What is telework? According
to Wikipedia:
Telecommuting, remote work,[1]
or telework is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work.
A person who telecommutes is known as a "telecommuter",
"teleworker", and sometimes as a "home-sourced" employee.
Many telecommuters work from home, while others, sometimes called "nomad
workers" use mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops
or other locations. According to a Reuters poll, approximately
"one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the
Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10
percent work from home every day".[2] The terms "telecommuting" and "telework" were
coined by Jack Nilles in 1973.[3]
A narrowed definition of the terms is work-at-home jobs. An article
in The Dallas Morning News, February
24, 2013, edition on page 1J written by Christine Durst and Michael Haaren of
the Creators Syndicate provides
several links to telework or work-at-home job:
Rat Race Rebillion - The authors’ own site:
Work At Home Success - Operated by Leslie Truex, who has been in
the work-at-home field since the early 1990s
Jobs and Moms - Operated by Nancy Collamer who authored Second-Act Careers.
Indeed.com – Use “home-based” or “work from home” as search
arguments.
WAHM.com – This is an acronym for “work-at-home-moms”; however, the
site may be helpful to anyone seeking home-based work.
I teach courses at the University
of Phoenix. Even though my classes meet on-ground,
all assignments are submitted online, and I grade them on my computer at home. Do I have a telework job? Please share your thinking about telecommuting
and telework by posting a comment or emailing me at glynjordan@gmail.com.
Thanks, Glyn
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