Telecommuting For Dummies is the most comprehensive resource for the more than 40 million workers all over the world who telecommute. This book gives you all the necessary information for switching from cubicle to home office while still advancing in your career status.

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Telecommuting can have a tremendously positive impact on an individual's quality of life, productivity, and peace of mind. But all of the advantages are contingent on being a well-informed telecommuter. Author Debra Dinnocenzo offers specific strategies for successful telecommuting that will enhance effectiveness and prosperity, both personal and professional. Easy-to-implement suggestions offer ways to transfer the knowledge and take the steps necessary to change and improve relationships, processes, resources, and systems, at work and at home. Sections address working well alone, with the family, with a team, and with external partners.

Unique focus. Telecommuting Success is specifically for the telecommuter employed by an organization. It discusses the issues unique to employees who work—or would like to work—away from the main office full-time, part-time, or sometimes. Other books lack this focus and try to address the self-employed, managers, entrepreneurs, or those setting up home offices. While these other readers can benefit from the information in Telecommuting Success, this book’s distinctive focus gets telecommuting employees plugged in, productive, and promotable.

In-depth coverage of both tangible and intangible issues. Telecommuting Success discusses in-depth all the tangible and intangible issues that concern today’s telecommuter. Other books cover telecommuting technology alone or treat telecommuting as a novelty managed with basic hints. Take a look at the table of contents; you’ll see that Telecommuting Success addresses all topics relevant to this increasingly popular way to work and live.

Self-directed and empowering. Not only does this book explain how to become a great telecommuter, it shows you why it’s important to become a “power telecommuter.” This practical yet inspiring approach helps you take your telecommuting, your career, and your future into your own hands; grow in visibility and value on the job; and work with focus and balance.

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This book “goes beyond the basics and…leaves no detail unmentioned when it comes to creating a successful telecommuting career,” says Gil Gordon, telecommuting pioneer and consultant, in this book's foreword.

Regular telecommuting is becoming a way of life for many employees. If you’re not careful, however, telecommuting can leave you out of touch with your workplace and manager. This book recognizes telecommuting’s pitfalls and shows you how to avoid them. It advocates that you become not just a good telecommuter, but a power telecommuter who accomplishes more, communicates better, and stays effective and visible when virtual.

Get expert guidance on all issues that telecommuters face. Here is a partial list of the many topics covered:
--Avoid the top 10 telecommuting traps
--Disarm telecommuting skeptics, including your boss and coworkers
--Master technology without becoming a technology geek
--What every home office needs—and doesn’t need
--10 time management tips you can use today
--Train yourself and your coworkers, boss, spouse, kids, pets, and neighbors
--Develop your telecommuting credibility
--Stay part of the team when working away
--Do’s and don’ts for effective communication with technology tools
--10 ways to stay on the corporate radar screen
--Earn superior performance reviews
--Signs that it’s time to visit the home office more often
--Career path strategies that work for telecommuters
--Tips for finding a telecommuting job
--Worksheets for scheduling and reporting your work, organizing your home office, and assessing your accomplishments
--Insight from industry pros on maintaining virtual relationships and handling the finer points of telecommuting
--Web resources for home office products and services, telecommuting associations, and additional information

“This book’s strength is in the countless tips, tricks, warnings, suggestions, and shortcuts that collectively mean the difference between being a telecommuter and thriving as a telecommuter,” writes Gil Gordon in the foreword.

Telecommuting Success is ideal for those who are currently telecommuting--or would like to. It also helps managers see the telecommuting employee's point of view.

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