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Horace Mitchell, Director of European Telework Online speaks out:
I think there is work for people who want to work from home and there will
be a lot more in future as companies use the technologies more and get more
used to the idea of teleworking. But a high proportion of fully home based
work offers will be contract work not employment.
"Employed" teleworkers will mainly be people who spend some time at home and
some time at the employer's premises. When an employer recruits for most
kinds of work they want to see the new worker a lot to get to know them and
so that they can get into the culture of the company, learn the ropes etc -
then new workers can "graduate" to teleworking, if they and the nature of
their work make that appropriate. This kind of "partial teleworking" applies
to a very wide range of jobs.
But the types of work that best fit full time home based also happen to be
the types that also fit contracting out, temporary staff, etc. So if you
seek work "as a teleworker" it's wise to either be prepared to apply for
non-telework jobs and try to graduate to teleworking, or to be prepared to
accept fairly "casual" kinds of work as a contractor not an employee.
I agree with all the warnings here about scams and requests for money - if
someone really wants you to work for them they should offer you dosh not the
other way round! Keep up the good work . . .
Check out the European Telework Online to keep up to date with teleworking issues.
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