Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

From WSLS
Send your employees home so they can get some work done. It’s the way to go, said Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen, who oversees a teleworkforce of  616 — or 62 percent of the Department of Taxation’s nearly 1,000 statewide employees. “It turned out to be an incredibly good business decision,” she said. Bowen […]

There’s lots of good general information on the website, but here’s the burning question I think you really want to know:
Q: How do I find a telework job with the Federal Government?
A: The USAJOBS website lists all available Federal Government positions. Positions that may be telework eligible are not generally designated differently than other […]

This is from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Richardson (R-Hiram), sent a memo to state House staffers Friday announcing a trial teleworking schedule over the summer. The House’s 120 secretaries, researchers and other staffers will work one day a week from home to save fuel.
Here’s my suggestion: Since most lawmakers never actually read any legislation they […]

The UK has higher broadband internet penetration than the US. PeoplePerHour.com helps aspiring UK freelancers find the work from home projects they need to earn an income.
Here are their current listings.
Potential service providers can learn more at the FAQ for providers.
People Per Hour receives a commission from the fees charged by the provider for their […]

Thursday May 15th marks the 3rd UK National Work from Home Day
From TMCnet
National Work from Home Day is organised by Work Wise UK, a national not-for-profit initiative to promote “smarter” working practices - such as flexible, remote and mobile working, and working from home. It aims
to give half the working population, some 14 million, […]

Lifehacker has some good points … use the word “Telework” instead of “Telecommute”. They have a slightly important difference. One emphasizes your working, the other sounds like a vacation.
Know why your boss is afraid to let  you do that so you can answer objections. For that they recommend this article from Web Worker Daily.
They also […]

Frank Michael Russell from the Mercury News waxes eloquent on why you might want to start telecommuting from Paris these days thanks to rising costs on the west coast.
Yay, America! Yes, our economy has been struggling, and yes, our dollar has been lagging against the euro, the British pound and even the Canadian dollar. […]

Don’t let all the GOOD NEWS go to your head. Undress 4 Success has a good post on Recession Good News For Telecommuters.
The theory is that belt tightening corporations will let more people work at home and telecommute to save money on real estate, utilities, and other overhead.
Another trend is that there’s fear of a […]

From Government Executive

The House Oversight and Government Reform Federal Workforce Subcommittee on Thursday passed legislation aimed at increasing chances for federal employees to telecommute.
The Telework Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 4106) passed 3-0 on a voice-vote at a sparsely attended hearing. The bill requires that all federal agencies create telework polices and develop programs to […]

Liveops.com  continues to grow. Their expectation is that most companies won’t want to have their own “in house” call center operations. That distracts from their core business. They’re hoping most companies will prefer to outsource that work to them.

From DestinationCRM.com
The age of companies housing their contact center operations all under one roof is […]