Technology has thrown open to us a plethora of opportunities to work from any part of the world. The Internet is omnipresent and remote work is now a part of most work cultures.  In fact, research has been indicating that telecommuting makes employees more productive with their work. The trick is to enable positive employee engagement for remote employees.  As a manager of a remote team however, you may sometimes find it challenging to keep your employees engaged. Organizations are now putting more effort into creating a conducive environment for remote work employees so they don’t feel ..read more

Technology has thrown open to us a plethora of opportunities to work from any part of the world. The Internet is omnipresent and remote work is now a part of most work cultures.  In fact, research has been indicating that telecommuting makes employees more productive with their work. The trick is to enable positive employee engagement for remote employees.  As a manager of a remote team however, you may sometimes find it challenging to keep your employees engaged. Organizations are now putting more effort into creating a conducive environment for remote work employees so they don’t feel ..read more

“Dear Carl, your telephonic interview has been scheduled for Oct 29 at 3 pm. Please note that it will take place through a dial-in conference call.”  Welcome to the world of conference calling. In here, businesses seal deals worth millions, aspirants find their dream jobs, consultants help their clients save their businesses and what not. It’s all about bringing people together and getting work done! It is convenient, saves time if used efficiently and can help make quicker decisions.  A conference call is most effective when there are a few people involved. It is not new to us. In f ..read more

Large conference calls or small- they’re here to stay. Audio and video conferencing has become such a prevalent mode of communication across organizations today. While video conferencing has its own downside – poor connectivity, non-scalability – audio conferencing is very useful.  Companies and political organizations comprehend this and this realization has brought about new trends like telecommuting. Another growing trend is setting up of large conference calls for events.  Setting up large conference calls is a task alright! Right from bringing in participants, ensuring call qual ..read more

It’s 9 am on a Monday morning. You’re eating breakfast and going through your emails and setting tasks for the day. All on your dining table. Welcome to the world of telecommuting, where people work from home or anywhere they feel comfortable. Many studies conclude that one in every two Indians prefers to work from home. They are on the hunt for the highest-paying telecommuting jobs. Therefore, companies can’t be left too far behind. Most organizations today have begun to focus more on how they can be more telecommute-friendly, both for full-time and part-time roles.  If you’re on the l ..read more

Telecommuting is the new buzz in business. Millennials swear by it and so do new-age organizations. And why not? It has many known advantages for everyone! It is indeed very convenient to work from any corner of the world, even if you’re in the middle of a wild shopping spree. Okay, I admit that was a bit of a zinger. But, you can’t argue the rise of telecommuting jobs. Detractors will tell you that it’s the work-life balance aspect, but the stats indicate that the phenomenon has only just begun!  Given that the future of telecommuting jobs looks very promising, understanding why it can be ..read more

Millennials- they want to have it all. They know what they want and more often than not, they end up getting exactly what they want. As a result, organizations are experiencing a paradigm shift in the way they work. The focus is on flexibility.  So, millennials, who make up 34% of India’s population, are hungry for telecommuting opportunities.  Who are millennials? Those born between 1981-1996, who grew up with access to the Internet, social networks, smartphones, and tablets are considered to be millennials. Studies show that by 2020, they are going to constitute half of the working popula ..read more

The world of connectivity has brought about a very popular work trend- telecommuting, e-commuting or work from home. Employees can be connected to their work through their smartphones and easy accessibility to the Internet allows them to work from anywhere. In fact, research has been indicating that telecommuting makes employees more productive and engaged with their work. Organizations are now putting more effort into creating a conducive environment for remote work. One of the biggest challenges of working with remote teams is communication. However, tons of new-age remote working tools h ..read more

So, what is a mobile conference call?  Conference calling, audio conferencing, call conferencing – all of these processes exist so that we can connect and share information. Although audio conferencing has been around since the 1960s, back when Cassius Clay had only just take on the name: Muhammad Ali, which he went to immortalize. The point is that we’ve come a long way since then. The conference calling race began with people relying on wires and heavy-duty equipment, but has now transformed into the mobile conference call apps race, where digital solutions have overtaken physical syste ..read more

Once upon a time, arrangements like ‘work from home’ or ‘telecommuting’ were considered to be in the realm of forward-thinking companies. If you, as an employee, got to work from home regularly, then your organization was considered ‘cool’. Today, the situation has turned around. One in four workers is working from home at some point during the week. Organizations are more than happy for workers to work from home and are also able to cut down on costs as a result. But the question looming on many an employer’s heads is, ‘how to manage telecommuters?’ Managing a team that is remote and also sca ..read more