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The number of people working out of their homes has jumped 40% in the past two years, largely spurred on by better technology and horrifying commuting traffic.
Teleworkers are a booming part of the American workforce. In 1997, there were 11.6 million Americans employed by a company but working from home. Today that number has hit 23.5 million, according to research from the Dieringer Research Group, which compiled the 2003 American Interactive Consumer Survey. The ITAC, or International Telework Association and Council, revealed the study.
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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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Technology and Teleworker
Filed under Business, TeleworkerIn 2000, Congress enacted a law designed to establish telework policies. The law was intended to promote flexibility, reduce physical office space requirements and make jobs more appealing to candidates. A secondary reason for telework policies was to guard against a pandemic outbreak, terrorist attack or any other disasters. Since 2000, the rise in the number of laptops, broadband and Wi-Fi connections in homes, Webmail accounts for e-mail, and Web portals for remote access have made telecommuting more convenient and feasible than ever.
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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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Call Communication
Filed under Business, TeleworkerCall Communication’s development of the proprietary Integrated Marketing Program, currently being used by leading distributor’s of safety products and third party logistics (3PL) software creators, offers services to wholesale companies throughout the United States.
Call Communication has long been the top provider for small and medium sized company sales and marketing projects. Currently they have developed a truly unique approach to integrate multiple facets of the marketing world, both old and new into one premier package. Using some old ideas and new technologies, Call Communication has developed a program to create and maintain sales funnels for many different types of company types. Read the rest of this entry »
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