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Home Telemarketing: Fact Or Fiction?
Many classified ads contain job advertisements promising that telemarketers who work from home make as much or more money as those who work in a call center. There are even some that claim earning potentials of thousands in the first week. It's only smart to be skeptical of such claims, but are there really work from home telemarketing jobs?
Actually there are such jobs. For many people a work from home telemarketing job is a great way to make money, if coupled with quality products and support. However, these jobs are not in great abundance. The quality work from home jobs are not easy to find and must be sorted out of the vast majority of undesirable clones. Those who want to find this line of work may have to spend significant time and effort searching for the few legitimate opportunities.
Third bridge over river requires teamwork
That is, have more stores, services -- and jobs -- close to home so as to ease bridge congestion. Former Salem Mayor Mike Swaim put it well in a 2005 guest opinion in the Statesman Journal: "Make it unnecessary for West Salem residents to drive across the Willamette River twice a day in order to work, shop and recreate."
Third, a new bridge should emphasize alternative transportation, giving priority to buses and carpools. Many commuters prefer driving because they can get to their destinations faster than by bus. But buses would run full if they had the right-of-way to zip past cars on the Willamette bridges. Fourth, recognize that much of the existing congestion results from our own stubbornness. Too many employers remain locked in an 8- or 9-to-5 schedule. Want to help employees avoid the crunch on the bridges? Change work schedules and business hours.
Workers complain of 21-hour shifts at Mahanoy Township plant ...
Manuel Luna began work at 6 each morning, stayed on the job until midnight or later when he drove home, slept a few hours, and started over. Luna, of Hazleton, said he kept up the schedule for a month before quitting Thursday.On Tuesday, he translated for six Hazleton men who still work at International Bedding Co. on Morea Road in Mahanoy Township and said they had been forced to put in those hours or lose their jobs."If you leave, you’re fired," Luna said.Reports such as those from the men reached the company’s headquarters six weeks ago, resulting in a change in management at the plant and an investigation that involves legal authorities, a company spokesman said.The workers said they earned between $7.50 and $8.50 per hour and received overtime pay of 1½ times their base pay rate for working beyond 40 hours a week.They were given 40 minutes for lunch and 10-minute breaks every 150 minutes the rest of the day.Hours of work at the factory are legal, according to a Web site maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
Farmers in challenge to Home Office over Bulgarian workers
Farmers and employment agencies are preparing to launch a legal challenge against the Home Office's decision to force them to give priority to workers from Bulgaria and Romania in filling seasonal jobs picking and packing crops. More than 15,000 temporary staff arrive each year under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS). After the government announced in October that it would not be granting full employment rights to workers from Romania and Bulgaria, farmers were told they would be expected to fill the quota from the two countries.
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Consultant surprised Chinese workers paid fee for Manitoba jobs
WINNIPEG An immigration consultant whose company recruited 61 Chinese workers for Maple Leaf Foods Manitoba pork plant says shes baffled by reports some of the employees paid $10,000 each to get the jobs.
Sophia Cummings said yesterday she was paid directly by Maple Leaf Foods for her services and did not take any money from the workers.
Cummings, who heads S. Cummings and Associates in Vancouver, declined to answer specific questions about her work and fee structure.
All I can say is this is not true, said Cummings, who returned home Sunday from vacation in the United Kingdom to learn about the payments in a Globe and Mail story.
But I want to be cautious because I really care about these Chinese employees.
