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Employees Who Work from Home
1. Does It Suit?
1.1 Jobs which particularly suit full or part-time homeworking include:
- Sales, marketing and customer service.
- Support and maintenance.
- Computer programming.
- Consultancy and professional services.
- Training and education.
- Writing, editing, research and translation.
- Some administrative and secretarial work.
- Jobs where home acts as a base for work carried out on the road.
1.2 Individuals need the right skills and personality traits to be effective homeworkers. Suitable training can help employees develop these skills. Typically, good homeworkers are strong on:
- Time management and self-discipline.
- Motivation, self-sufficiency, initiative and the ability to work alone.
- Communication. For example, a good telephone manner and the ability to get on with new people.
- Lifestyle management. The ability to manage the split between home life and working life.
- Technology. The ability to cope with IT and telecommunications equipment.
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