Tools for Remote Working

There are currently 3.1 million people in the UK working from home and many more millions have flexible employment with an expected 20% of all employees to be working in this way by 2012.

Breaking traditions
Century-old established, outdated working cultures and traditions need to break down. They are wasteful of resources and time, damaging to the environment and global warming, unhealthy for workerís wellbeing, and frustrating with traffic congestion and public transport overcrowding. Research shows that the structure of the labour market is going to be reshaped dramatically over the four years, with remote working expected to almost double.

Workplace Revolution
With the traditional ëofficeí heading for a workplace revolution, ground breaking new expertise in technology will increase the need for cool tools to get the flexible and remote working culture through the working day. The notion of ënine to fiveí might gradually subside, with staff working ad-hoc hours around their home commitments. Offices will probably disappear and instead mini business centres could spring up near satellite offices. Increasingly people will work from home as organisations cut down their overheads on office space and use remote locations as the new-age workplace.

Recruit Talent
Adopting this modern day approach to our working lives will increase business productivity and competitiveness, reduce transport congestion and pollution, improve health by reducing stress, assist disadvantaged groups and harmonise our work and family commitments. Of course, remote working also gives employers the added advantage of recruiting talented individuals from anywhere in the country instead of just around their local office.

Southern Comfort
The South East has the highest proportion of commuters with the average person spending the equivalent of an additional working day each week commuting. It also boasts the biggest proportion of home workers: over 600,000 people work from home (excluding London), which is nearly 15 per cent of the working population. This has increased by nearly a quarter in the last decade.

Driven Technology
Driven by technology, flexible working is probably the single greatest change that has taken place in the working environment in the past decade. Technology has shunted the trend into this millennium. Now providers are rising to the comprehensive and constantly evolving challenge of meeting the needs of flexible working practices in order for businesses to deliver suitable services to its remote employees.

Remote Employment Registration:
This new online recruitment site specialising in home based and remote working with professional positions full time and part time vacancies is thriving and is a necessary tool for home based workers. The concept of home working has been around for some time, but there hasnít been a recruitment service to connect reputable companies and individuals so this unique service is a first stop on remote working shopping list. It is fast becoming popular with both employers and job seekers. Register your CV at www.remoteemployment.com and receive alerts for any new work from home positions.

Remote Employment hopes thousands of companies and organisations will follow the new remote working culture by implementing flexible working practices to the benefit of their business, their employees, and the country as a whole.



For more information, browse www.remoteemployment.com to find a variety of positions suitable for the ëworker of the futureí.