Quintessential Careers Content Index: Alternative Work

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
Alternative Work Options

Our comprehensive Content Index enables you to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets related to alternative work options, including volunteering, temping, teleworking.

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Creating Opportunity for Full-Time Hire
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2010, Nov. 1
Summary: Temping is a good -- no, great -- way to get a foot in the door in a company, especially in these economic times. Despite the economy, work still has to get done, and temps are a good way for companies to meet the need without increasing headcount. To convert to full-time hire, though, you've got to be both savvy and strategic, and you have to know when all the signs point to no hire. This article tells how.

Volunteering Can Open Doors to a New Career
By: Sharon Reed Abboud
Published: 2007, July 23
Summary: Are you considering a career change to a job in the non-profit sector? Consider volunteering for a non-profit organization as your first step. Volunteering enables the job-seeker to gain valuable professional experience and establish contacts in the new job field. It is an excellent way to make a difference while advancing your own career objectives. This article explains.

Survey Says Telecommuting Ranks High On Job Seekers' List
By: Pamela La Gioia
Published: 2005, Aug. 1
Summary: Many job seekers ask: "Where are the companies that allow individuals to work from home? What does it take to land a home-based job?" This article offers tips.

Temping Your Way to a Career Change
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2004, July 5
Summary: This article offers suggestions for structuring your temping experience to serve your career change well.

Turning A Temp Job Into a Permanent Position
By: Katharine Hansen
Published: 2004, July 5
Summary: With the promise of temp-to-permanent opportunities in mind, this article offers some tips to make you more marketable as a temp looking to convert your gig into a permanent position.

Is Job Flexibility Right For You A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, July 7
Summary: How do you decide if job flexibility is right for you? Take our Job Flexibility Quiz and see for yourself.

Making Your Case for Telecommuting How to Convince Your Boss
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, July 7
Summary: For many, telecommuting is seen as the answer to the desire to work from home. The term "telecommuting" is used interchangeably with the more recent term "teleworking," which some experts suggest you use when proposing an off-site arrangement to your boss -- since "telework" sounds more like working. This article elaborates.

Home-Based Careers Do's and Don'ts
By: Katharine Hansen
Published: 2001, Dec. 10
Summary: Thinking of launching a career in which you can work from home? Consider this article's key points in your planning process.

Life After Temping How to Portray Your Temping Experience When You Seek a Permanent Career
By: Katharine Hansen
Published: 2001, March 26
Summary: If you've built up your resume by temping, how do you portray your temping background during your job search for permanent employment? How do you handle your temping experience on your resume and in interviews? This article offers answers.

Pros and Cons of Temping
By: Katharine Hansen
Published: 2001, March 26
Summary: In this article, the temps and former temps we talked to listed the pros and cons of temping for a living.

Temping Offers a Way to Build Your Resume and Much More
By: Katharine Hansen
Published: 2001, March 26
Summary: Temping gives you valuable experience to list on your resume while keeping paychecks coming in as you continue to seek permanent work in your career field. Anyone with any uncertainty at all about what career to move into can expect to find some answers in temping. This article explains.

Volunteering Can Reveal Your Work Passion
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2000, Nov. 20
Summary: To identify your work passion, it is absolutely critical to discover if you enjoy the work -- not just the topic. This article explains how volunteering can provide a path to identifying that passion.

Popular Work-At-Home Options for Job-Seekers
By: The Bizymoms.com Team
Published: n/a
Summary: This article suggests four popular work-at-home jobs. These jobs can be started up on very low investments -- or no investments at all, though they do require a certain type and level of skill sets (which can all be easily learned or enhanced).

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Quintessential Careers Content Index: Alternative Work Options

Our comprehensive Content Index enables you to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets related to alternative work options, including volunteering, temping, teleworking.

See also these sections of Quintessential Careers: Volunteering and Nonprofit Career Resources Temporary Employment/Temping Jobs Telecommuting, Job Flexibility, and Work-at-Home Job and Career Resources

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
Alternative Work Options

See also these sections of Quintessential Careers:

Volunteering and Nonprofit Career Resources

Temporary Employment/Temping Jobs

Telecommuting, Job Flexibility, and Work-at-Home Job and Career Resources