Jobs in which you complete legitimate data entry from home involve doing data input remotely for a legal business. Job responsibilities vary, and you may transfer or input data onto a spreadsheet, create a variety of informational documents, verify data, and prepare jobs for printing. Your duties can also involve word processing and typing tasks, depending on the nature of the job. Legitimate jobs entail processing information which a client or business requires for recordkeeping, analysis, service, or other needs. Remote data entry jobs exist in medical, financial, bookkeeping, educational, and other industries. Job seekers can be independent contractors or employees of an organization or one of its satellite offices.