When people think of work from home jobs, several “typical” job types come to mind: customer service, information technology, and blogging just to name a few. But over the last decade, telecommuting jobs have grown 41%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the variety of jobs that can be done from home is quite surprising. Here […]
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More work at home jobs opening up in 2012
There’s good news if you want to work at home. According to SHRM (that’s Sherm, as in the Society for Human Resource Management), more flexible workplace programs and policies are being deployed that allow telecommuting, flexible work hours, compressed workweeks, phased retirement and other practices that allow people like you to better manage work, leisure […]
Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow
Today many people work very differently than they did just five or 10 years ago. Work, and the workplace, will continue to change, too—whether we want it to or not. Given the uncertainties in the economy and employment, it’s doubly important to look toward the horizon, even when surrounded in fog. Make yourself a plan so you […]
Home Is Where The Work Is
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 […]
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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