Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

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, instead of [...]

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 hit the [...]

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 at Pacific [...]

From Web Worker Daily

1. You’re “working” at home…nudge nudge, wink wink.
2. You’re wearing pajamas, or are perhaps naked from the waist down.
3. Home-based work is great because you get to spend more time with your family.
4. You must get so lonely.
5. You must be involved in some kind of bleeding edge technology work to be [...]

Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive and do not work in the same environment as men. For that reason it can be difficult to be employed.
From Ameinfo.com
Telecommuting will enable more Saudi women to enter the workforce, according to IT specialists interviewed in Arab News. Saudi government departments are already setting up [...]

From The Arizona Republic
Under the piped-in tunes of KC and the Sunshine Band’s Get Down Tonight, Matthew Moran settles against the back wall and raises the lid of his laptop.
Soma Café is one of his home offices. It features soft lighting, sporty baristas and warm, earthy colors on walls, floors and furniture. He also frequents [...]

Who knew there was a “Fiber To The Home Council”? Many places would just like ANY Broadband service as long as it’s not satellite.
From emarketer
Americans with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet connections telecommute an average of one-third of the time, according to a Fiber-to-the-Home Council-sponsored survey conducted by RVA Market Research.
And 10% of respondents used their [...]

Web Worker Daily has a great article that - in my opinion - is a good guide on taking a “cubicle” position and turning into a telework position - at least on a part time basis by
1. Analyzing what you do at work that could be done at home.
2. What you’re doing after hours at [...]

This is supposed to be good for telecommuters so I’m posting it. I’m all for increasing access to broad band for small and home based businesses. But in the end somebody winds up paying. Many telecommuters would rather “pay” for wifi by paying for food and drink at a coffee shop or other business.
The first [...]