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Tap these resources to help you land employment in a genuine telecommuting job or to help convince your current company to give you a telecommuting benefit. Scams and fee-based "opportunities" are not listed here. Telecommuting is also called teleworking.

Telecommuting: A Matter of Trust
From your JobSearchTech Guide, tips for avoiding the scams and landing a genuine telecommuting job. Includes many of the resources listed here.

Telecommuting Jobs and Companies
Explore a multitude of useful resources, including free lists of companies that offer telecommuting benefits and real telecommuting job opportunities, from the Telecommuting site right here at About.com.

Best Workplaces for Commuters
US companies and government agencies that join this voluntary program must offer at least one commuter benefit, such as free transit passes or telecommuting benefits. Browse a list of the member companies and agencies by clicking the appropriate link.

Can I Find Work As a Teleworker?
From European Telework Online, questions to ask yourself and much more about teleworking.

Find a Family-Friendly Workplace
How to find a company that offers family-friendly benefits, such as flex hours, telecommuting, child-care programs and generous maternity leave. Courtesy of TrueCareers.com.

Smart Valley Telecommuting Guide
A comprehensive, downloadable and printable document that you may give to your boss as a hint. It's a practical guide for all aspects of telecommuting.

Telework Library
A collection of private-sector and US governmental telecommuting resources, maintained by the General Services Administration.

Telework Webguide
AT&T started Telecommute America, the first nationwide program for telecommuting in the US. It has since evolved into this comprehensive guide for getting started. Incidentally, AT&T offers telecommuting benefits to its employees, as do many telecom companies.

Ten Advantages to Telecommuting
For employers, from conserving energy to reducing job hopping. Give it to your boss to convince him or her to grant you a telecommuting benefit.

Telecommuting and Work at Home Books
This site lists inexpensive but authoritative books "carefully selected for the integrity, experience and recognition of the acclaimed authors who wrote them." Topics include working from home, telecommuting, and starting a home-based business. All of the books received good to excellent reader reviews.

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