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2012年9月16日星期日

Finding and Becoming a Telecommuting Employer

Telecommuting is the term coined by an American, Jack Nilles in 1973. It is also called as e-commuting or e-work or tele-work or work-at-home. Telecommuting is a work arrangement where employers take advantage of the various technological advances and enjoy limited flexibility in working hours and working location. It is a broader term referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work that requires travel, which consequently eliminates the distance limitations of telecommuting. Some work from home while others use mobile telecommunications technology to work from any location. All telecommuting employers work for tele-workers but not all tele-workers are telecommuting employers.

The motto is 'work is something you do, and not something you travel to.' A successful telecommuting program needs a management style which is mostly based on results and not on a close inquiry of a telecommuting employer. Most legitimate telecommuting companies do not charge you to work for them rather they will pay you for your work. The only exception would be a freelancing company which will take a fee from both you and the employer as a part of the agreement. The fee is usually very small, around 5% of the total budget, and considering that you don't have to travel to work, and you pay no immediate income tax on your earnings, this is a very small fee indeed.

One option for starting your own online business is to become a telecommuting employer. These are people who hire others to work on a team, and then bid on projects on freelancing websites. As long as onedoes his job well, he will have a guaranteed paycheck, as they control all of the terms of the agreement, from the amount of the bid to the salary of their employees. Telecommuting jobs allow you to work on your own schedule but with the given tasks and responsibilities.

The greatest disadvantage to a telecommuting employer is that they work for someone else and their job stability is dependent on their companies. Another disadvantage is that the competition among them is very high. Many companies are very choosy and the pay is based on their terms.

Today, there are many obstacles to overcome to get a good job. Many skilled workers are not able to get to the place of work due to family situations or physical disability. Telecommuting employers are very lucky to hold this job as they can choose to work where they want. Telecommuting jobs provide great opportunities for one parent homes or for homes where only one parent can work. Some work places do not have the facility to accommodate handicapped people, for those people telecommuting work gives them security and they can earn from where they live.

Telecommuting employers were in the past proved their job to be very difficult due to lack of technology. But nowadays, it is easy to become a telecommuting employer because of the advancement in technology and internet and working from home has been made easier and more convenient.

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2012年7月23日星期一

How to Convince Your Employer to Let You Telecommute

If you are considering approaching your employer about the possibility of telecommuting be sure to have your facts straight prior to your meeting with them.

Gather Facts

You should be able to contact your human resources department or if you do not have one an employee manual to investigate whether your company has a telecommuting program. If a program exists, you just need to inquire on the limitations and start your proposal based on the policy already outlined. Inquire as to whether any of your co-workers have successfully made a telecommuting arrangement and how they were able to make the arrangements.

Consider Your Employers Side

Telecommuting may bring great benefits for you but it is important to consider your employers side of the arrangement. Not every employee is able to be disciplined enough to work from home with little supervision. Consider the work your position requires, some positions make better telecommuting positions than others. Consider whether or not you need access to special equipment or other individuals and determine if telecommuting is a viable option.

Prepare A Proposal

After determining if your position can be a telecommuting position you should put your request in writing. A well thought-out plan gives your employer the opportunity to carefully consider your argument. It also shows your commitment to this plan. Several things should be in your proposal, including employer benefits, your characteristics and work habits, any outside evidence and safety measures for their confidential information.

Alternate Arrangements

When meeting with your employer be prepared to consider an alternate arrangement. Maybe you have not sold your boss on the idea. Offer working remotely for a trial period so that he or she can see how it will work. Suggest to your employer that the arrangement have a clause to discontinue should the situation prove not to work.

Working Remotely

After you have convinced your employer of your telecommuting plan make them aware of which tasks you will take care of while you are working remotely and which will be handled in the office. Make sure while you are working from home that you are easily accessible. You should check in frequently and return calls promptly.

To alleviate your employer's fears regarding your productivity provide them with a weekly or daily report of your activities while working remotely.

