Archive for the 'Telework' Category

This link at CNN takes you to the most recent stories on hottest jobs and hottest markets. The hottest cities are literally the “hottest” because they stretch from Florida to Atlanta to Dallas, across Texas and to the Southwest! These booming economies translate into work at home opportunities galore… as traffic congestion booms and real [...]

National Telecommuting Institute links persons with disabilities to employers who need telecommuters. This allows persons with disabilities to earn a viable income that they might otherwise miss. National Telecommuting Institute (NTI) is a unique educational/job-matching organization pioneering the development of telework jobs for Americans with disabilities. NTI staff bring together employers who have agreed to “go [...]

I have an acquaintance whose business is telemarketing. It’s not home based but leads into what I’m about to tell you. His telemarketers can earn up to $32.00 per hour… most of them burn out after a few months. The interesting thing about his business is that the telemarketers never actually “take” the order. Once [...]

If you’re disciplined and can put in 40 hours per week even when nobody’s there to watch you, you can earn $30,000 at home. If you have a license like an insurance license, you can earn up to $60,000 per year.  Though, in the past, the work at home field was considered a “scam” or [...]

Employers think that just because you’re here today, they’ve got you “locked” for tomorrow. But the Federal Government is seeing their workers retire so quickly, they’re facing a real shortage. But the same trend affects all businesses according to Forbes. Employees are poised to leave in droves because they feel slighted and unappreciated. It’s not [...]

The Boston Herald has a piece about how working from home can save the planet. And I thought the people selling their information products exaggerated! Unlike the get rich quick ads though, this one had no disclaimer! This is a trend that will affect working at home and telecommuting though, however overblown the hype. But [...]

With Bloomberg business news talking about $4 per gallon gasoline, telecommuting is poised to rise along with online marketing and other work at home ventures as people try to cope with the soaring cost of living and doing business. The $4 price isn’t set in stone … one consultant quoted in the article believes it [...]

He doesn’t work from home on game day of course, but Penn State football legend works out of his home as much as possible according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. His phone and fax give him the ability to communicate that he needs and most of his time is spent watching game videos to prepare [...]

If you have a Google account, you may be familiar with it’s free online spreadsheet and word processing applications. Now Google has bought a company offering a web based editor for power point presentations by acquiring TonicPoint. Google expects the tool to be integrated into their online tools by this summer . Google is certainly [...]

Why may municipal WiFi flop? For one thing, if it’s billed as “free”, it won’t really be free. In the places where it’s being implemented, the browser required is dominated by ugly advertising. People who go to coffee shops and other WiFi hotspots can get access without the banner AND get the friendly “third place” [...]