Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

I give up… Hold their breath?
How Green is Your Web Work?
Evidently swapping computers for your car just isn’t green enough. Shame!

Here are tips on How To Recruit Tech Workers From Faraway Places.  Oddly letting them continue to LIVE far away (telecommute) only seemed to come up as an afterthought. Lots of people living in rural areas with skills (or wanting to live there, as long as they had broadband) though would KILL for a job […]

We’ve all seen the orange “U Haul” trucks… they’re all over America.
Did you know they have a huge telecommuting program?
Here’s what the company says about their program as seen on KTAR.com:
U-Haul’s John Ungerer is letting many employees work at home and said their reaction is “thrilled to death.” “All the internet questions and everything […]

This is from the Poland Employment Law Newsletter in case you’re planning to hire a Polish telecommuter. What? You weren’t? Sorry.
But should you ever PLAN to, realize that teleworking is spreading into the former eastern bloc countries. As in the west, employers seemed to favor it to help reduce overhead costs. This law […]

If you’re into wonderful, gushing love stories full of romance, then this is the work at home article for you from the Dallas Morning News.
It’s full of romance and stuff like “Blond Single Mom Prays And Man Of Her Dreams Comes Back Into Her Life” … ooohh….aaahhhh.
Now the part that concerns us is that the […]

Here’s a whimsical look at telecommuting, but it reveals two interesting statistics about telecommuting…. such as 51 million are estimated to telecommute by next year.
From The Business Ledger
The International Telework Association projects that by next year 51 million people will be “teleworking” on a daily basis…
According to the Washington-based Employment Policy Foundations, 65 percent […]

Rural areas are seeking to attract new folks (and keep the kids from moving away) through broadband… it allows telecommuters to have a better quality of life than they might otherwise. Certainly a “Good” paying job in the city would be a GREAT PAYING telecommuting job in a rural area. Broadband access is the weak […]

Sounds like getting broadband everywhere is now a national security planning issue.
In an article that’s a bit eerie, companies are discussing having security guards keep sick people from coming to work!
Telecommuting again is - in theory - part of the contingency planning.
I think it’s mostly talk at this point. I hadn’t heard about an actual […]

I saw this job listing for an Accounts Payable Specialist. It includes the opportunity to telecommute under certain circumstances.
The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for processing accounts payable including the payment of claims and trade invoices and associated communication.

Process claims and trade check runs which includes obtaining proper authorization for invoices.
Process claims refunds, stop payments, […]

Telecommuting in Birmingham? Get some extra cash!
From The Birmingham Business Journal
CommuteSmart said it will give commuters $2 a day for three months if they choose an alternative to driving alone to work. The money will be given to commuters who choose to carpool, telework, take transit, bike or walk to work.
The other incentive program […]