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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Eliminating The Distance

 Wikipedia defines telecommuting as:
''...a work arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours.
In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links. Telework is a broader term, referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions of telecommuting.
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What's the difference between telecommuting and working from home? When you work from home, you work entirely off-site and have no office presence. When you telecommute, you maintain an on-site presence at least intermittently.
The typical telecommuter works from home 1-3 days each week and spends the rest of the week in the office. Even a small amount of office visibility is important--it provides face-to-face contact with your manager, keeps you informed of office activities, and reminds people that you are part of the company, regardless of where you plug in your computer.
While companies sometimes hire people into telecommuting positions, most telecommuters are existing employees who’ve proven their worth and are rewarded with the option to telecommute. The general exception is salespeople who are commonly hired as telecommuters. They work almost exclusively from their homes, attending meetings and checking in at corporate headquarters on a regular, though limited, basis.
Telecommuting has long been the preferred way to earn a homebased living for those who like to set their own hours and be their own boss, moms of young children, anyone who thinks commuting is a waste of time, and those who like to avoid office politics by freelancing through telecommuting. Recently, however, the popularity of freelance employment has soared. Newspapers around the world are publishing stories on how the telecommuter can succeed in being able to work at home, and reporting on employee actions to promote telecommuting, and companies that are leading the work from home jobs movement.

IHA has long been the leading telecommuting work at home jobs site, catering to all kinds of kinds of telecommuting and freelance employment. Visitors know they don't have to waste time sorting through pages of office jobs to find a few telecommuting or freelance jobs.

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