Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

Fonality Upgrade Lets Agents Work Anywhere
Open source telephony vendor Fonality has added several new features and capabilities to its IP PBX-based call center product. Version 3.5 of PBXtra Call Center Edition, introduced last week, will let sales or support agents receive calls from the queue no matter where they are or what kind of phone [...]

Here’s a great article full of good tips. Just a few are…
From Newsday
For the growing number of retirees, consultants, laid-off professionals and those trying to make a dollar out of working from home, here are some tax tips:
Deducting part of your residence. “Even a part of a room devoted exclusively to the business could be [...]

This real life work at home mom tells about the most frequent advice she gives people who want to work from home too. Most notably, the first solution is NOT to purchase a pre packaged business opportunity. Instead, look to what you’re already doing. Plus note how she turns out of town job offers into freelance opportunities.
Great article. Be [...]

He started his own “Mystery Shopping” firm. Now many of his employees work from home. 
From Michigan Live
Hall is concerned with creating an inspiring work environment and got his staff involved in office design decisions when the company moved to their current location on Miller. This resulted in an airy, open office that uses a lot [...]

I first saw the headline and thought “scam” … there are so many “travel MLM’s” etc. It’s not that the travel field is a scam, but it’s wrong to post business opportunities on Craigslist’s jobs board.
But this is apparently a  real telecommuting job paying $27,000 to $40,000 per year… if you live in Austin, TX [...]

I’ve written before about Controlled Circulation Advertising sales.
If that’s your bag and you can identify the customers who want to reach a niche audience generating millions of page views, you might want to check out this opportunity.
I can’t vouch for it per se but the site has been online since 1997.
Here’s the information

15 Stress Management Tips From Web Worker Daily!

Change your view.
Choose background noise carefully.
Eat and sleep well.
Be prepared to switch directions.
Keep your work and home separate.
Take advantage of the comforts of home when you need to.
Exercise.
Be realistic about your time.
Meditate.
Minimize input.
Smile.
Be prompt.
Hit “save� before you hit “send.�
Say no.
Ask for help.

Read the whole article here…

The other day, we reported on the trend for companies to require workers to provide more of their own computer hardware. Here’s what being cheap may get them if they don’t watch out.
Thankfully the gangs are going after the “Big Fish” … executives working from home. The home based Mary Kay business or affiliate marketing [...]

As one book described it, we’re becoming “Free Agent Nation”. Nobody wants employees, just projects completed. One High School I’m aware of has purposely structured its curriculum to reflect this project oriented philosophy… Jesse Remington High in NH
Along with cutting people lose to work at home in “project teams” to work on their own and [...]

Last year’s flood which put 20 feet of water in the basement of the IRS building has made the issue of telecommuting a top priority for the agency.
Telecommuting is always talked about as a “contingency plan” for businesses and government agencies, but usually in the context of an apocalyptic contingency like a flu pandemic.
Last [...]