How TeleCommuters have to get employers to see them -- compared to onsite employees.
More for the money. That's how TeleCommuters have to be seen to compensate for not being right under the boss' nose. Every worker hire has to represent to management a smart decision by a boss. Bosses feel they can control the quality and quantity of output produced by onsite employees, thereby insuring they made a smart decision in hiring them. There isn't that feel of control over offsite workers.
TeleCommuters have to substitute for that. You have to come in with all the qualities that prove you're a smart hiring decision.
To prove you can make the boss look good, you have to look better than an onsite hire:
- Determine which kind of TeleCommuting job utilizes your best skills. Conduct a preliminary job search to determine the availability of that specific job.
- Research the requirements for that job, including the equipment and software required. Become overqualified for the position. Advance your skills to bring you to the top of the job classification. Online training courses are available, some of them free. Upgrade your equipment to state-of-the-art for this job. Be ready to purchase and master the software the company that hires you uses.
- Proof is in the certification. Get certified for your job skills. A free and low cost certification service is available here.
- Pass TeleCommuting savings on to your employer. Lower your salary asking price by the amount of savings you realize by not having to commute to the office every day. These would be auto expenses like gas, maintenance, insurance, vehicle longevity, and parking or public transportation fees. A free salary guide service is available through our Salary Wizard page.
There are many other savings a company realizes by hiring TeleCommuters. Office space, equipment, and, in many cases the overhead of employee benefits are some of the savings. Companies listing jobs for TeleCommuters know this, so it's not much of an incentive to mention to them when applying for a job. But passing your savings by not having to commute on to them will be. However, if you're approaching a company that is not advertising a TeleCommuting job or approaching your existing employer to let you start TeleCommuting, it is worth mentioning.
- Convince your prospective employer you work under professional working conditions. Bosses, knowing what goes on at home, have visions of TeleCommuters trying to do their job amid sometime chaotic times. You have to dispel this. You have to convince them you're at-home office is as effective a working environment as any in-company office, free of distractions and conducive to quality work production.
Show them how well-equipped you are for their job with an InSiteOffice.
Master these and you're on your way to being a TeleCommuter... and helping to establish TeleCommuters as the workforce that can be counted on to fill business' needs... while bringing auto congestion and pollution within livable levels.
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