As covered on the Today Show this weekend, if you don't want to get in the car & go back to work tomorrow, you may not have to. Increasingly, the work will come to you. If someone has a business need & you can fill it, it may not matter where you work or even when you work. There's decent money to be made & the flexibility can be invaluable for moms juggling kids, retirees looking to apply their expertise & web savvy students with fluctuating class schedules. Here's one of several options listed in this blog & they're all recruiting ...

www.virtualassistantjobs.com There are reportedly more than 4,000 "virtual assistants" in the US. Suspect the number is even higher given cost cutting/job reduction at major corporations and the growth of small businesses which might not be able to afford a full-time staffer with benefits. If you have administrative skills, you're in more demand than you may think. From formatting memos & Power Point presentations to organizing conferences and calculating expenses, a virtual assistant can be a life line. And the Internet makes the geographic distance of the line irrelevant. In fact, you may never even meet your clients. Less face-time could mean more time pool side with a laptop & running personal errands while tying up professional lose ends up on a Blackberry.

If you're thinking of becoming a virtual assistant, you may want to walk before you run and take on one client at a time. Also, be sure to level-set re: expectations & deadlines. Are you going to be on-call all the time? Is the workload relatively predictable or might you get slammed when you least expect it?

Overall, it's all about the right fit. Find it & you can earn anywhere from $20 an hour to more than $40.