According to the Telework Research Network 50 million of us hold jobs that could be done at home, at least part of the time. If we all worked at home just half the time, we’d avoid 8.4 billion commutes and save 5.8 billion gallons of gas. And 1,600 of us wouldn’t die in traffic accidents. If you’re [...]
Category Archives: Work At Home
What Minimum Broadband Speed Do You Need?
One of the essential tools for a work-at-home job, as a freelancer or telecommuter, is fast web access. Modern home-offices have all kinds of uses for broadband. But Tom N. in Tennessee asked a relevant question: “How fast is fast enough?” POTS Broadband, you may be amused to learn, is anything faster than POTS. The [...]
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Commuting costs more than you think – telework!
One of our readers wrote: You do a great job of providing information, offering ways to convince employers, and helping us learn how to commute. I am a firm believer in that idea. In fact, I’m so passionate about it that I pushed my company to create an infographic based on some data we found, [...]
Home-based transcriptionists needed
Transcript Divas is looking for experienced work-at-home transcriptionists. They’re a general transcription service, and over the years have transcribed everything from heavy metal band musician memoirs to wire taps. But make no mistake, this is not an “I took typing in high school, maybe I can do it” job. With blue chip companies, hospitals and the legal [...]
Work From Home? Naw, The Beach!
Just so you know that it really is possible, one of our best friends just sent us this message: Just came back from my first day teaching … at the beach. Ain’t life grand!!! To be sure, she worked for it, by first earning a Master’s Degree, and then going after the online teaching job [...]
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