Am I a good candidate to be a teleworker?
- All or parts of many jobs are appropriate for teleworking.
- Usually 100 percent of a position is not appropriate for teleworking. Teleworkers usually perform part of their job at their official duty station. You will need to continue to live in a location which enables you to come in to your official duty station on a regularly scheduled basis, and on an as-needed basis for meetings and other special activities.
- As examples, telework is feasible for work that requires thinking and writing -- data analysis, reviewing grants or cases, writing decisions or reports; telephone-intensive tasks -- setting up a conference, obtaining information, following up on participants in a study; and for computer-oriented tasks -- programming, web page design, data entry, and word processing.
- Telework is not suitable for employees who need to be in the office to learn the organization, who require on-the-job training, who need close supervision, or who thrive on interaction with co-workers and would suffer from the isolation of working alone
- To be a successful teleworker, you should be an organized, disciplined, and conscientious self-starter who requires minimal supervision.
- Your teleworking should not adversely affect either your own performance or that of your coworkers. Thus, if your job involves frequent interaction with your coworkers or customers, you will be expected to be available at the same times as when you were at work for this interaction via email or the telephone.
- Although telework will give some employees more time for their family responsibilities, you may not use duty time for providing dependent care or any purpose other than official duties
- You must have a safe and adequate place to work off-site that is free from interruptions and that provides the necessary level of security and protection for Government property. If this is not available in your home, you may still be able to telework in a telework center.
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