Here’s our weekly round up of work-at-home and telecommuting job news from across the nation and around the world.
Commute campaign pushes carpooling
Arizona Republic, AZ –Feb 18, 2008
Telecommuting has increased to 13 percent from 8 percent over that same time period. “Removing more vehicles from our roadways is one of the best things we …
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Vancouver Sun, Canada – Feb 16, 2008
Working from home, or “telecommuting,” is becoming more commonplace and popular among workers as technological advancements allow for it. …
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Vancouver Province, Canada – Feb 17, 2008
Flexible work schedules, telecommuting and signing bonuses scored lower in importance this year compared with last year’s survey results.
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Metlife closing Indy center but not jobs
Indianapolis Star, United States – Feb 14, 2008
They’ll be telecommuting. There are no layoffs; 89 workers will be re-offered their existing jobs or newly created positions, but the conditions of their …
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ThomasNet Industrial News Room, NY – Feb 14, 2008
Major time-savings also result from telecommuting, mainly in premises costs, office overheads and labor. A travel services firm found that each
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Kitsap Sun (Subscription), United States – Feb 13, 2008
Telecommuting helps to reduce our carbon footprint and make it so people don’t lose so much time commuting.” And Poulsbo City Council member Ed Stern has
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FinancialWeek (subscription), NY – Feb 18, 2008
HP’s chief financial officer, Cathie Lesjak, told analysts about the one-third reduction goal in December, citing trends in telecommuting and …
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New York Times Blogs, NY – Feb 12, 2008
… then days when you are brewing a cold or dealing with a full-blown one are the ideal time to practice your telecommuting skills.
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Monsanto ranks No. 11 on list of green IT companies
Phoenix Business Journal (subscription), AZ – Feb 16, 2008
… at its headquarters from renewable sources such as wind power, and has a concerted effort to work in an efficient and effective telecommuting model. …
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Rising Adirondack property prices sound class echo of Gilded Age
Newsday, NY – Feb 15, 2008
Building limits, state ownership or control of more than half the 6-million-acre park, growing Internet and telecommuting capability, Baby Boomers heading …
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Shelby Star, NC – Feb 16, 2008
Another temporary solution considered is telecommuting. Select staff – around a dozen or so – could be chosen to work from home, Wasson explained. …
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Post-Bulletin, MN – Feb 16, 2008
Debbie Mayville, a director at a Washington, DC-based consultancy, starts telecommuting at 6 am and tries to finish in time to meet her daughter at the bus …
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Wall Street Journal – Feb 13, 2008
… resources to help a couple adjust to a commuter marriage, helping a teenager confront bullies at school and convincing a boss to allow telecommuting. ..
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North Kitsap Herald, WA – Feb 16, 2008
Council Member Ed Stern said the city’s first EDC focused on telecommuting and was successful and he’s glad economic focus is being brought back to the city …
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Local TV’s Morning Jam
Broadcasting & Cable, NY – Feb 16, 2008
While wireless technology has given rise to telecommuting, the concept has hardly taken a bite out of the nation’s bumper-to-bumper traffic anxiety. …
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Wireless Integrator Systems Support Solutions Delights in Long …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria – Feb 15, 2008
The ones that fight home-officing, telecommuting, web collaterals delivery, one-number phone services (desk/cell), and maintain the large expensive staff …
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Forbes, NY – Feb 12, 2008
That includes everything from telecommuting to a faraway meeting to gently encouraging colleagues not to print all 100 pages of a document unless they …
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TechSmith won’t build new headquarters after all
Lansing State Journal, MI – Feb 14, 2008
It also could involve more telecommuting for employees and opening satellite offices, including one closer to the Brighton and Ann Arbor areas, …
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Sedona.biz, AZ – Feb 13, 2008
Telecommuting once or twice a week to work avoids gas burned and lessens congestion on the roads. “The most significant part of this story is that while …
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TechRepublic, KY – Feb 12, 2008
IT is amenable to “flextime” workers and telecommuting. It’s also relaxed about the working hours. IT pros may work a few more hours than the average worker …
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Portsmouth Herald News, NH – Feb 12, 2008
But better roads and broadband access would open up the region to telecommuting and high tech development. “That would give them a new way to make a living …
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Fair Lady, South Africa – Feb 12, 2008
… job-sharing, compressed weeks and telecommuting (working from home), but for the most part this has been slow to catch on in South Africa.
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The Weston Branch Library is offering computer classes for a range …
MiamiHerald.com, FL – Feb 17, 2008
”We have many students come in to do research or even business people who may be telecommuting,” she said. The center also offers a course on using a
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