Tel – e – com – mute May 23, 2008

Today’s blog is brought to you by the word Tel-e-com-mute, the love of Mommyhood and the combination of both. All jokes aside, I honestly think that telecommuting, telework, homebased, working at home or however you wish to call it is a great idea.

The concept behind telecommuting is that you have come to an agreement with your employer, who trusts you and by no means can be a micro-manager, so that you can have the flexibility to work from home. This way you avoid the 45 to an hour minute commute to work (estacionados en la 95), you save on gas (@ $4.02 the gallon today), you help the environment and you can work from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace while watching Ellen in your PJ’s…or perhaps playing with your baby between emails.

Finding a job that allows you to telecommute can prove to be difficult. I have searched the major engines, and the first things that pop up are all scams. They ask for money, promise too good to be true results, and don’t explain exactly was the task at hand is. On the other hand I have found some sites that post positions that are real…there are no fees to pay, schemes to buy into, businesses to do. Mostly of the jobs that are offered for telecommuting are related to IT/web…so if you are a designer, coder, web producer your chances of getting a job and staying at home are bigger than the rest of the world. There are also services that offer “virtual assistants” or “virtual concierge services”, and Good Morning America had a few pieces on this.

My search still continues, everyday that passes by I learn a bit more about the concept. I have contemplated the idea of getting a Project Management Certificate, or finding a way of moving into Web Production. All this to get my workaholic butt out of an office and into a home office…at least my baby would see more of me! Even if its just the back of my head, as I type away into this wonderful computer. I am clear I would still have to have someone to take care of him as I work, but at least I would get a bit more time with him…Right now I’m lucky if I spend 4 hours with him.

So, all you Moms out there who are looking for the same, here are some interesting links:

http://www.telcoa.org/index.htm

http://virtualvocations.com/

Happy Telecommuting Finding!!!