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Worldwide there will 46 million telecommuters by 2011.

August 5th, 2008 by Chris De La Rosa
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Bold, but accurate? If the traffic to our network of telecommuting career websites is any indication, that statement may just be correct. Humor me for a second. Go over to Google.com and search the word “telecommuting”, now search “work from home”. Now glance over to the top right where it displays how many results the search returned. telecommuting had 4,160,000 and “work from home” had 306,000,000. That’s right three hundred and six million results. Digest that for a second!

Here are some stats form the International Telework Association and Council or ITAC

1997 - 11.6 million employed teleworkers; 18.3 self-employed teleworkers
1999 - 14.4 million employed teleworkers; 19.0 self-employed teleworkers
2001 - 16.8 million employed teleworkers; 19.9 self-employed teleworkers
2003 - 23.5 million employed teleworkers; 23.4 self-employed teleworkers

Conclusion… if you’re interested in working form home, try and get involved now. As more people come online (think China and India) competition for telecommuting jobs will only increase. I guess this blog and my network of telecommuting sites are making this thing even more popular But hey! I already telework, so what do I care.

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2 Responses to “Worldwide there will 46 million telecommuters by 2011.”

Work From Home For Free Says:
August 6th, 2008 at 3:05 am

I think I picked the wrong keyword to get into!!!

James Jones Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 5:21 am

Now, how do we get past this ridiculous organizationally imposed limit of “1 or 2 days per week”?

How about let’s telework 4 or 5 days per week, and only limit it to 4 when we absolutely positively HAVE to be in the office for a face-to-face with customers or the President of the United States?

Teleworking is not a “favor”, it is a sound business strategy and a great work schedule that improves work-life satisfaction.