sharon on December 29th, 2008

Going green is becoming a priority for a lot of companies.  Companies everywhere are taking steps to be more green by using solar energy, reducing employee travel, instituting recycling programs and the like.  These are all positive steps, but the companies that are really leading the charge are the ones that are taking more drastic [...]

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sharon on October 24th, 2008

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 bandwagon [...]

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sharon on September 19th, 2008

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 trust [...]

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sharon on September 16th, 2008

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 website [...]

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Looking 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 even the [...]

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Are 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 [...]

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sharon on August 20th, 2008

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 home [...]

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sharon on August 15th, 2008

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 in [...]

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sharon on July 19th, 2008

More and more companies are seeing the benefits of offering work at home options to their employees. According to a report at MarketWatch, Hilton Hotels Corporation is rolling out a flexible home based work at home program for reservation agents. Because the program is so desirable to prospective employees, Hilton will be able to recruit [...]

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sharon on July 17th, 2008

Yes, there are! Many companies have realized the benefits of employing home based customer service agents. It’s a win-win situation; the company saves on overhead costs, can pull from a national pool of candidates and the employee enjoys a 15 second commute. Work At Home Jobs On The Rise In his blog post on work [...]

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