“Author Archive”
Stories written by TelecommuteNews Staff

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 19, 2011 – Want happier, loyal and more productive employees? Send them home. According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., telecommuters say they feel and work better when working from home. In fact, 86 percent of telecommuters say they are more productive in their home [...]
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Current News,Telecommute Friendly Companies,Telecommute Studies | Read More »

The Washington State University Program for Digital Initiatives (PDI) received a national award for leading telework efforts in higher education. PDI’s efforts in promoting and supporting telework were recognized by Telework Exchange (a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework) at their 2011 Tele-Vision Awards ceremony on June 8. For more information [...]
June 25th, 2011 | Posted in Current News,State-by-State Telecommuting,Telecommuting in Washington | Read More »

This page features resources for those who are seeking information for telecommuting and teleworking in Hawaii. This page features news and information relating to working from home, freelancing, and working as an independent contractor in the state of Hawaii. It may also include information published by the State of Hawaii government, programs or new initiatives [...]
March 10th, 2011 | Posted in State-by-State Telecommuting,Telecommuting in Hawaii | Read More »

This page features resources for those who are seeking information for telecommuting and teleworking in Georgia. This page features news and information relating to working from home, freelancing, and working as an independent contractor in the state of Georgia. It may also include information published by the State of Georgia government, programs or new initiatives [...]
March 9th, 2011 | Posted in State-by-State Telecommuting,Telecommuting in Georgia | Read More »

VirtualVocations is one of the top ranked Google sites for telecommuting jobs when a person is searching for telecommuting work, and there is ample reason why. Founded in 2007 by a brother and sister team, VirtualVocations provides the most comprehensive, updated telecommuting jobs database available. Many job boards that cater to working from home update [...]
March 9th, 2011 | Posted in Current News,Website Reviews | Read More »
Telecommuting and work at home jobs in Arizona are provided on a daily basis by the leading telecommute job site for Arizona jobs. More telecommute Arizona job resources are available on our State-by-state telecommuting pages at Telecommuting in Arizona.
March 4th, 2011 | Posted in Telecommuting Jobs by State | Read More »

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a public research university and one more institution that is embracing telecommuting and the benefits that it holds for the workplace. This month, December 15th, they will be hosting a ‘Flexible Work Schedules and Telecommuting Brown Bag Lunch’ for faculty and staff who are interested in learning more [...]
December 2nd, 2010 | Posted in State-by-State Telecommuting,Telecommuting in Maryland | Read More »

Mike Savage, a major supporter of Canadians in their quest to work at home spent time in the House of Commons this past week supporting the creation of a National Work from Home Day. Workopolis recently conducted a poll of Canadians and the importance of working from home, with 39% of participants agreeing that working [...]
November 30th, 2010 | Posted in International Telecommuting,Telecommute Studies | Read More »

Vocalocity issued a press release this past week stating that they are formalizing their telework policies. The Georgia VoIP company has allowed teleworking for the past three years, but is now seeking the aid of local consulting agencies in making the company telework policy official. Wain Kellum, president of Vocalocity stated in the press release, [...]
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Current News,Telecommuting in Georgia | Read More »

Life Meets Work, a consultancy agency located in Chicago Illinois will be a co-sponsor in a local event that will allow businesses to showcase the successes they have had by allowing employees to engage in teleworking. The event, to be held December 7, 2010 at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning from 8:30am to [...]
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Current News | Read More »