Welcome to Commando on Demand Insider with Kim Commando, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears.

I'm Mike James. The coronavirus and pandemic has been vicious to the economy and so many have faced unemployment and the numbers are really staggering.

Nearly 40 million people have filed for unemployment.

That number could be low because it doesn't account

for self-employed and gig economy workers that get the special unemployment benefits.

Some are predicting that more than 25% of all jobs that have been lost will become permanent

losses. So what can you do if you've lost your job or

you're in fear of losing your job? On today's Commando on Demand, we talk to several folks who are

looking for an easier way to work from home. We've got a teacher who wants to make extra money

working from home.

Kim has some advice for him.

We're also going to talk to somebody who is going to sell their art online.

She's very good.

And someone who lost their job and is looking for work from home with not a lot of skills.

Also, if you've never heard of Amazon's mechanical Turk,

it's a way to make money on the side doing small jobs for various people. And we're going to

start off with that in just a few moments. By the way, this is not the nationally syndicated

Kim Kim, Commando show on over 400 radio stations nationwide. The podcast version of that show is available, and you can try it out for free right now

by using promo code Kim at getkim.com.

Again, you can listen to all three hours of the nationally syndicated Kim commando show at

get Kim.com and use promo code Kim to get your free 30-day trial. All right, getting

started in just a few moments with Amazon's Mechanical Turk. What is it? And how can you make money

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