| Are you an employee who possesses the need to | | | | my mother is successful at telecommuting is she has |
| have more time at home? Have you been considering | | | | her own car, she does not have to work a set |
| spending some working hours telecommuting? My | | | | schedule and she oversees several senior citizen |
| mother spends some work time as a telecommuter | | | | centers. |
| and I have some ideas of my own pertaining to what | | | | Telecommuters Must be Accessible to Many People |
| successful telecommuting entails. You will pick up five | | | | To successfully carry out your desire to telecommute, |
| tips to make your telecommuting experience | | | | you must make yourself available to almost everyone |
| successful. | | | | in your organization, especially if you are in charge of |
| You Must Earn the Privilege to Telecommute | | | | others. My mother has provided her home telephone |
| The first thing you must do to become eligible for | | | | number and cellular phone number to the |
| telecommuting time is to prove you can be counted on. | | | | administrators and employees who work at the |
| I have read that employees who get to telecommute | | | | centers that are under her control. |
| are those who show they are reliable and responsible. | | | | Having the Proper Equipment is Essential |
| If you have only been at your job for a short period of | | | | It is okay if you have a cell phone but cell phones often |
| time and you have not learned every aspect of your | | | | lose reception or power; therefore, it is helpful to have |
| position, it would probably be wise to delay asking to | | | | a land line telephone when you must make or take an |
| telecommute. Once you have mastered your job and | | | | important call while telecommuting. You will need to |
| you can present a plan to show your boss how you | | | | have a fax machine if some of the people at the |
| will handle your responsibilities away from the office, | | | | office you serve have a fax machine and prefer to |
| seek permission to telecommute. | | | | have important paperwork faxed to them. My mother |
| Flexibility and Maneuverability are Important | | | | occasionally does work at home on the laptop |
| You can assist your cause if you are flexible, you | | | | computer her organization gave her. |
| have a position that offers plenty of flexibility and you | | | | Being Able to Work with Company Records is |
| are capable of getting around your region easily. If you | | | | Important |
| choose to telecommute, you will probably have to be | | | | Develop your record keeping, spreadsheet and |
| available to receive telephone calls or E-mail | | | | database skills. My mother updates a database |
| messages for at least forty to fifty hours a week. You | | | | pertaining to her senior citizen centers by using |
| will probably have to possess access to a reliable | | | | Microsoft Excel. |
| vehicle in order to quickly travel from home to the | | | | Follow these tips to be successful at telecommuting! |
| office when it is necessary. Part of the reason why | | | | |