Telecommuting?

You hear about telecommuting on the rise, and how more Americans are working from home, but I wonder, Are there Telecommuting Jobs out there? Where? How to find one?

Public Comments

1. monster.com

2. are you serious? cabbies, bus drivers, limo drivers, etc..

3. uhhh bus drivers and cabbies do not telecommute. how could they?

4. IBM hires a lot of telecommuters. Working mother magazine usually has resources to help you find telecommuting jobs, browse through their list of the 100 best companies to work for.

5. Telecommuting, e-commuting, e-work, telework, working at home (WAH), or working from home (WFH) is 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.[1] All telecommuters are teleworkers but not all teleworkers are telecommuters. A frequently repeated motto is that "work is something you do, not something you travel to".[2] A successful telecommuting program requires a management style which is based on results and not on close scrutiny of individual employees. This is referred to as management by objectives as opposed to management by observation. The terms telecommuting and telework were coined by American Jack Nilles in 1973.[3]

Long distance telework is facilitated by such tools as virtual private networks, videoconferencing, and Voice over IP. It can be efficient and useful for companies as it allows staff and workers to communicate over a large distance, saving significant amounts of travel time and cost. As broadband Internet connections become more commonplace, more and more workers have enough bandwidth at home to use these tools to link their home office to their corporate intranet and internal phone networks.

There are thousands of jobs out there on 'n' number of topics. try this link.

http://www.tjobs.com/

6. I just checked out the site Santosh was talking about. You have to pay. Forget it. Anything you have to pay for avoid it. Best way to find telecommuting positions is to send your resume to those organizations that meet your background. For example, I have been in HR for over 15 years. Last position was at an IT Consulting firm. As such, I send out my resume to IT consulting firm's offering my services as a recruiter. The perk is I am 100x's cheaper than an employment agency.