{"id":1484,"date":"2008-03-26T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T13:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/web-commute\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T12:00:00","slug":"web-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/web-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That is a term coined by Citrix and one I suspect we will see with some frequency.\u00a0 If gas goes to $4\/gallon, I suspect these articles will publish daily.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.managesmarter.com\/msg\/content_display\/management\/e3i3bc7fc829eed88ab37e4f0c75257dda6\">ManageSmarter.com offers up an article<\/a> discussing the preference of today&#8217;s workers to have technological flexibility in their job.\u00a0 The key here is the demographics of the results (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;U.S. workers aged 18-34 prefer flexible working conditions two-to-one over other age groups.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <strong>70% of survey respondents<\/strong> agreed that working remotely would be a welcome opportunity. In an era where acquiring and retaining good employees is a challenge, and the workforce is becoming increasingly young and mobile, offering the ability to Web commute can serve as a competitive edge for recruiters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We encounter this fact daily in our sourcing activities.\u00a0 In fact, we are seeing the web commute question coming up in discussion with older candidates too.\u00a0 In sales, these tools are essential.\u00a0 Sales has always operated outside of the company walls, but these tools allow outside salespeople the ability to have a completely mobile office which is a relatively new capability.<\/p>\n<p>We have placed a handful of Gen Y salespeople recently and they all <em>highly<\/em> value remote tools.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Overall, the younger the respondent, the more apt he or she was to perceive value in online tools and services that enable them to work remotely.<br \/>\nThe difference between the values expressed by younger workers versus others makes sense, given the proportionally higher familiarity with the Internet among Generations X and Y than among older workers. &#8220;As Baby Boomers retire, employers will be forced to compete for younger workers, for whom technology is a native tongue,&#8221; says Kellyanne Conway, CEO and president of the polling company, inc. &#8220;Offering the ability to Web commute is an easy way to provide a valued benefit to this age group.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today, it is difficult to compete for younger workers if you do not offer the technology that is their &#8220;native tongue.&#8221;\u00a0 In the near future, you will not be able to compete at all for their services unless you offer these tools.<\/p>\n<p>One item that often gets overlooked is that these younger workers use the tools at all hours.\u00a0 We work with these salespeople to help get them onramped during their first few months at the new job.\u00a0 I am always amazed at the hours I can reach them electronically.\u00a0 They do not confine their work day to a traditional 8 to 5 schedule.\u00a0 If you provide them the tools, they will use them well beyond your assumptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is a term coined by Citrix and one I suspect we will see with some frequency.\u00a0 If gas goes to $4\/gallon, I suspect these articles will publish daily.\u00a0 ManageSmarter.com offers up an article discussing the preference of today&#8217;s workers to have technological flexibility in their job.\u00a0 The key here is the demographics of the results (emphasis mine): &#8230;U.S. workers aged 18-34 prefer flexible working conditions two-to-one over other age groups. In fact, 70% of survey respondents agreed that working remotely would be a welcome opportunity. In an era where acquiring and retaining good employees is a challenge, and the workforce is becoming increasingly young and mobile, offering the ability&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/web-commute\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,4,11,5],"tags":[78,72,466,156,392,67,465],"class_list":["post-1484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generations","category-sales-management","category-team-management","category-trends","tag-gen-x","tag-gen-y","tag-remote-office","tag-remote-sales","tag-telecommute","tag-telecommuting","tag-web-commute"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-nW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1609,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/the-commute-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":1484,"position":0},"title":"The Commute Question","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We are sales recruiters so we have been fairly immune to this question, but it is even appearing in our world.\u00a0 For salespeople, the question is some variation of \"How often will I be expected to be in the office?\"\u00a0 This question doesn't mean they are planning on playing hooky;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":338,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/work-life-balance-when-hiring\/","url_meta":{"origin":1484,"position":1},"title":"Work-life Balance When Hiring","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthony Meaney from Recruiting.com has a great post today unpacking a CareerJournal.com article titled Acing a Dicey Interview Question:Why Did You Leave Your Last Job? 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Inc.com looks into this trend in their article The Benefits of Telecommuting. The focus of the article is in the realm of IT professionals.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1598,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/the-gasoline-tipping-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":1484,"position":4},"title":"The Gasoline Tipping Point","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"$4.50 here in the Twin Cities.\u00a0 According to this Pioneer Press story: And if the price hits $4.50 per gallon, more than half of the commuters in the Twin Cities said they'll be looking at changes in their daily commute. The survey found commuters are most aggressive about looking for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":227,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/telecommuting-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":1484,"position":5},"title":"Telecommuting Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"We have discussed telecommuting on many occassions and this morning's JustSell.com email referenced this survey. 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