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Should City Governments and other Businesses look to Virtual Services to Save Money?

Tips From T. Marie

The first is to keep the worker as an employee but turn the position into a telecommuting position. Converting an in-office worker to a telecommuting employee saves money by reducing overhead costs. Most employees are going to have the equipment needed at home already, a computer, an internet connection and a phone.

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Is It a Curse -- or Blessing -- To be a Remote Worker?

On The Job

Fay also says some companies haven't set up a way to communicate consistently with remote workers, such as weekly phone calls with managers or Skype interactions with co-workers. That may mean using more instant messaging to stay in contact or scheduling a phone conversation once a day or once a week. People still need to have contact."

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Roberta, Hopefully, everyone -- no matter the age -- will learn important lessons such as being more resourceful, networking and being resilient. Hochwarter over the phone. We can learn so much from history, but as soon as things start to do well again, we seem to forget everything we learned. Keep up the good work!

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