Weary Commuters Offered Tactics for Telecommuting Now

Kaneohe, HI, July 09, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Flexible work advisory firm WorkOptions is sponsoring a free teleseminar that will help employees across the US get approval to telecommute.

"Telecommute Now! How to Get a Yes to Your Request to Work from Home" takes place on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 3 PM Eastern time.

Individuals need only dial in from a land-line telephone. Details and registration are found at WorkOptions.com.

Teleseminar participants will learn how to overcome three common barriers to telecommuting now:

--No telecommuting policy where they work
--A manager who puts a premium on face time
--Fear of broaching the subject with their manager

Teleseminar presenter Pat Katepoo is a nationally-recognized flexible work advisor who has helped thousands of individuals overcome these barriers to successfully negotiate a telecommuting arrangement.

"If you're waiting for your employer to establish telecommuting policies, you could be sitting in traffic for years to come," Katepoo says. "Taking the initiative to propose your own telecommuting arrangement is a plausible near-term solution."

Katepoo contends that, using specific negotiating tools and tactics, individual employees have roughly an 80% chance of getting their request to telecommute approved. "There's no need to wait any longer to enjoy the benefits of telecommuting."

WorkOptions.com is a resource site for people who want approval of a telecommuting, part-time, job sharing or compressed workweek arrangement at their current job. Online since 1997, WorkOptions.com has been recommended as a resource in more than 30 career books.

Pat Katepoo, owner of WorkOptions.com, has been a flexible work advisor since 1993. Her advice on negotiating flexible work arrangements has been featured in more than three dozen media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, and on NBC Nightly News.

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