Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

Frome Dane’s Blog…During a typical week, I work from home for twenty to thirty hours. Although this allows me greater opportunity to see my wife and two small children, it can also be a little tricky at times. I’ve developed the following rules and routines for making the best of the situation. Create an office [...]

Younger workers aged 34, give or take, are leaving New Hampshire at a precipitous rate that threatens the healt of the economy long term according to the Concord Monitor. High rents, lack of activities, and most importantly lack of good jobs is causing kids to look elsewhere for work. Some hope that telecommuting could be [...]

I originally saw this on Craigslist and pass it along… VIPdesk Connect provides contact center solutions for national brand leaders- providing premium customer experiences- within the retail, financial services and travel industries. VIPdesk has established a nationwide network of home-based contact center service representatives- Service Ambassadors. This highly skilled experienced network of independent contractors, help [...]

Telecommuters find that the loneliness and isolation of always working at home may make working from home less attractive in the long run unless human contact can be created to offset the problems of “working remote”. From EMarketer When Chuck (Tom Hanks) was stranded on a remote island in the movie Cast Away his only [...]

New Zealand’s teleworking community is growing slowly and still relatively low tech. It is expected to increase with the proliferation of broadband connections and formal telecommuting policies.From the New Zealand Herald [Telework Consultant Bevis] England says a well established telework programme will typically deliver a business $300,000 per 100 employees per year in cost savings [...]

Though some people are just DYING to work from home, for many the option is as attractive as bringing home work from the office! Before you make the jump home, you need to decide… is it working at home I crave? Or just a change in my work conditions? For example, this study showed that [...]

Lawyers are turning to hiring Virtual Assistants and Paralegals to reduce overhead expenses such as payroll taxes and the cost of having employees sit around “on the clock” when there’s not real work to be done. This is likely a problem for attorneys who are just starting in practice and don’t have a regular caseload [...]

I can’t remember what print journal I saw this in over the weekend… I believe it was the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. The Federal Workforce has reached it’s high water mark agewise and has crested. Now and huge number of Federal Employees are within 10 years of retirement so the government is working to be [...]

From Start Up Nation… Maintain your focus You’ll want to establish a solid book of business, enjoyable and reliable clients, and a significant backlog of work before turning off the afterburners for awhile and relishing your newly established independence. Expect to be lonely at first “It’s a shock, even if you’re expecting it,â€? says Ted [...]

From Inc. Magazine 1. Know yourself: Don’t try to squeeze yourself into some imaginary model of efficiency: extrapolate from the way you already work most comfortably. 2. Pay attention to light. 3. Think vertically. Racks sold for pot lids can be used for files or magazines; drawer dividers are as useful for paper clips, pens, [...]