{"id":23319,"date":"2013-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceric.org\/2013\/02\/remote-employment-3-0-legitimate-opportunities-to-work-from-home\/"},"modified":"2013-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:00:00","slug":"remote-employment-3-0-legitimate-opportunities-to-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceric.ca\/fr\/2013\/02\/remote-employment-3-0-legitimate-opportunities-to-work-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Employment 3.0: Legitimate Opportunities to Work From Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Anne-Marie Rolfe<\/em><\/p>\n

Work from home: scam or opportunity? That was the question that clients posed. We did not have an answer, so we clicked, emailed, live chatted, and Skyped our way to an answer. Yes, there are legitimate opportunities for remote employment.
\nThe opportunities available include telephone-based work, transcription services, virtual assistant services, online tutoring and teaching, careers in e-learning, technology, design, editing and writing, to name a few. What we did not find was the ability to make a living playing video games, or any legitimate opportunities to stay home and get rich quick!
\nWhat we did find is real businesses, with legitimate human resourcing needs, looking to work with those who have a self-directed work style. Some businesses do take you on as an employee, some as an independent contractor, and in some cases you set yourself up as a freelancer. The distinctions have implications for income tax and other deductions, however there are plenty of resources to help understand and set those up.
\nThese opportunities are of tremendous benefit to those living in rural areas with available Internet infrastructure, or those with disabilities who need to manage their own environments as part of their wellness. Add to that caregivers with a need to be home for little ones, or aging loved ones, this is a trend that will continue to rise. All of these job seekers have skills and abilities to contribute to the Canadian labour market; remote employment connects the workers to the work, without all the bother of heading to a physical location.
\nHowever, remote employment is not for everyone. The truly social and gregarious amongst us may find the isolation of working from home daunting. Reality is there is nothing between the employee and the temptations of home life but the motivation to get the work done. To be successful, self-discipline is required. The reward is a work schedule that allows flexibility for other commitments while earning money.
\nThere are benefits for both employees and employers in remote employment. According to the\u00a0Teleworkresearchnetwork.com<\/em>, the following are the benefits to employers:<\/p>\n