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2012年6月24日星期日

5 Steps to Approaching Your Current Employer About Telecommuting

A question I am often asked by people who would like to telecommute is, "How do I approach my manager or boss about this subject?" Many people fear that if they suggest telecommuting, or even working from home occasionally, that they will be viewed as "less than serious" about their job. Of course, if your company already has a formal telework plan in place it is much easier, but what do you do if they don't? Before you approach your boss or manager there are 2 main things you need to consider:

o Is my job right for telecommuting? If your job involves doing a lot of independent work such as reading, research, number crunching, report or document writing, or phone work then at least a portion of your job can be done outside the office - and might actually benefit from being away from common office interruptions. On the other hand, if your job requires a good deal of face-to-face contact or access to information or systems that are only available in the office, then your job might not be a good fit for telecommuting.

o Would I make a good telecommuter? There are certain traits that help make someone more successful at working outside the office. Successful telecommuters are usually self-starters who do not require much "hands-on" help from mangers or colleagues. They also need to be organized and possess good time management skills. If you don't have all of these skills don't worry, they can be developed over time.

Many companies have heard of the benefits of telework but they still have fears or misconceptions about what is involved. Here are 5 steps you can take to approach this topic professionally.

1. Go in with a plan, not a request. Do your research and be prepared to address any questions, fears, or objections that your manager and/or boss might have. Put together a short proposal including:

a) Why you want to telecommute.

b) From what location you will be telecommuting.

c) Is the space and equipment sufficient?

d) How will they know you are working?

e) How many days a week you will work from a remote location.

(Usually only a day or two a week to start)

f) How often will you be "checking in?"

g) Why do you, in particular, have the skills necessary to work from home?

2. Think like a Manager or Supervisor. Approach this proposal/conversation thinking like a manager. Don't explain how it will benefit you; instead focus on how it will benefit the company and increase your productivity.

3. BE FLEXIBLE! Don't initially propose this as a permanent arrangement. Explain that you'd like to try it for 2-3 months with an evaluation at the beginning, middle, and end of the trial to evaluate your progress.

4. Have measurable goals and objectives. How will they know you're working? If you spend a lot of time preparing reports, figure out how many hours or days they usually take you to complete. If you work in a customer service position, then track how many calls you put out to clients. The bottom line is to find some way to quantify your current level of productivity so your boss or manager will have a basis for comparison.

5. Ease their fears with facts. Find recent statistics and articles about other organizations that have implemented telework programs successfully. It's best if you can find those that pertain specifically to your job description. If you can show that other, similar companies are successfully executing telework, then t the perceived risk is reduced.

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An advocate of working virtually? It would be more precise to say that Phil Montero is an evangelist for distributed work. He's been the spearhead of the remote work movement for more than a decade: teaching how to work effectively from a home office, the road, or practically anywhere.

The consultant, writer, speaker, and coach is the founder of http://www.YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com - a site that assists organizations to leverage mobile work technology and create effective virtual teams.

His blog, http://www.TheAnywhereOffice.com, takes a big picture approach to the philosophies and strategies of navigating today's digital lifestyle while covering topics such as work life balance, virtual teams, mobile work technology, and internet marketing.

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2012年4月30日星期一

Presenting the Telecommuting Concept to Your Onsite Employer

You might have a current job that you love, but you've been hoping to find a position like it that you could perform while working in your home office.

Sometimes finding the telecommuting position is as close as the job you're already working. It's a matter of convincing your current employer that the job could be done from your home.

Prepare a presentation and set up a time with the person that would make that decision to explain how the telecommuting process works and why it would be beneficial to the company you're working for.

The most successful presentations are ones that contain the following:

A lot of research

The employer will need to know more than just a few statistics. Tell them how much money they could save and other ways they could benefit.

