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Expert: Sheel Date: 1/20/2005 Subject: Tell me aboutTelecommuting please
Question Hi,
Will you please tell me in detail all about Telecommuting.
Answer Dear Bonaventure,
You didnt mentioned what type of telecommuting work you are interested
in
and also you didnt mentioned your location. Telecommuting success
largely
depends upon ones interest,Skills and location. Any ways, i will give
you
a general idea about telecommuting and give you a list of companies who
generally appoint telecommuters, so cheers!
A. Awareness of Telecommuting
A majority of employers (78%) and employees (72%) interviewed for this
study as well as all community leaders
were familiar with the term telecommuting.
There also is evidence that telecommuting is occurring at many
organizations, but is not recognized specifically as telecommuting.
Several "non-telecommuting" businesses reported that employees
occasionally "work at home" on an "as needed" or project-by-project
basis.
Approximately one in six employers (16%) said telecommuting is allowed
at
their organization. (Employer) Half of the Valley leaders interviewed
(10)
indicated that telecommuting was an integral part of the strategic plan
for their organization and most of the remaining half (9) said that it
was
not an essential part of the plan. (CL) Interestingly, six of the ten
focus group participants representing companies without telecommuting
report already having employees who telecommute on a project by project
basis.(FG)
Part 1: Are There Legit Work at Home Jobs?
There are legit work at home jobs, but employers who offer them
typically
don't call them work at home jobs. The option to work at home is a
benefit
offered by open-minded employers to trusted employees, who work
"regular"
jobs that are conducive to telecommuting. The need or desire to
telecommute alone is not enough to land one of these gigs. You must
first
qualify for the job itself and land it in the traditional way. Then
you'll
likely have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit, during an interview
or
after you've established trust by working in the office for awhile.
Many
employers who offer telecommuting allow it only part time. So,you'll
likely have to live near your employer's office and commute to work one
or
more days per week.Some jobs have a "built-in" telecommuting benefit of
sorts, where working from a home office is a normal duty.
But, while you might not have to negotiate the telecommuting benefit,
reputable employers usually don't call these work at home jobs either,
and
you likely can't work them solely from home. An example is a sales gig,
where you'd spend much of your time on the road covering your
territory,
calling on customers and selling your
employer's products or services. Then you'd spend the rest of your
workweek in your home office doing paperwork, contacting customers,
arranging appointments, and communicating with your employer by phone
or
computer. But you might also have to make occasional to frequent
appearances at your employer's office for face-to-face meetings and
such.
Another way to work from home is to become a freelance, independent
contractor or consultant. These aren't called work at home jobs either.
Rather, you'd be self-employed and as such, may work from wherever you
need or want to be. For example, as a freelance you might write
articles
on your home computer and try to sell them to Websites or magazines. As
an
independent contractor, you might contract your technical writing
skills
to high-tech companies for three to six months at a time, and do most
of
your work on your home computer. As a consultant, you might work as a
project manager out of your house, matching clients with vendors to
complete printing projects like marketing brochures. In any of these
cases, you'll likely have to get out of the house to meet with your
editors, clients or vendors. You'll also likely need to network and
seek
new clients to grow your business. To do so, you'll attend interviews,
business luncheons, trade shows or the like.
"Pure" work at home jobs are not easy to come by. As indicated, most
jobs
that are conducive to it allow it
only part time. So, if you're looking to telecommute across the country
or
work full time from home, you'll be even harder pressed to find such a
gig
or start one of your own. You must also contend with thousands of
scams.
Type Of Jobs
Internet sales and marketing.
The Internet train keeps gathering steam. If you have a product to
sell,
this is very likely the way to sell it
(or auction it). If you don't have a product, you can sell someone
else's
from the confines of your home.
"Opportunities such as e-stores, e-auctions and site selling have moved
this category into the No. 1 position
-- that and over a billion dollars in sales last year," writes Brian
Delaney in HOMEBusiness Journal.
Children's products and programs.
From toys and furniture to educational programs, this category sizzles
with possibilities. "With so many
working parents, after-school and summer programs with substance are
desperately needed," says Marcus P.
Meleton of Home Business Magazine. Children's furniture, painted murals
and training and exercise programs are
other items that will be in demand, he says. Profit potential is
moderate,
but you will be doing something
important.
Information detective or researcher.
You can make good money by sleuthing for information that corporate
executives and others need but don't have time to search for
themselves.
Government regulations and intelligence regarding competitors are but
two
areas to pursue. Solve someone's time problem by offering to locate and
retrieve the information they need and you'll have people knocking on
your
door!
Home inspector.
Home sales are increasingly dependent upon the results of a
professional
inspection. The inspectors generally are independent contractors who
are
trained and certified, many also having past experience as homebuilders
or
in the construction trades. While that experience is helpful, it is not
mandatory. Not only do buyers need home inspectors, but real estate
companies, insurance firms and banks do, too.
