Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s bestselling book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, has created a very welcome and active discussion around women in the workplace. Her advice, in summary, is to take risks and act more confidently, be yourself and share equally in home responsibilities with your partner. But the book fails to address the amount of time professionals need to put into their careers in order to advance and remain competitive in the workplace.

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Thinking about working from home? Oftentimes, when people decide they want to try telecommuting, they’re not exactly sure what they’re in for. In a survey conducted by Telework Recruiting, Inc., of thosewho were successful at finding telework, respondents offered suggestions on what to look at before beginning a work-from-home arrangement. Here, advice from telecommuters who’ve been there, done that.

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