I’m very excited to announce that Rosalind Mays is going to be a contributing author on TelecommutingJournal. As you may already know from an earlier post about her eBook, The Real Deal on Telecommuting, it was her eBook that led me down the right path and eventually the message board on her site that led me to the job I have had for… >>Continue reading TelecommutingJournal Welcomes Rosalind Mays!
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Telecommuters Work Naked?
I have to admit that I was a bit shocked to learn today that about 19% of men and women who work at home admitted to doing so in the buff! I was not shocked, however, to learn that almost twice as many of those who do are men. 😉
SonicWALL released results from a survey conducted with the help of… >>Continue reading Telecommuters Work Naked?
Read moreFinding Wi-Fi HotSpots
I finally made the plunge about a month ago and purchased a notebook computer. It comes in handier than I’d have ever imagined since we have satellite connection (the only thing near broadband when you live out in the boonies) and a wireless router for getting online. That means that I can take my laptop anywhere in the house or in the yard and productively work online. It helps that… >>Continue reading Finding Wi-Fi HotSpots
Read moreTelecommuter Travels
The point of telecommuting is that you don’t have to commute. You work where you live and live where you work which is, for the most part, awfully convenient and comfortable. It certainly does save on gas expense and vehicle maintenance, not to mention the wear and tear on your brain having to navigate busy highways full of other commuters.If you’re telecommuter, working at home sometimes brings with it some… >>Continue reading Telecommuter Travels
Read moreAward-Winning Telecommuting Jobs Site
Telecommuting jobs, or tjobs, is a job-search site restricted to only listing jobs available to telecommuters. The job postings are pre-screened but it’s the user’s responsibility to check out any posted offers they might want to respond to. TJobs.com has been around since 1996 and is still a great resource for finding legitimate telecommuting work.
Job postings are divided into… >>Continue reading Award-Winning Telecommuting Jobs Site
Read moreTelecommuting Provides Workers Much-Needed Flexibility
In Back the 40-hour Workweek–and Let Us Take a Long Vacation,a recent article in the LA Times, Joe Robinson rants that the average American worker is facing “soaring workweeks, declining wages and health, pension and vacation benefits vanishing faster than you can say job security.”He’s for enforcing a 40-hour work week and legalizing paid vacation. Here’s what he says about telecommuting:
Give face time the pink slip. In… >>Continue reading Telecommuting Provides Workers Much-Needed Flexibility
Work at Home Ideas from HomeBizTools.com
Starting a home-based business?
You might find the home business and small businesses training and ideas at HomeBizTools.com will help you start, grow and expand your home-based business. They also offer a newsletter called Straight Talk that provides “real-world, common sense strategies for small and home based business success.”
HomeBizTools.com is definitely worth a visit.
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Read moreIncome Test
If you think that giving up that outside day job to work at home isn’t an affordable option, you might want to take the income test to see just how much working away from home might be costing you.
When I left my outside job, I took into account the car maintenance expenses, gas expenses, clothing and food expenses that would no longer be needed and… >>Continue reading Income Test
Read moreOne Great Benefit of Working at Home
Yesterday I celebrated President’s Day at the dentist office getting a root canal. My children celebrated it with their father going out to eat, doing some shopping and then working on some fencing in the yard. I scheduled my dentist appointment so that I could work all morning, get my root canal in the afternoon and then come home to rest since my husband would be home that day… >>Continue reading One Great Benefit of Working at Home
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