Working from home and telecommuting saves time and money. It also boosts productivity, eases traffic congestion, and conserves energy. Now, years after technology made a reality of the home office, corporate America is finally awakening to the benefits of employees working at home. Statistics show a significant increase the last two years in companies that have embraced, or are seriously considering teleworking. The U.S. government is recently agreed to consider telecommuting for federal workers, responding to recent congressional demands that it not just allow but encourage employees to perform some of their duties from home. Last year, 12.4 million Americans worked from home at least one day per month, a 25 percent increase over the year before and a 63 percent increase over 2004, according to a recent report from WorldatWork, an employment think tank. By 2010, WorldatWork estimates that 100 million Americans will do at least some work at home. Read more »

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HerFabLife is the Internet’s newest social lifestyle community for young urban women who are interested in the latest fashion styles, trends, cuisines, nightlife, dating tips, beauty advice, music launches, newest restaurants, stores, events, and more in and around where they live. These young urban women want to be in the know of the hippest styles to wear, trendiest restaurants, bars, events to go to with their friends.

We’re inviting outstanding freelance bloggers to write for HerFabLife.com. The target audience of the site is young urban women between the ages of 18-35. The topic of interest that you’re blogging must be relevant to this target audience and the categories listed on the site. This is a great opportunity for part-time/freelance writers, bloggers, students, and working professionals. Please browse around the site before applying so that you get a sense of who we?re trying to target. http://www.HerFabLife.com

Must be able to write at least one of the following topics: 1) Events/Concerts/Nightlife, 2) Restaurants/Bars/Lounges, 3) Men’s Styles/Gadgets/Toys, 4) Shopping/Retail Stores, 5) Home D?cor/Furnishings, 6) Women?s Health and Beauty Tips, 7) Women’s Fashion/Styles/Trends, Cuisine/Food/Beverage, 9) Relationship/Dating Advice, 10) Entertainment/Music/Video/Books.

Internet savvy and must be knowledgeable about social networking communities.
Have inside scoop and be in the know of the latest sales, openings, happenings in your city. Know what the young urban modern women want in her life.

Please submit your CV/resume and a few writing samples to the Craigslist email listed above.

* Location: Toronto
* Compensation: TBA
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.

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The bill established a new employment right which would allow any employee with responsibilities to care for children, dependent or disabled adults to seek to vary their hours or place of work. This means a person can ask for a change to their start and finish times, adjust their work hours, work compressed hours, seek to work from home, or any other flexible arrangement that will enable them to better meet the demands of paid employment and their caring responsibilities. MPs voted by 69 to 50 in favor of Green MP Sue Kedgley’s Flexible Working Arrangements Bill after a parliamentary committee which scrutinized the bill recommended it be passed. Read more »

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As an integral member of the Provider Services - Provider Database Team, the Data Analyst’s major responsibilities include: data entry, data verification, maintenance, and support of the Medial Staff Office (MSO) database, and BICs Credentialed Provider and Referring Provider databases; analysis and organization of clinical, financial, and administrative data; coordination of a variety of special projects.

.Proficiency with Microsoft Access.
.Experience with Microsoft Windows, Word, Outlook, and Excel.

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

1.Highly organized and detail oriented.
2.Ability to manipulate, organize and interpret large sets of data.
3.Strong ability to work effectively in a team environment.
4.Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of departments, medical staff and individuals at all levels within a large healthcare system.
5.Exceptional judgment and discretion in interacting with physicians and senior management on sensitive political and confidential issues.
6.Excellent proven written and verbal communication skills.
7.Project management skills including development of project parameters, goals, and time lines helpful.
8.Ability to function effectively within a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
Self-motivated - possesses judgment and ability to plan and initiate new activities.

* Compensation: Base Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 /Year
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.

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Through extensive research and real-life experiences, companies are finding that telecommuting is a huge incentive for workers and employers, boosting morale and job satisfaction. Telecommuters indicate that the employment situation cuts stress and also results in increased productivity. In an analysis of 46 studies on telecommuting, researchers found that working away from the office by using computers, cell phones or other electronic equipment can have more pluses than negatives for people and the companies that employ them. “Our results show that telecommuting has an overall beneficial effect because the arrangement provides employees with more control over how they do their work,” said Dr Ravi Gajendran of Pennsylvania State University. “Telecommuting seems to have some mildly positive effects on employee morale, on work-family balance and on stress,” he added in an interview. Read more »

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Programmers required for the following domains:

? Core JAVA/JBoss/J2EE/Servlets
? ASP.NET / C#/ VB.NET/IIS/ MS SQL Server
? PHP/MySQL/Apache
? RubyOnRails

At least 3 years of experience in one or more of these technology domains is required.

To learn more about the opportunity click the following Link:
http://www.remotestaffing.net/default.aspx?code=UW3D4I

Job Code: UW3D4I

With Best Regards,
Shane Jacqueline

* Compensation: $ 10 to 50 per hour depending on expertise
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.
* OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities.

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The website, military.com features an excellent article that will certainly be of interest to many work at home moms and dads. With so many Hispanics serving in the military, and with their life partners at home while the active service person is on deployment, many opportunities exist for work at home translators. As translation services have become so popular, a new book is now available from Amazon.com that contains most, if not all the tips and techniques on how to succeed in this endeavor. Maybe the best advice, for any new business owner is to start small. Launch your business with projects for which you can do an excellent job. These include translation of birth certificates, educational transcripts and other types of official documents. All of these are a great places to start and provide a much needed service to your new customers.

