Home working offers flexibility
Wed, 30 Sep 2009
Home working can be challenging, but it is certainly rewarding, one business professional has claimed.
Rob Van Norman told the Montreal Gazette that this working pattern does not involve "being in your pyjamas until noon", it is more of an opportunity to spend time working rather than travelling.
The co-owner of a Nurse Next Door franchise, he provides medical care and carries out emergency calls during both the day and night.
Mr Van Norman explained that having all work equipment on hand in the home makes it easy to conduct customer calls, eliminating the need to visit the office first.
He said: "If you work late into the day and you need to do something at home, there is that flexibility.
"It becomes a lifestyle rather than two compartmental parts of your life."
Deborah Maroney, chief executive of the DeMar Group, recently claimed that the recession has provided the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs to start home-based businesses.
She claimed that widespread web access is opening the world of business up to new entrants.
"Large companies recognise the power of the internet and now ordinary people can get their piece of this growing pie," she added.
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