Internet webmaster.
Get started by developing Web sites for your church, your child's
school
PTSA or your politician friend. But
building sites for businesses is where the money is. Training is
available
through the Web (naturally) at low
cost, but you will need a scanner, additional disk storage, a faster
Internet connection and other equipment. You can earn $50 and $100 an
hour.
Virtual/Personal assistant.
For many business people, time is more precious than money. You help
them,
not by unplugging their clocks, but by doing their shopping, running
errands, chauffeuring children and doing other tasks that effectively
give
them more personal time. The most ambitious here will also see ways to
become virtual business assistants by providing services such as word
processing, newsletter writing, even digital photography or Web site
design.
Event planner and organizer.
Talented organizers for weddings, bar mitzvahs, morale events and the
like
are in high demand if they are strong marketers as well. But it takes a
creative bone, an entrepreneurial spirit and an indifference to the
traditional workweek.
Home repairs and landscaping.
Also know as "Home equity enhancement." Cute name, but the real words
here
are "cleaning," "painting,"
"repairing" and "landscaping." The more you can do in increasing the
value
of a home in the real estate market,
the more you can make. Selling yourself to real estate agents is a good
first step. How can a PC help? New
technology allows you to provide potential clients with a look at their
home -- with your improvements added.
Personal coach.
Corporate chieftains, entrepreneurs and most everyone else could use an
objective listener to identify and
correct weaknesses. The key here is that you must possess the ability
to
help someone, from skills and experience you have developed in your own
life. You also must be a good listener and a good self-marketer.
Technical support.
Those who troubleshoot computer system problems at businesses big and
small will never be out of work. But you
can build a similar business out of your home, offering training and
support (even security consulting) to
small offices, home offices and residential customers with PCs.
Prerequisites (besides a demonstrated
knowledge) include a passion for technology, a customer service bent,
hourly rates and a flexible -- but not
too flexible -- schedule.
List of Companies Recruit Telecommuters
A-C
Aetna Life Insurance
Air Products and Chemicals
American Airlines
American Express
Ameritech
Allstate Insurance
Apple Computer
Arthur Andersen Consulting
AT&T
Bank of America
Banker's Trust
Baxter Healthcare
Bellcore
Bell Atlantic & Bell South
Beneficial Corporation
Berlitz Translation Services
Best Western International
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
BookMinders, Inc
Chevron
Cigna
Cincinnati Bell
CISCO Systems, Inc.
Citibank
Compaq
Creative Freelance
D-G
Dell Computer
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital News
DuPont
Ernest & Young, L.L.P.
Eastman Kodak Company
Electronic Jobs Network
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Equitable Life Assurance
Fannie Mae
The Federal Government
First Chicago
Freelance Registry
Gannett
GEICO
General Electric
Georgia Power
GTE and GE Plastics
Globalink Language
Gymboree Corp.
H-L
Hartford Financial Services
Hewlett-Packard
Hello Direct, Inc.
Hi-Tech Public Relations
Honeywell & Hughes Aircraft
H.W. Wilson Company
Hypermedia Group, Inc.
IBM
Inktomi Corp.
Insignia Solutions, Inc.
Intel
Intellicorp, Inc.
Interactive Systems
Janal
JCPenney
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John Hancock Insurance
Knight-Ridder Information
Lanier Business Products
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LINK Resources Corporation
Lipton, Famiglio & Elman, Lumisys, Inc.
M-P
Macromedia Inc.
MacWEEK
MCI
McGuire/Woods/Boothe
Meckler Publishing
Meridian Data, Inc.
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft Corp.
NCNA
NEC Electronics, Inc.
Netscape Communications
NewsBank
Newsbytes News Service
Nike
Nortel Networks
Oacis Healthcare Systems
Oak Technology, Inc.
The Olsten Corp
Oracle Corp.
Pacific Bell
PC Week
Peoplesoft, Inc.
Prime Computer
Q-T
Quantum Corp.
Quintus Corp.
Radius, Inc.
The RAND Corp.,
Reliant Integration Services
Remedy Corp.
Rockwell International
Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
The Seattle Times
SEEQ Technology, Inc.
Share Data, Inc.
Shiva
Siemens Business Systems
South Coast Air Quality Mgt. Distribution
Sprint
Sun Microsystems
Symantec Corp
Tab Products Co.
Tandem Computers, Inc.
Telcom Semiconductor, Inc.
Texas Instruments
Time, Inc.
Travelers
U-Z
UMI/Data Courier
United Press International
University Graphics
US West Communications
VirtualStaff
Vanstar Corp.
Verifone, Inc.
Watkins-Johnson Equipment
Wendy's
Western Digital Drives
Weyerhaeuser
H.W. Wilson & Company
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Workstation Laboratories
W.W. Norton & Company
Xerox
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more
information you can mail me on my email id. I have a suggestion for
you,
why dont you start your own business and earn for yourself rather than
working for others....
