expect that you could count on having the job for years.

- Flexibility to work whenever you want - any day of the week, any time of day or night

- Flexibility to work however much you want, up to 40 hours per week at most.

- Ability to manage your own schedule so that it won’t ever have to conflict with your other obligations such as school, family, sleep, etc.

- Saving time, gas money, and mileage on your car since you won’t have to commute to an office.

- Working in a comfortable environment. As long as you work effectively, you can wear whatever you want, play music, etc.

Job responsibilities:

(Time spent will be about 50-75% research, 25-50% typing)

Required Job Duties:

Conducting various types of high volume, repetitive research and data entry.

Entering and/or modifying data into our system

Verifying accuracy of the data

Possible Additional Duties:

Identifying and implementing improvements to our existing data systems

Anything else you or we can think of that will be beneficial

Qualifications

Requirements:

Ability to type properly and very quickly at least 75 WPM, preferably higher.

Reading/comprehension speed and accuracy.

Ability/access to work on a Windows/PC computer with a screen/monitor that is at least 23 inches (so you can properly view and manage the data on the screen).

General computer proficiency: emailing, web browsing, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel

Attention to detail

Excellent written communication skills

Positive, optimistic, can-do attitude

Dedication and focus, strong work ethic

Ability to work with or without direction

Ability to pass a background and reference check

Nice to have:

A background in computer science, mathematics, or statistics

Ability to do software programming

To help ensure to us that you have carefully read the entire description and have put some thought into this application, please paste the following text into a cover letter and add your answers after the questions:

1) Please tell us a little about yourself

2) Why do you think this is a fit?

3) What is your typing speed in WPM? (please test yourself using typeracer.com)

4) What are your compensation requirements?

5) What days and times will you be available to work?

6) How many hours per week on average would you like to be working?

7) What date would you like to start this job?

8) What date do you expect you would end this job?

9) Please describe your office setup (desktop or laptop, operating system, size of monitor)

10) How and why would you be effective at working 100% from home rather than in an office?

11) What are good times to reach you by phone?