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Newly
unemployed from Oshawa sees great potential: Presently, I
am unemployed. I am 42 years old and this is the first time I've been
without a job since I was 17. I have just joined INTERCONNECTS and I
am looking into "teleworking"...it gets more intriguing, the
more I read about it. What a fantastic concept...the benefits are
endless - children won't be carted off to strangers anymore - the
highways will be less congested - less stress related illnesses and
I'll bet "absenteeism" will be almost non-existent - happy,
enthusiastic, satisfied employees - I'm not a financial expert but
I'll bet dollars will be saved in many ways as well, for both employee
and employer. I love the computer, I love being on the computer - why
not make money doing what I love instead of "dreading" the
start of each new day. I am so excited about this right now, I want to
sign up for EVERY job I see posted for working at home...I just can't
wait to get started and I'll be thrilled to keep you informed of my
"success". Linda
Symonds, Oshawa Project
Manager experiences many benefits from telework. I
just joined Bell Nexxia, but was previous a teleworker with NCR Canada
where we were referred to as Virtual office workers. I enjoyed the
opportunity of better balancing the work/life see-saw. The saving on
travel time (2.5 hours per day) was immediate. The work day becomes
longer but non-contiguous (typically 7am through to 10pm) while I
utilize blocks of time during that period for personal tasks. Project
management lends itself well to teleworking as most Project team
resources are by nature cross-functional and geographically diverse.
The improvements in Telecommunications tools (phone, pager, cellular,
teleconferencing), reduced cost/increased reliability of home office
equipment and the impact of the Internet (Collaboration, practical
Knowledge collection and distribution systems, electronic mail)
enables levels of service and productivity comparable to the
traditional office worker. Peter
Paul, Project Manager, Bell Nexia
Canadian living in
US seeks telework to overcome visa restrictions: "I am a
Canadian citizen, living in the US right now, because my husband is working
here under a TN visa. Because it is so difficult for me to get a different
visa than the non-working one I have now, I am investigating the idea of
teleworking for a Canadian company." Marla
Gerein, Colorado Springs, CO.
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