While the number of people telecommuting is somewhat low, the good news is, its growing. As people become more aware of telecommuting jobs and as more companies embrace the business model, the opportunities will continue to grow.

Telecommuting explained:

Teleworking is when an employee or self-employed person, does work from their house on a computer and/or telephone system that is linked to the primary network of the company/employer.

Research indicates that folks that work from home are much more productive, have lower stress levels, are less likely to call off due to illness, and enjoy a higher quality of life. Accordingly, businesses that hire people to work from home are able to decrease turnovers, step-up efficiency, step-up productivity, step-up profits, and step-up customer satisfaction. Furthermore, teleworking is environmentally friendly, as it reduces highway congestion, fuel use, and vehicular air pollution.

Telecommuters Job Functions In a Nutshell.

Customer Service

Technical Support

Order Processing

Data Entry

Data Entry

Reservations

Customer Service

Customer Service

How do you get a job working from home?

Nearly all work from home jobs have got professional standards, as well as equipment requirements. Potential telecommuters ought embody discipline, be a self-starter with faultless communication skills and capable of working with minimal supervising. Prior to seeking a work from home job, do an honest self appraisal to ascertain if telecommuting is for you. Are you able to refrain from watching your favorite soap operas all day? Will you spend too much time on Myspace or handle your business? Do you possess a newer model computer made in the last 5 years? Do you have a high speed internet connection? Do you have a land line phone that you can use for business purposes? Will you be able to prevent or control background noise? If you satisfy these fundamental prerequisites, getting a telecommuting job will be easy!

The following companies actively employ telecommuters:

Liveops LiveOps independent agents like their work and the flexibility that comes from working from home.

Working Solutions Working Solutions was created in 1996, to provide more legitimate work-at-home opportunities for those caring for family members, looking for supplemental income, and wanting or needing to work from home.

VoiceLog you get to choose what hours you would like to work and if VoiceLog has the customer need, you'll get scheduled.

Arise offers the opportunity to work independently from the comfort of a home office to handle phone, web chat and email requests.

www.apply.westathome.com West Corporation, Leading CRM solution provider, offering comprehensive customer service outsourcing programs.

www.cloud10corp.com Cloud 10 Corp, At Home Professionals coupled with leading edge technology and one of the industry's most experienced management teams to provide market leading contact center solutions

Cloud 10 Corp Customer Service Representative, must be available to work 20 hours or more per week.

Alpine Access As employees of Alpine Access, you will experience a different kind of job, working from the comfort of your own home-office.

VirtuServe regularly seeks independent contractor call center agents for our Canada-based work-at-home agent program.

www.speak-write.com/web SpeakWrite, Qualified legal or general transcriptionists work from their own home.

Happy job hunting!