With gas prices skyrocketing, telecommuting has become the buzz-word of choice among office workers. About 37 percent of US companies have adopted some kind of flexible work arrangement. That rate is reportedly growing by 11 percent each year.

However, all is not rosy with telecommuting. A recent study seems to indicate that the practice is actually having a negative effect on coworkers who still have to fight morning traffic or jostle for a seat on the subway. These folks are known as “those left behind in the office.”

Timothy Golden, associate professor in the Lally School of Management & Technology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute conducted a recent survey. His findings found that in-office employees took less satisfaction in their jobs and felt less of a relationship and obligation to their company as the number of telecommuting coworkers grew. Read more »

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We are writing a book on global business and culture and need a part-time editorial assistant/researcher who can help identify great stories for the book.

Excellent online researching skills and background in journalism or writing-related projects. Strong attention to detail, ability to think creatively, capable of following up to schedule interviews with key source. Self-directed, organized, and good time manager.

* Compensation: $20 per hour
* Telecommuting is ok.

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Cities, towns and municipalities are becoming aware of entrepreneurs who opt to work from home rather than the traditional employee / employer relationship. As a result, governmental bodies are enacting ordinances aimed to reduce complaints from neighbors about home based businesses and these same regulatory bodies are establishing guidelines for those business owners to follow.

Because of complaints about excessive noise and excessive storage, coupled with citizens reporting that neighborhood streets are cluttered with cars all day, officials feel the need to regulate operations of work at home businesses.

Specifically, some cities seek to control the number of outside employees or customers coming to the home based business between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m, the machinery or equipment not customary to a residence that is commonly used in manufacturing operations, and the occupancy characteristics of community dwellings, including apartments, condos or high-density housing.

This regulatory trend will certainly increase as more of us choose to work from home. Read more »

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Newly established training agency seeks qualified and experienced training developers/writers to support on contractual as-needed basis for corporate training and learning client projects. Must be highly professional, dependable and willing to work as part of a virtual team. Experience with instructional design,e-learning, classroom training, etc. for corporate clients is desired.

* Location: Great Lakes Region
* Compensation: Highly Competitive
* Telecommuting is ok.

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Is there a downside to telecommuting? Certainly, there has got to be one or two reasons that some might argue against an employer’s use of telecommuters.

This article mentions a new study by a management professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that is apt to throw a wrench in our continued writings that telecommuting can “do no wrong”.

So, in all fairness, we offer this quote for your study …

According to the study, lots of telecommuters can negatively impact others who don?t telecommute and result in lower job satisfaction and higher turnover.

?While reasons for the adverse impact on non-teleworker?s satisfaction are varied, it potentially could be due to coworker?s perceptions that they have decreased flexibility and a higher workload, and the ensuing greater frustration that comes with coordinating in an environment with more extensive co-worker telework,? Timothy Golden, associate professor in the Lally School of Management & Technology at Rensselaer, said in a statement.

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Basketball and basketball lifestyle website that supports a nationally syndicated television show is looking for Journalism Interns to write features and editorials as well as conduct interviews across all levels of basketball — high school, college, streetball and NBA.

Stipend at the end of the semester.

You will work remotely, therefore excellent communications and time management skills are required. Applicant must have own computer.

Serious inquiries only as all sources and facts will be checked.

* Location: USA
* Compensation: Stipend
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.

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There comes a time in the development cycle of every work at home enterprise that we entrepreneurs need capital. Whether it be for inventory, office supplies and equipment, employee costs, or just to fund day-to-day operations, the need for funding is always there.

Yet, for many start-up firms, money is hard to come by. Most of us have invested all we own — our personal savings being the first place we go to fund our venture. Many of us even forgo a regular salary to “make payroll”.

Just a you follow a plan for growing your business, you should develop a plan, this time written, before you approach a bank or investor for funds. Lenders look at potential borrowers and their work from home business plans in the same way. Banks and investors want to be certain that the plan has the ingredients to grow a profitable business.

Without at least three years of financial statements, your ingredients to success must be clear answers to some basic questions in the form of financial projections. Three basic financial statements should be projected in your plan: a profit and loss projection, a cash flow projection showing cash in and cash out on a monthly basis, and projected year-end balance sheets. Read more »

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Seeking 1-3 interns for writing creative, non-fiction stories about interesting people (or boring people doing interesting things)

If you like to talk to people and feel everyone has a story that should be shared, please contact us with writing samples and availability.

These should be blog length postings, 1000 words or less usually (although open to special projects that are longer).

Can be flexible with deliverables. These will be posted on the web for a newly launching human interest story segment launching soon.

* Location: remote is fine
* Compensation: per word or per post, DOE
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.

