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Many businesses are allowing some employees to telecommute, or work from home. The congress even passed legislation forcing some government agencies to let workers telecommute. Funding for these agencies will decrease if they don’t comply.

A lot of work can be done just as easily from home. If you think you can get your work dome at home, and would like to do so, you need to show your boss how it benefits the company. Usually, the greatest fear management has is workers slacking off.

If you want to do your work at home, you need your boss to feel you will get the work done. Show him that you can, and he just might let you try it. Think of all the time you will save not having to drive to work.

Of course, if your boss won’t let you telecommute, you can strike out on your own. Many companies welcome getting work done by outside sources. If you have the right skill set you can get plenty of work.

Handling phone calls is a common home based job that companies outsource. Customer service, and taking orders are a couple of things that you might do if you are answering the phones. If you’re good on the phone, this can be a way to go.

Small businesses need accounting work done. They don’t have enough work to hire full time accountants, so they will hire outside the company. As a skilled accountant you can help a few companies at once, and develop a nice business this way.

Secretarial work can be done from home also. Many small businesses are run from home now. They don’t have any space for a secretary, but still could use one.

You could do writing projects for companies. A lot of different writing is needed for many businesses. If you have good writing skills you can do this from home too.

Lots of businesses need help with their billing. You might need some software and some experience to do this. Billing can be a real pain for small businesses, that’s where you come in.

With everything changing at a faster pace these days, everyone needs more flexibility. Hiring fewer employees, and outsourcing work instead, is becoming more common. This is where having the ability to do some of these tasks for companies, creates a small business.

With high speed internet, communication and transferring data is lightning fast. This has made telecommuting possible. This often benefits both the owners and the workers.

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