Today there are many people who are unemployed and looking for some work. But due to demand for skilled and experienced persons and also due to lot of competition, there remains a class of people who remain unemployed.
For them there are lot of work at home computer jobs available on internet today. Also you can work at home on the internet as a freelancer where you can get small projects on individual and regular basis.
There is lot of demand for such work, you just sit and work at home according to your needs - part time or full time.