Online Job offers are basically freelance jobs offers, where you can earn money doing what you already do, but this job is one where you can work from home. The biggest advantage in a freelance job offer is the "At-home" concept. Persons taking up the job can work from the comfort of their own homes. Jobs are assigned through e-mail and the assignments once completed are sent back through mail. Payments are received on an hourly basis or according to an amount fixed by the company, which is usually determined by the volume of work given.
There are quite a number of jobs that you can take up using the net. You can apply for data entry jobs or jobs that allow you to carry out document transformation, such as, word to PDF format for a certain price per document.
How is your job hunting going? Have you had problems finding legitimate jobs? I don't know if you've ever thought about using freelance websites to obtain work at home, but this should be something you look into. It might not be for you, but you never know until you try.
So what would the benefit be to using a freelance website to obtain per project work at home? The first and most obvious benefit is that you would be earning money to help pay your bills, but the less obvious benefit would be that you are gaining valuable work at home experience to put on your resume! There are many employers out there that would rather hire a telecommuter that has worked at home before and if you have no work at home experience on your resume, they may go with someone who does.
However, using a freelance website is a bit different. Many times the people posting the projects just want to use your services for a short time and for a specific project. They don't necessarily care if you've worked at home before. Therefore, it could be easier to get a couple projects like this under your belt and then you can place that job on your resume! It will look good to other potential long term employers to see that you have experience working for someone at home.