Where can I find a teleworking job?
A. We receive a lot of open-ended enquiries like this. The key question is, “What do you do?” Teleworking usually involves doing what you normally do, only from someplace else. So teleworking is not a job so much as a way of doing a job. With this kind of enquiry we assume that the worker wants to be completely home-based. But it is far more common for people to telework on a part-time basis, so it can be a question of identifying work within a job which is suitable to be undertaken at home. Say your job involves meetings with clients. These will usually have to be carried out at the normal venue. But much of the paperwork could be done at home – if the employer allows. We usually advise as a first port of call our friends in the Teleworkers Association. Their magazine regularly carries ads from employers seeking people for teleworking types of jobs, and gives the opportunity for members to network with each other. There’s also www.homeworking.co.uk which has links to jobsearch sites –
