Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

People rightly have come to love Skype. A recent outage of the service left folks scratching their heads however because so many have become dependent on the service for their lives and home based businesses. So what happened? According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Skype blames it on all you users restarting your computer [...]

This is a well written and well researched article on LiveOps.com that confirms what I’ve written before but is worth the read if you’re interested in the home call center world. Again, here’s another article mentioning the $7 to $20 per hour figure for working at home with the company… if you are good with [...]

According to Business Week British workers yearn to telecommute. A survey of more than 1,000 white collar workers, commissioned by mobile phone operator T-Mobile, has found many believe they would be more productive– and creative — if they could work in different locations. Nearly half (48 per cent) of workers surveyed said a change of [...]

Arise.com is a well known name in the home based call center business. Their representatives are required to create their own business entities (S Corp or LLC) to work for the firm. That makes it absolutely clear that the call center reps are not “employees”. It’s nice to hear about real people who work for [...]

I’ve found a number of references to telework and telecommuting in the most unlikely places… the weather reports! As the summer temperatures spike and people with breathing problems are urged to stay indoors, the weather reporters are urging folk to “telecommute” to work if possible! I never thought I’d hear that. Or have to wade [...]

Tory Johnson on ABC goes into some interesting information about the most common stumbling blocks to not getting that online job. The biggest problem may be taking assessments remotely… somehow they seem “unreal”. But they’re very real to the company. If you can’t read the practice scripts with enthusiasm and friendliness to get hired, they’re [...]

Regular readers of this blog are already familiar with the companies Tory Johnson mentions, but it’s always nice to know that the opportunities are expanding. From ABC The home-based customer service industry is exploding, which means the need for people to answer inbound phone calls for big businesses from the privacy of their home offices, [...]

After last week’s bridge collapse, suddenly there’s a plethora of information on deficient bridges… though they’re condition today is no different than last week! You can check your state by county here at MSNBC  In the wake of last week’s collapse a sudden wave of “Bridge-o-phobia” swept the nation and the fear of falling bridges [...]

In the brick and mortar world, we’re all familiar with staffing agencies. Here’s the first self described telecommute staffing agency I’ve ever seen though, Virtu Network. From their latest press release: Virtu Network is a no cost telecommute staffing agency. We offer our services for free to all employers, size is no issue. We have [...]

Dilbert’s Telecommuting Adventure can be seen here on CNN.com Here’s Dilbert’s creator on working at home @ CNN Q: Can you talk about how long you’ve been working, how you came to be working at home and doing what you do? A: In 1989, Dilbert was first published in newspapers, but I kept my job [...]