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Sharon Hill

Seeking Teleworkers and Managers of Teleworkers for New Book

If you are already working from home, and/or managing those who work from home, I'd like to interview you for my new book, Take This Job and Move it-Home. Bill Fenson and I are also revising our book, "Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those who Make it Happen" , and would like to talk to those who supervise teleworkers, and/or have a decision making/oversight part in the telework program at their company.

If you're interested in being interviewed please email me at WorkatH… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on July 5, 2009 at 7:58am

Sharon Hill

Self Publishing Your Book - Some Helpful Information

For those of you interested in publishing a book, Robin Good offers some excellent advice and resources in his recent blog post for MasterNewMedia.org.

Posted by Sharon Hill on June 30, 2009 at 11:48am

Sharon Hill

New Site to Find Freelancers and Freelance Work - at no charge

GetaFreelancer.com offers free posting for those who need to hire freelancers and those who would like to find freelance work. The job specialties are programmers, Web designers, copywriters and translators. If you need anyone in this capacity of if you have expertise and would like to find work, head to GetAFreelancer.com . It's FREE.

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Posted by Sharon Hill on June 19, 2009 at 6:39pm

Sharon Hill

CareerCast Article by Bill Fenson about Telework

If you'd like to explore whether you're right for telework, do read Bill Fenson's latest CareerCast article. Bill and I co-authored "Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those who Make it Happen." He's a great career counselor!

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 28, 2009 at 6:45am

Sharon Hill

Craigslist Telework Jobs All in One Place

Craigslist does offer a lot of work at home jobs, but they're divided by city or region. What an exhausting task to go through each area one by one. Now you don't have to, thanks to www.TelecommuteJobList.com . It's not the prettiest site in the world but it is free, and a handy service.

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 23, 2009 at 8:00am

Sharon Hill

Telework Can Help Retain Experienced Workers


The federal government was the first in the U.S. to adopt telework, and telework centers. Now, the alarming fact, despite what would seem to be a glut of job candidates is that the most experienced employees in the U.S. federal government are about to reach retirement age. By 2012, accor… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 21, 2009 at 9:00am

Sharon Hill

Many Would Take Pay Cut to Telework

Hr.BLR.com reported the following about the new Citrix Online telecommuting survey:

Many Workers Would Take Pay Cut to Telecommute
Twenty-one percent of workers would take a 5 percent cut in pay if they could work from home, even if it were for only 1 to 2 days per week, according to a survey by Citrix Online, a maker of software for workers who telecommute.

The survey found that American workers were slightl… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 19, 2009 at 6:32am

Sharon Hill

When the Job Market Hands you Lemons, Lemonadeit!


This comes to me by way of a LinkedIn post by Melissa Anido-Lopez, Manager of Web Analytics at Carnival Cruise Lines.
The First Online Community for the Unemployed: Lemonadeit
www.Lemonade… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 14, 2009 at 12:00pm

Sharon Hill

Desperate Job Seekers Letting Down Their Guard and Getting Ripped Off



Though this Arizona Republic article is entitled Desperate Arizona Job Seekers the message is applicable everywhere. Much of what is discussed are work at home jobs o… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 11, 2009 at 8:15am

Sharon Hill

Access Home or Office PC While Away


Sure, you probably have a PDA - a blackberry or Treo, perhaps - that lets you see your e-mail when you're traveling. But what if you need documents, or anything else saved on the hard drive of your home computer ? There are at least three applications that allow you to access everyt… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 7, 2009 at 7:58am

Sharon Hill

Curing Economic Woes With Telework

My book co-author and good friend Bill Fenson, wrote a great article for CareerCast, highlighting the economic benefits of telework. Bill, Past President of the National Employment Counseling Association, is a career counselor and award-winning speaker.

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Posted by Sharon Hill on May 3, 2009 at 12:00pm

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TELEWORK WHITE PAPER


Wainhouse Research completed a recent survey and report, Addressing the Challenges Facing the Distributed 21st Century Business Through Telework, and sponsored by Microsoft.
Summary conclusions:

S… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on May 1, 2009 at 4:33pm

Sharon Hill

10 Best Jobs for Telework

Telework expert June Langhoff wrote an article about the ten jobs that lend themselves best to telework. By no means all-encompassing, these are probably the most naturally teleworked - i.e., people have been completing them remotely for far longer than we've been talking about telework.

This article was posted on the Telework Coalition, although Langhoff herself has an excellent telework site - JuneLanghoff.comContinue

Posted by Sharon Hill on April 18, 2009 at 10:52am

Sharon Hill

Remote Workers Crucial to Disaster Recovery Plan


While this Webcast was first presented in Nov. 2008 you can still register and download until mid-May. Brought to us by Call Center Magazine, the Webcast is called Why Remote Agents are Critical to Your Disaster Recovery Plan. The International Customer Management InstiContinue

Posted by Sharon Hill on April 14, 2009 at 11:33am

Sharon Hill

Telework and Taxes - the U.S. Rules


Whether you work for someone else or have your own business, your home office can save you money on your taxes. This ArticlesBase article, Deducing Your Home Office DeductioContinue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 31, 2009 at 10:49am

Sharon Hill

Telework Bill Introduced in Congress

The House of Representatives and the Senate just this week introduced the Telework Improvements Act of 2009 - a bill issued to improve teleworking in the Federal government. For all the details, turn to the Government Executives site. I found out about this exciting bill by way of my Telework Exchange e-newsletter. I encourage you to sign up for this free in… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 26, 2009 at 7:39am

Sharon Hill

Too Much Twitter? Too Little Job!

I just read this post on a Wordpress blog and I have yet to figure out who the blog owner is but to give credit it's called I'm Not Actually a Geek. While it's not specific to telework, those who work remotely are most apt to use social network tools to communicate. So, social networker, beware! Here's the post:

A lucky job applicant tweeted the following:

"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck ag… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 18, 2009 at 10:32am — 1 Comment

Sharon Hill

Telework Group on Facebook


For those of you who use Facebook ( and if you don't you probably should) , there's a new telework group that I just joined. Telesaur's group doesn't look very big as yet, but it is another way to get the message out there that you… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 16, 2009 at 9:00am

Sharon Hill

Stamping out Unemployment One Entrepreneur at a Time


For those of you who've been struggling to find a telework job in an economy that is seeing more layoffs than hires, online entrepreneurship might be the answer to your financial and work woes. Take a look at what search guru "Radar" Roy Reyer has to suggest in his latest press relea… Continue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 13, 2009 at 8:00am

Sharon Hill

Bill Fenson talks about telework on CareerCast


Bill Fenson, speaker, author and career consultant is now writing a series of articles for teleworkers on the brand new CareerCast by Adicio. Fenson is my long-time friend with whom I co-authored Implementing and Managing Telework: a Guide for Those who Make it HappenContinue

Posted by Sharon Hill on March 11, 2009 at 8:59pm

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Who makes the decision to integrate telework programs?

In your experience, is it a financially based decision? Is it made by the owner or CEO; the CFO; human resources, or someone else?

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Asking to Telework - Doing it Right

Have you asked your boss to let you telework and been turned down? What was your approach and her/his objection? What might you recommend to others as the right approach

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Started by Sharon Hill Mar 13.

 

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