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My College Guide (MCG), an annual magazine for high-achieving high school sophomores, is seeking an editor for the next print edition.

The editorial content of MCG focuses on college admissions and college life. Most of our readers are high school sophomores, ages 15-16.

The Editor’s duties would include:

1. Writing of the Briefs section which typically consists of about 10 to 12 shorter pieces of about 500 words each.

2. Writing or updating of one or two feature articles of between 1,000 and 1,500 words each.

3. Review and editing of articles submitted by contributing writers. We expect the next issue to have at least 7 or 8 articles of about 1,500 words each. About half of these articles will be new and half will be updates.

4. Timing-Briefs begin to be written around April 1, 2008. Subjects of the Briefs will be suggested by Editor and approved by the Publisher before then. First drafts of articles will be due by May 15, 2008.
Revisions are due from writers within 7 days. All content is to be submitted to our graphic designer by no later than June 30.

5. Editor will work with Publisher and graphic designer in reviewing and revising proofs. Final proofs will be due by August 15 in order to submit to printer. The magazine will be printed and mailed in September 2008.

6. When requested by Publisher, the Editor will search for and/or interview contributing writers and give recommendations to Publisher.

7. Compensation will be based on a per word rate for the writing of the Briefs and articles, and on an hourly basis for updates and editing.

8. While this is a telecommute position, the Editor need to respond fairly quickly to review proofs, particularly in July and August as we get close to our deadline.

9. Our website is www.mycollegeguide.org.

If interested, please contact Michael Gluckstern, Publisher, at mg@mycollegeguide.org.

* Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
* Compensation: Per word rate for writing and hourly rate for updating and editing.
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.

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“Work at Home” ads are everywhere in print and online. If you’ve been tempted to answer one, you’ll want to do plenty of research before signing up or more importantly paying up. Jessica Tharp of Better Business Bureau says, “The BBB gets several calls on work at home schemes, everyday, all over the United States, this is a problem.” If you fell for one of these scams, you’re not alone not by a long shot. Tharp says, “Consumers are looking for easy money, and they think here’s an opportunity for me, can I take advantage of it, and unfortunately there are no legitimate work at home schemes. Basically if its too good to be true, it is.” These ads can be found on many job search websites. Sites and newspapers do their best to police the scams but can’t catch all of them. Right now, the BBB is investigating a company operating under the name Worldwide and Toy Union. Read more »

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Seeking artistic, creative, and fun person with a sense of humor who has computer graphics skills to help design crazy shirts for new MB internet T-shirt company. Company and a website already set-up, this is a ground floor opportunity. I am self financing the company and doing this on the side from a couple of other businesses that take up most of my time. Your only investment is your mind and time. Part time ok for npw. Must be able to start working ASAP.

* Location: Myrtle Beach
* Compensation: Hourly or share in the profits
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.

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Congressional committees worked together this week to approve a bill that would make it possible for more federal employees to become telecommuters. The Senate committee acted a week after supporters of a work from home initiative introduced similar legislation in the House. The bills would encourage federal agencies to allow eligible employees to telecommute four days a month, on average. The chief sponsors in the Senate, Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.), said that expanded telecommuting in the government would get cars off the road, reducing energy costs and cutting pollution. About 6.6 percent of federal employees are regular telecommuters, according to data collected in 2005. Under the bill, the determination of who may telecommute would be left to agencies, which would have to tell employees whether they were eligible to work at home or at a remote site. Read more »

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RealFootball365.com is looking for experience writers with a strong knowledge of NFL fantasy football, who can submit short 100-150 word blurbs on injuries and other developments that have a fantasy impact.

Currently, we have both Saturday and Sunday shifts available.

* Compensation: $3 per blurb
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.
* OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities.

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Governor John Baldacci is leaning on Maine’s congressional delegation to secure additional funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. And on the state level, Maine State Housing, which administers LIHEAP, has negotiated deals to make the money go further, even as the Public Utilities Commission has donated $400,000 to help with weatherization and efficiency programs. And if there’s an oil shortage, or if prices become out of reach, the governor said he’s prepared to call on a new task force that will make sure Mainers are protected with shelters and other services. Read more »

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Local consultant requires a technical writer / editor.
Project pay. Part time only. No agencies,
please. Send a short email describing
what you can do. No attachments.
Thanks,
Edward Stephens

* Compensation: Project pay (amount depends on size of job)
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.

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According to this WSJ article, a growing number of employers, from UnitedHealth Group and Safeco to Capgemini, IBM, American Express and Sun Microsystems, are hiring skilled new employees to telecommute right from the start. These aren’t the piecework, independent-contractor gigs or commission-only sales jobs that have characterized at-home “employment” in the past. They are full-time corporate jobs with benefits, available without the prerequisite of working for the company for a few years first. The nascent trend is remarkable for the breadth of industries it encompasses, from financial services to health care, and for what it heralds for the future. The factors driving it — the unmet need for skilled workers, improvements in mobile-office technology and a drive to cut real-estate costs — are solid. All this suggests a new hole has opened in the dam of employer resistance to telecommuting.

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