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The ultimate goal of many work from home entrepreneurs is selling-out and retiring. One source of information that might just boost the morale of all of us beleaguered workers is Geoffrey Dalton’s newest offering, “Is My Business Saleable?”

Among the many topics, annotated by actual case histories, are pointers that we can use once we decide to sell our businesses. One like

Your credibility is everything. Lose that and the entire deal could collapse. One of the best ways of destroying it, for example, is by not being upfront about why you are selling. If the buyer senses this, they will not trust you.

and another

Be honest with yourself about your business? strengths and weaknesses, and try to look at it all through the eyes of a potential buyer. What would you wish to know in their shoes?

His book comes highly recommended. Even if you are not prepared to make an immediate sale, this book will give you goals and tips that will certainly make your business more attractive to future owners and investors. Read more »

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A Connecticut-based online company is seeking experienced SEO copywriters to write articles on a contractual basis. Writers should be able to produce 50-100 high-quality, keyword-dense 500 word articles within a one-month timeframe. Topics vary based on the needs of the client.

We are launching over 200 websites this year so we expect this work to continue through 2008. Writers can work independently and remotely throughout each project’s duration. College students majoring in english or communications will be considered.

To apply: Please send your resume and several writing samples. Resumes without samples will not be considered.

* Location: Hartford
* Compensation: Submit your rate per 500 words
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a contract job.

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Readers of our blog know that we enjoy reporting on folks that have achieved success in work from home enterprises. CNNMoney.com is featuring an article that discusses just that — how one couple is successfully mixing business and romance.

One estimates indicates that 3 million of the 22 million U.S. small businesses in 2000 were couple-owned. Experts believe that further growth has occurred in the past half-decade.

When Cynthia Moxley and Alan Carmichael married, she was a reporter for the Knoxville Journal. He was senior vice president of public relations for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Eight years later she wanted to try something new, so Moxley launched a PR shop in the room above her garage.

Soon she landed some big clients, including Clayton Homes, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Co., the largest manufactured-housing company in America. Her business was growing so rapidly that she needed help. At the same time, her husband decided he could use a change of pace after 18 years with the same employer. Joining forces seemed logical.

Work from home couples say they work out strategies to separate home from office and to divide labor in both places. Explaining to a business partner that you need to reschedule a meeting because your child is in a play is a lot easier when that child is also your partner’s. Read more »

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I am looking for gardening writers who have an established website or blog related to horticulture.

* Location: work from home
* Compensation: $30
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a contract job.

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Ralph Gardner Jr. of The New York Times writes an interesting article detailing one couple’s experience with working from home.

One partner organizes community development safaris to Africa, the other partner is a writer and explorer. They found that their one-bedroom unit was not big enough for the two of them after both decided to work from home.

Gardner reports that according to one survey

… more than 28 million Americans were working from home at least part time — an increase of 10 percent from just the year before, and 40 percent from 2002. The American Home Furnishings Alliance reports that 7 in 10 Americans now have home offices or designated workstations in their homes, a 112 percent increase since 2000.

and, with this particular couple

One of the hardest adjustments for those working from home is deciding when to take a break, and when to quit for the day. With the computer always beckoning and the commute measured in the time it takes to cross the living room, there’s always a reason to go back to work — or an excuse to avoid it.

Now, many of us have experienced similar problems, working in a space we share with a co-worker, spouse, life-partner, or friend. It’s something with which we must come to terms.

Facing a similar problem, isn’t is time you had a serious talk with that individual. Resolve those differences, it’s worth the effort!

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theglasshammer.com is an online community for women in finance to read articles on news that is important to them. We aim to empower women to break through the glass ceiling by offering insightful editorial and also create a community - a place to see networking events and jobs on one site.

We are looking for people who have perhaps worked on Wall Street and have now left. We talk about the inner workings and give comment on the mainstream media’s reporting.
its blog format, but some journalist style is required and if you have the ability and desire to interview people for comment- this is definitely a big plus as is real journalistic experience for other finance journals/websites

If you still work in Wall Street we don’t have to publish your real name -it would be fantastic to get a view from the Street columnist.

Looking for positive attitude, no whiners please. men or women writers welcome. the demographic of the readers is 90% female.

Join our small group of excited people about creating a tipping point for change.

* Compensation: to be discussed- market rate
* Telecommuting is ok.

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What should prove to be of interest to us work at home entrepreneurs, after three years of development, personal investment and beta testing, telecommunications veteran and founder of YMax Corp. Daniel Borislow has introduced the magicJack(TM).

The magicJack is said to simply plug into your computer’s USB port to allow connection of any corded, cordless or portable phone. Up and running in seconds, the device is ready to make and receive free local and long distance calls to anyone in the US and Canada from anywhere in the world.

For more information, navigate to the company website, magicjack.com.

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