A few months ago a reader contacted me asking for advice on how to find a telecommuting position. I didn’t have much advice for her beyond Craigslist.org and job search engines. I had gotten my current clients by word-of-mouth recommendation. But my blog has opened up lots of new connections, many of whom share a [...]
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I’m back from my week-long vacation where I did not telecommute, although I could have (that wouldn’t have been a vacation, right?) and came across this articleCalculate your savings from telecommuting by Ted Samson at InfoWorld. The article mentions the Telework Savings Calculator that is posted on the Undress for Success website. The site is [...]
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That’s what urban theorist Richard Florida says in this Atlantic Online column from February 11. He believes that traffic congestion coupled with more flexible work opportunities will result in an increase in telecommuting. Read the entire article here: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200902u/richard-florida-interview.
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I came across a blurb about a recent CareerBuilder survey while reading Real Simple magazine. I had to laugh—the excuses people will come up with to miss a day of work are just incredible. My favorite is “Employee hit a turkey while riding a bike.” The full survey results are here on Career Builder’s site: [...]
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In a previous post I wrote about Pixily, a company I had seen in the Boston Globe. Pixily is a service where users pay a monthly fee to send in documents to be scanned. The company can then shred the documents for you or mail them back. I have a lot of files in my [...]
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Finding a job that allows you to work from home is difficult. Many telecommuters work out an arrangement with their current employer that lets them work from home a few days per week. If you are not already working with a company that is receptive to telecommuting and are looking for a new job that [...]
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Well, the folks over at Pixily.com were kind enough to send me a trial of their service (I mentioned it in my November 24 post). I just enrolled in the service and will report back on it in the New Year. I have to admit, I’m pretty jazzed about filling an envelope (which is both [...]
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I really like my home office. It’s painted a soothing brown (chocolate mousse by Benjamin Moore, to be exact), it has exposed bookshelves, black and white photos of my children, and a plush striped couch. I have a couple nice lamps and a window. But it is an office and it requires those necessary office [...]
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My bank recently sent out a promotional piece outlining their online check deposit feature. By enrolling in this program I can scan my deposits and email the scanned document to the bank, eliminating the need to actually make a trip to the brick and mortar building or the ATM deposit box. At first I thought [...]
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