I want to work from home. Is that possible?

Not only is it possible, but the growth of at home workers continues to rise making the potential strong if you’re committed to finding at home work. I’m going to zero in on telecommuting for this article and explain why this has become so popular with workers and employers.

For the employee they are allowed the opportunity to care for family members at home while maintaining a full or part time job via their home computer. For the employer they base the acceptability of the employee on results. Let’s say for instance I am a telecommuter and I work as a writer. I might live in Ohio, but I could be writing for a newspaper in California. They don’t care if I write my article at 4 PM or midnight they just want to make sure I meet deadlines.

So as long as I have a computer I can telecommute?

Not exactly. You need to have skills that are acceptable to employers. In the most traditional sense telecommuting happens when a job you are already performing allows you to do some or all of that work at home.

In a broader sense telecommuting is anything you can perform via your computer that allows you to be paid by another party. This can be freelance work or a more traditional salaried position. This has allowed many highly capable people who live in remote locations to establish working relationships with larger national and international firms.

What are you not telling me?

Well, since you asked, I will say you need to be very careful with Internet offers that tell you it is possible to work from home. Many of these offers are scams and should be avoided.

When you personally develop a freelance business or are asked by an existing and known firm to produce work for pay you will also need to work to be disciplined enough to meet deadlines.

It can be easy to let things slip when you are home and do not have a supervisor checking on your every move. Telecommuting only works when you have the ability to complete work on time.

Okay, bottom line, what can I make?

That all depends on who’s hired you, what they’ve hired you to do and your skill level related to the job. It also depends on whether the job is freelance or a full time gig.

In some telecommuting jobs you can work for slave wages while others provide a lucrative opportunity should you prove highly beneficial to their business objectives.

Telecommuting talking points

* Watch out for scams and research the opportunities in which you are most interested.

* Self-evaluate your ability to manage deadlines and perform quality work without cramming. Are you self motivated?

* Research if the business you work for would allow telecommuting. If not are there other similar businesses that would?

Telecommuting has become more popular as businesses expand on a global basis. The location of the office is often less important than finding key people. Travel expenses decline when these businesses can interact with each other through video conferencing and email without the need for multiple offices. From an environmental standpoint many like the fact that telecommuting keeps cars off the road. The success of telecommuting depends largely on the position and the individual filling it.

Incredibly Linkable

To find out more about full time as well as part time freelance telecommuting jobs there are multiple sites you can visit, but one that has the Better Business Bureau seal is http://www.tjobs.com/