Start Small

Employers may not be too open to making the whole job a telecommuting position. They might be more willing to allow some parts of the job to be done at home. Focus on some of the parts instead of the whole job. Down the line, after you've proven yourself, they might be willing to look into making it a complete telecommuting position.

Come with a schedule

It's much easier for the employer to see how this idea would work if you come with a proposed schedule. You could tell them that on Mondays and Wednesdays you would come into the office and perform whatever tasks. On the rest of the days, you would do xyz projects from home. Let them know it's a proposed schedule that could be changed, but it's used as an example to give them a clearer picture.

Here's what successful presentations Don't contain:

All about you

While you can tell them that you would perform better by working at home, don't make the whole presentation about you. They will not be interested in knowing that you want to be with your children, need to have more errand running time or that you're tired of paying for the gas. They would want to know what they get out of the situation.

Do-it-or Else Attitude

The presentation is meant to show the employer the benefits of you performing your job from home. You're only proposing the idea to them and trying to sell them on it. It is not a means to say that you'll quit if they don't do what you want. The do-it-or else attitude will only get you to the door with no more job to come to.

Not coming prepared

Your presentation will provoke a lot of questions from your employers. If you've done your research ahead of time, you will have some convincing answers to the questions they throw at you. By not coming prepared, you won't be able to answer many of their questions or give them feasible solutions to their proposed problems. More than likely they would see your presentation as a complete waste of time and deny your request for telecommuting.

Some employers have been sold on the idea of making current onsite jobs into telecommuting ones, but it takes a lot of hard work and thought on your part to make it happen.

Go all out and prepare for the presentation as much as possible. Even if you don't sell them on the idea, you still have shown your ingenuity and willingness to fight for something you believe in. Those are good character traits for moving up the ladder in most companies.

Nell Taliercio has been working at home full time since 2004. She's worked as a telecommuter, virtual assistant and affiliate marketer. In 5 years she's discovered many secrets to finding legitimate work at home jobs and securing them. You can find work at home job information and tips at: http://www.justonlinejobs.com

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2012年3月1日星期四

Getting to Know Your Typical Telecommuting Employer Impostors

The desire to find telecommuting jobs are on the rise. More people today are spending hours searching for positions that they can do from home, so they can get rid of their current jobs that they commute to.

The unfortunate part of that is that the scammers know this. They use your desire for work at home jobs against you. When they have you hooked; they go in for their target, which is your money.

Simply educating on what to spot in a scam opportunity isn't always enough. The desire one might have about finding work at home jobs could be stronger than that. So, it's also important you should know about some of the typical scam opportunities and see how they work.

Here are two of the most popular scamming opportunities out there:

The Data Entry scams

This scam could be found in any position, but its most often found with ads for data entry jobs. Why data entry jobs? Because that is the most sought after telecommuting position there is. There can be hundreds of thousands of people searching for a data entry jobs every year.

Scammers have dollar signs in their eyes over this one. The more people to target; the better. While most of them will not fall for their antics; they know that those who are really desperate to get a job from home probably will.

They lure you in by "offering" you a job in their supposed company. It doesn't matter if you've had any experience or not. Some will even go so far as to "hire" you without seeing a resume or application.

Once you've been hired into their company, then you're asked for money for a kit that will show you how you can make a lot of money doing data entry for them or other companies.

What's really going on? Once you've paid them for the kit or materials they offered, then you probably won't hear from them again. You will get items that won't do you any good and you're out the money you spent for them, because the scammers usually can't be found again.

419 scam with a Telecommuting twist

The 419 is another name for the Nigerian scam. It can come out of any country, but is most often seen as coming from Nigeria. This is one of the most serious scam opportunities there is. Serious meaning it could land you in jail.

You may have heard of other Nigerian scams with the lottery or with someone from another country dying and leaving you a beneficiary to a huge inheritance. What we're talking about is the same type of scam that targets those looking for telecommuting work.

