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Free checking account with cash back debit card from PerkStreet Financial

Posted on October 27, 2011 in Articles 1 comments

While this article isn’t about telecommuting, per se, it is about saving money, which is a topic of interest to any telecommuter. Every day you hear about big banks introducing new fees and gotchas for their bank accounts. However, there’s …

Shared article: The Freelance Surge Is the Industrial Revolution of Our Time

Posted on September 13, 2011 in Articles None comments

Sara Horowitz, who is the founder of a freelancing group called Freelancers Union, wrote an excellent piece about the telecommute/freelance/independent work economy in The Atlantic. The article talks about how telework and independent work is changing the way our economy …

InstantCommute.com adds more jobs than the US economy in August

Posted on September 12, 2011 in Articles None comments

You’ve probably seen the headlines. U.S. economy stalls, adds no jobs in August. The US economy didn’t add zero jobs in August InstantCommute.com, however, added 1000 jobs! We’re pleased that we’re able to beat the US economy. We’re at a …

Website owners: add our widget to your site!

Posted on September 5, 2011 in Articles None comments

We have added an easy-to-use tool so you can add live job feeds to your website. Simply visit our widget webpage by clicking here, then type in any search term you want used on your site, and then copy the …

Telecommuting book of the week: Getting Things Done by David Allen

Posted on August 30, 2011 in Articles None comments

This week’s telecommuting book of the week is “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. It’s a book about organizing your life, particularly your work life. Rather than abstract concepts and techniques, the book focuses on a very specific system. It …

Not a job: be a Google Autocompleter

Posted on August 24, 2011 in Articles None comments

Well, Google was in the mood for a bit of humor, so they posted a video about one of their latest “jobs”: being a Google Autocompleter. Watch the video below. Note: that position isn’t a real job, as you will …

Telecommuting book of the week: No More Dreaded Mondays by Dan Miller

Posted on August 23, 2011 in Articles None comments

This week’s book highlight is “No More Dreaded Mondays” by Dan Miller. Dan Miller is a career advisor, and No More Dreaded Mondays is a book about becoming an entrepreneur and making it on your own. While telecommuting is not …

Create television advertisements

Posted on August 22, 2011 in Articles, Free job leads, Graphic Design, Ongoing jobs None comments

This isn’t a job, per se, but it’s still interesting. There is now a website where large and small firms will submit a contest for the best user-made commercial, and the entrants can submit their own advertisements. The top entrant …

Making money at home using oDesk

Posted on August 19, 2011 in Articles, Free job leads, Ongoing jobs None comments

The website oDesk.com is an out-sourcing/project work site. Here employers will post projects that they need done – often one time projects rather than ongoing projects. Everyone will have a chance to view the project and submit a bid if …

Google Ads Quality Rater (work from home position)

Posted on August 16, 2011 in Articles, Free job leads, Ongoing jobs None comments

In the tech world, everyone wants to work for Google. They have lots of money. They are growing. They have lots of fun. They are known as a great workplace. There is a way to get a job at Google …