Finding legitimate work from home or telecommuting jobs is on the increase and this means that chances are better than ever for landing a job that may allow occasional, partial or full-time telecommuting work from home. According to Microtrends authors Mark Penn and Kenny Zalesne, approximately 4.2 million Americans defined themselves as stay-at-home workers in 2000, up 23% as compared to 1990 and up 100% from 1980. It is noted that a staggering 20 million additional Americans work from the home some of the time. Employers benefit from furnishing fewer desks and accommodating fewer bodies, while employees benefit directly from savings in fuel and commute time.
With new technologies being offered from the likes of NetMeeting and Avaya, we are capable of handling a multitude of office tasks remotely, further enabling the work-at-home scenario. Tasks such as sharing information with co-workers, accessing an at-work computer from home, and accepting, holding and transferring calls within your company and department are a few examples. We can speculate that upwards of 7 million stay-at-home workers will check in for the 2010 census, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 million Americans will be working from home in some capacity by the end of the decade if not more.
What does this mean for your resume or how you pursue a job if you’re hunting for a full-time or a “sometimes” work-at-home job? There are several things to keep in mind for this new era. Keep in mind that you will be expected to be more reliable, at least as productive as, and fully equipped to perform your job as compared to your counterparts at the office. Job seekers with a track record for being reliable, focused and self-motivated will be handed these opportunities from a basis of trust. In seeking these positions, the hiring manager will be looking for more communication in your resume pertaining to the facilities available to you at home. If the company can see that you’re ready to begin work with little or no investment in technology to equip you at home, you’re certain to have an opening edge over your competitors for the same telecommuting position.
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