They scam you by hiring you for a skilled position with no experience. You will be expected to process payments for them or to send money to their clients. Each scammer seems to have their own way of trying to make their opportunity legit. Usually what happens is that you'll receive a bogus check to cash and then your job is to wire a portion of the money to them or their "client".

When the scam comes down, the only person who's traceable in all this- is you. The scammers are rarely found, so you're left with having to take responsibility for the crime. It could mean paying back all the money to the banks or, in some cases, jail time.

For these two types of scamming opportunities, it's best to completely avoid them. Always remember that there is no reason to pay any company for anything except a background check, in some cases. No legit company would ever ask for money for training materials. They're a part of the job.

And don't believe any job opportunity that asks you to process payments. No legit company would ever trust anyone to handle any money or have access to any financial account from their home office. Payments like that would be processed by someone at their office, who has the skills and experience necessary to complete them.

Stay on your toes and research any job opportunity from a company you're not familiar with. You may be adding a lot of work to your job search, but you're ultimately saving yourself your hard-earned money and possibly criminal charges.

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2012年2月25日星期六

Finding and Becoming a Telecommuting Employer

Jordan Matthews is a internet entrepreneur who got his start with writing jobs by telecommuting. To see a large list, updated to the minute, check out these At-home Writing Jobs

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2012年1月5日星期四

Virtual Job Search Basics - Is Your Potential Employer Legit?

In your virtual job hunt, you will probably use many resources such as local newspapers and online job sites when looking for work. But how much do you need to know about the companies who post these ads? How can you distinguish between a legitimate ad and a scam? Once you've found a few legitimate jobs and had an interview or two, you will become better at distinguishing good employment opportunities from bad ones. But here are a few tips to help you in the meantime!

Tip #1: Never Send Money

During your virtual job search, you will come across ads that offer to help you find clients easily, promise you full-time work in data entry or transcription, or ads that promise instant income only after you send money for a start-up kit or guide.

Never pay an employer to hire you. When looking for potential clients in the newspaper or online, only consider ads asking for help. These will be ads posted by companies who are in need of your services.

If you want to learn more about a company before making contact, visit the Better Business Bureau at BBB.org. This site is very easy to use.

One more resource to use when checking up on a company is ripoffreport.com. This site is similar to the Better Business Bureau and can help prevent you from falling victim to a fraudulent company.

Searching by state, you should be able to find the company you're interested in easily. You can find out when the company was started, what the company does, and most importantly, if the company has been investigated for fraud or misrepresentation. You can also go to forums on popular work-from-home websites where others can let you know if they've heard of, or work for, the company in question.

Tip #2: Gather Additional Information

Even if a company seems legitimate, it doesn't hurt to find out more about the position you're applying for. Asking questions about salary, how you will be paid, and the frequency of payment are very important. Never give out bank account information over the phone or online. If the company wants to pay you through electronic means, they will send you forms or you may have to go to their location and fill them out.

Ask for references before committing to performing any services. These references can be other virtual workers, clients, or vendors the company has worked with before. If the company is hesitant to do so, then you should decide if the job is worth pursuing.

Finding out as much about your job tasks up front will make your job much easier. You can create a contract that lists your job functions, hourly rate, and other information so you and the potential employer are in agreement. Virtual employment should be taken just as seriously as any other position within a company. If the company hires virtual workers regularly, they may have their own set of paperwork for you to fill out as well.

Tip #3: You Won't Get Rich Quick

Ads that proclaim you can 'Get Rich Quick!' are scams. Legitimate companies never make claims like this when they want to be taken seriously. If you're having difficulty deciding whether an ad is legitimate or not, visit wahm.com. This website was created to help stay-at-home moms (and dads) find legitimate jobs they can perform at home. When you join the site's message board, you can ask questions about a company and the moderators will do their best to find out as much information as possible.

Tip#4: Follow Your Instincts

If an ad promises unrealistic outcomes, or just seems suspicious, keep looking. Because many companies are in need of the skills you provide, you shouldn't worry about not jumping on every opportunity you find.

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