With the current economic climate, many companies are having to find creative ways to cut costs. Somecompanies are doing this by implementing virtual worker policies. Letting employees work from home or remotely saves on commuting expense, utilities and other office overhead, and even gains increased productivity from employees.
The government is getting on the [...]
Continue reading about The Many Benefits of the Home Based Worker
Whether running a business or telecommuting, working at home takes tremendous discipline, self-motivation and creative problem-solving skills. You don’t have co-workers or your supervisor down the hall, and often when problems arise you have to deal with them on your own.
So, what are some of the first steps you can take to find your way? Here are some exercises that you can do that can help to clarify your goals
Today I discovered Climber.com, an interesting career site that is different from the usual suspects. It’s like a matchmaking site for job seekers and recruiters. It’s a place where you can connect to people and companies anonymously and you can research companies and salary information.
A really cool feature of this site is what they call the Career Fingerprint.
Continue reading about It’s like matchmaking for job seekers…
Today I received an interesting case study on Ben Ballard’s law firm– an internet-based firm.
The Ballard Law Office is a San Francisco-based business litigation firm founded by Benjamin Ballard, a seasoned attorney who has practiced law since 1980.
Ballard’s areas of practice include commercial law and litigation, tort litigation, appeals, business counseling, and [...]
Back in August I wrote a post about Extreme Telecommuting and I introduced to you Anthony Page, The Working Nomad. He works from wherever his travels take him, which have been some very interesting places to work. As per his last blog post he’s now in Valencia, Spain.
He sells an eBook on his [...]
sharon on August 29th, 2008Looking for that ever-elusive work at home job? Telecommuting is becoming more popular among employers as they begin to realize the benefits that are in it for them.
Today, I came a cross a really terrific, comprehensive post about telecommuting. What they’re calling a “short guide (that) covers the facts, figures, benefits, and [...]
sharon on August 27th, 2008Ok, so you’ve determined that you have the right skills and qualities to do your job effectively from home. You’re sure that your job is well suited to telecommuting. Now you just need your boss to agree that this is a great idea, but how?
The best approach is to make a proposal. [...]
sharon on August 26th, 2008Are you desperately trying to find a telecommute job so that you can quit your current one? Hold on! Your job just might have the potential to be done from home.
With the right approach, a little research and a good proposal, many employees are selling the idea of telecommuting to their employers.
In this first segment, [...]
Up until recently, the big trend in the makeup of the workplace was telecommuting. It seems that there’s a new trend that may be the future of business: Virtual companies.
Virtual companies are companies that do not have a physical location. Rather, it is more like a collection of individuals that work from their [...]
Continue reading about The new work at home trend…it’s not telecommuting
Telecommuting is not a new idea and while most people are aware of the rise in popularity during the 80’s, it’s been around a lot longer than that. The first telecommuter on record was a Boston bank president who, in 1877, arranged to have a phone line strung from his office to his home [...]
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