When someone says that they work from home, most people imagine that they spend all day watching HGTV in their PJs and browsing Facebook all day. They think of it as one long extended vacation. And while there is a lot of freedom that comes from working from home (working in your PJs, for example),…
For many years, there was a stigma against working from home, as employers thought it was a sign of inefficiency or even laziness. However, with technology advances in recent years, working from home has gotten easier than ever. Recent studies have also shown that working from home can be just as much of an advantage…
Working from home is a great luxury of the Internet age. As many as 1 in 5 Americans work from a home office at least once a week and that number continues to grow year after year. Benefits of working from home include increased productivity and efficiency, lower stress, and decreases costs. Working from home…
One of the biggest benefits to being an independent travel agent with Travel Leaders is the ability for you to work from home. Working from home can be a convenient and cost-efficient way to run your travel business. If you’ve never worked from home before, the first step is setting up a home office that…
We’ve all been there: the gridlocked traffic jams, the awful vegan-themed potlucks and passive aggressive emails. They all seem like rites of passage for anyone whose has the pleasure of working in a traditional office setting. When you do decide to take the plunge, though, and start telecommuting, you quickly notice that all…
Not too long ago, we covered a few of the more important tips for effectively spring cleaning your home office. But we felt it necessary to point out that there’s far more than just three things that lead to a more organized office space. With that said, here are a few more items to…
There are a great deal of blogs and articles that lean one way or the other in regards to how they see telecommuting and the virtual workforce. So, to gain a better perspective on how both sides see the issue, here’s an infographic from MySammy.com that outlines both the pros and cons that can come…
Spring cleaning your home office may not seem like one of those high-priority tasks when you compare to the important work you accomplish in that office, day after day. But the cleanliness of your work space can greatly affect just how much work you actually get done. So here are some ways to de-clutter…
Mashable published an infographic in 2012 that we wanted to revisit to show that, even three years later, there are still plenty of perks that come with choosing to telecommute for your job. Below is the graphic in full: …
With the digital age in full swing, it only makes sense that more and more companies around the world are starting to embrace the idea of remote and telecommute opportunities for current and potential employees. This change is the business infrastructure, though, has also bred a collection of myths and apprehensions about working from home.So,…
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