Undress4Success - Work From Home

• Five Clues A Work At Home “Opportunity” Is A Scam

Tom Harnish — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:09 +0000

Scammers and spammers have a lot in common. They both want to rip us off, and they use similar techniques. They: Use scammy/spammy phrase, like “Click here!” or “Once in a lifetime opportunity!” Go crazy with exclamation points!!!!!! USE ALL CAPS. ONLINE THAT”S THE SAME AS YELLING Color fonts bright red or green, and worse, making words flash or [...]

• Telework Legal Issues Still Need To Be Resolved

Tom Harnish — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:46:13 +0000

A telecommuter, preparing lunch in her kitchen, was attacked by a neighbor. She claimed she was due workers’ compensation benefits for her injuries, but the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled otherwise. ”Generally, for an injury to ‘arise out of’ employment, it must emanate from a peculiar danger or risk inherent to the nature of the employment. Thus, ‘an [...]

• Naked Research on Telework

Tom Harnish — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:36:23 +0000

Long before we wrote Undress For Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money At Home, Gene Weingarten at the Washington Post wrote a column foreshadowing some of the problems we’ve had because of the racy title. The head of an all virtual accounting firm, for example, refused to be interviewed when he heard (gasp) the [...]

• Political Headwind Slows Recovery

Tom Harnish — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:09:33 +0000

Kate used to teach entrepreneurship at Temple University when Bill Dunkelberg was Dean of the School of Business. Today he’s Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). Kate was attracted to him then, and we both are now, because he speaks the truth—even when it’s information some people don’t want to hear. Dunkelberg [...]

• Telecommuters Happy To Work 19 Hours Longer

Tom Harnish — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:03:46 +0000

Studies we’ve reviewed show that telecommuters’ work/life balance is better than office workers, and they work longer hours. Now researchers from Brigham Young University have put some numbers on it. BYU researchers analyzed data from 24,436 IBM employees in 75 countries, looking for the point when employees reported that work interfered with personal and family life. “For [...]