However, the lifestyle offerings for very small home-based businesses to relocate are still viable, which can increase tax revenues, but may not necessarily provide more jobs for locals. Many communities who have attracted telemarketing call centers have enjoyed a rapid surge of employment with minimal training. Critics might argue that the quality of life from this type of job, making one call after another to often irate citizens tired of incessant unsolicited phone calls selling everything imaginable, is less than what most of us would prefer to build our lives around. Telecommuting Studies have show that rural telecommuters have less turnover, less absenteeism, and a stronger work ethic, than workers in urban areas. This creates a real incentive for businesses to consider employing rural citizens.
Some jobs are better suited to telecommuting than others.
Medical transcriptionists receive via Internet audio files and type out written documents based on these audio transcripts. Insurance underwriters receive rough information via Internet and send back their finished work. The demand for those with information technology skills will go unmet for many years. While it is often presumed that high bandwidth equates to rural business opportunities, this assumption requires thorough examination. Issues of training and readiness to innovate cannot be assumed.