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You too can outfit a home office for telecommuting and conducting business. Americans are leaving the corporate mothership in droves. At last count, more than one in five of the nation’s workers engaged in some form of telework on either a full- or part-time basis. A 2001 survey by the International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) also showed that a majority of teleworkers said they were more satisfied with their jobs, more productive than their peers, and felt more loyal to their employers than ever before. Nice work if you can get it, eh?
In fact, there’s never been a better time to approach your boss about telecommuting. “We’re starting to see more and more positions becoming teleworkable,” says ITAC president Tim Kane. Thanks to Internet and phone technology advances, working from home is both increasingly viable and affordable. Some companies favor telework as a way to cut down on overhead expenses such as office real estate. Some cities promote telework as a way of reducing pollution and rush-hour traffic.
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Are you selling to other businesses? Do you need a constant stream of sales leads?
Then read this article, because effective telemarketing can work wonders.
(Mind you, I’m keeping some of my best telemarketing secrets for my clients; if you want to find out more – get in touch!)‘Telemarketing’ means telephone-based research, appointment making, or other information exchange. Telephone selling (or telesales) is where an actual sale can be made over the phone, such as advertising sales. I will use the term ‘telemarketing’ for the sake of simplicity.
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Flexible work schedules can help companies reduce costs and retain in-demand talent, but managers need to do more than set up remote access to enable telework to thrive
By Denise Dubie
As telework initiatives spread, managers interested in adopting the flexible work model must set use policies, deploy enabling technologies and establish employee goals to guarantee their telework initiative is a success.
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Earth Day is held each April 22 but its purpose to promote a healthy environment is evident every day.
Whether it’s a newspaper, radio, television or computer screen, warnings of how we’re damaging the environment and messages on how to fix it are widespread. It seems everyone is “going green” in one way or another. Hybrid cars, canvas bags at the grocery store, energy efficient light bulbs, you name it, there’s a way to go green.
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Ever dream of working from home? If so, here are some of the good things and bad things about being a virtual worker.
Feeling guilty about teleworking? Concerned what co-workers and the boss might think? This can be real dilemma for virtual workers who have the opportunity to conduct their business from someplace other than at the same work site each day.However, while there are some really positive aspects to teleworking, there are also some things that workers need to keep in mind. Here, then, is the good and the bad about working virtually.
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