Near Horizon for Telecommuting Looks Good
Thursday January 8, 2009
According to CareerBuilder.com's new job forecast, things look good for telecommuting in the days ahead.
While only 14 percent of surveyed employers expect to boost hiring this year, about one-third of surveyed employers say they expect to expand flexible work arrangements. Nearly half expect to offer more telecommuting or compressed work-week options for their employees.
Over 25% of employers said they expect to hire contract or freelance staff this year, down slightly from last year. Government, IT, health care and business services are expected to see the strongest growth in contract and freelance hiring. Since many freelancers and contractors have the flexibility to work at home at least some of the time, this sounds like pretty good news for a year that may be very sluggish for business.
As the country increasingly looks for ways to save costs and "go green", expanding telecommuting arrangements would only seem to make sense. On a related note, the Telework Exchange, a group that promotes telecommuting, notes that up to 4 million people are expected in the Washington, D.C. area for events leading up to President-elect Obama's January 20th inauguration, and they urge employers to consider telecommuting arrangements during that time to help lessen gridlock and congestion on the highways and public transit systems.
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While only 14 percent of surveyed employers expect to boost hiring this year, about one-third of surveyed employers say they expect to expand flexible work arrangements. Nearly half expect to offer more telecommuting or compressed work-week options for their employees.
Over 25% of employers said they expect to hire contract or freelance staff this year, down slightly from last year. Government, IT, health care and business services are expected to see the strongest growth in contract and freelance hiring. Since many freelancers and contractors have the flexibility to work at home at least some of the time, this sounds like pretty good news for a year that may be very sluggish for business.
As the country increasingly looks for ways to save costs and "go green", expanding telecommuting arrangements would only seem to make sense. On a related note, the Telework Exchange, a group that promotes telecommuting, notes that up to 4 million people are expected in the Washington, D.C. area for events leading up to President-elect Obama's January 20th inauguration, and they urge employers to consider telecommuting arrangements during that time to help lessen gridlock and congestion on the highways and public transit systems.
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Comments
Hi Randy,
I agree with you fully. Telecommuting is definitely going to be the working culture in the near future. It may be because of the Economic crisis going on presently or one’s interest to improve Globe’s Greener aspect.