Sunday, May 30, 2010

Work at Home Sleepiness: Ways to Combat Sleepiness at Work


There are many people who love to try out homebased works because they can do their work right in the comfort of their own home. If you are someone who is thinking of going to this type of work, you have to know that you will get more challenge in working at home than the office as there is more distraction at home because of its environment.


Home is perhaps the most comfortable place where you can be. This may cause you to be more relaxed and sleepy while in the middle of working. Thus, may result to not meeting your deadlines.


So if you want to get rid of this problem, you need to do the following tips and be able to do your work.

First, have a designated place for work as much as possible. If you have more space at home, place your workstation on other places aside from the bedroom. Since you are sleeping on your bed, there is a great chance that your body has been conditioned to get sleepy upon seeing it inside your room.


Second, if you feel sleepy while working in front of your computer, make sure to move away from the computer so you will not associate sleepiness with the computer. Once the sleepy feeling is gone, you can go back to your workstation and work.


Finally, make sure to maintain proper posture while working. Many homebased workers are now investing on durable and comfortable office chairs in their homes. However, this will cause the back to be a bit slouched. Slouching does not only bring your back to inappropriate posture but it will bring the body to a relaxed state that will make you sleepy. To avoid this, make sure to place back supports that will make your back straight.


Now that you know these tips, you are now ready to combat sleepiness and work properly even you are in your home.


Photo via dallas-sleep.com

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Full Time Jobs Right from Your Home


Upon hearing the term homebased jobs or work, the first thing that will come into mind is that it is only a part time thing. But the truth is that they can also be full time jobs if you want to. If you will look online for jobs, you will see that a lot of companies are outsourcing online employees in order to help them save on their manpower.


If you are planning to have a full time online job, you have to know first some information about how this process works. First of all, these companies will require you to work for them for eight hours a day just like in a regular office setting. The only difference is that you will be present online. But if you are an online employee coming from other country, your employer may ask you to be online on their business operation time.


Since you will be working just like their regular employees, they need to have your presence online by logging on different instant messengers. Just like in an office, you may be called several times by your bosses or other colleagues for inquiries or updates. Your instant messengers or chat boxes are the best way to communicate with you so they may require you to be online from the start of your time-in for eight hours.


Finally, offices would require you to pass certain jobs at the end of the office hours. This is also the same with online work. Your boss will give you’re your allotted tasks and then you need to pass it within the office hours.


Now that you know how online homebased full time jobs work, you can prepare yourself in getting high-paying jobs that you can focus on.


Photo via skallagrimur.org/category/home-based-business/