Beating the Gas Crisis, Building the Family -- New Bestseller Shows How to do Both Through Home-Based Virtual Careers

A bestseller from the founder of the Virtual Assistant industry -- praised by radio celebrity John Tesh and homeschooling expert Rebecca Kochenderfer, and based on successful training programs the authors developed for the Armed Forces and the US Department of State -- shows readers how to eliminate commuting and strengthen their families through Internet-enabled careers.

Woodstock, CT (PRWEB) October 18, 2005 -- A new book by the founder of the Virtual Assistance industry, Christine Durst, and former Wall Street attorney Michael Haaren shows readers how to avoid budget-crippling gas prices while spending more time with their children, using the Internet to work from home.

“The 2-Second Commute,” recently published by Career Press (ISBN 1564147924) and praised by such diverse reviewers as national radio celebrity John Tesh, homeschooling expert Rebecca Kochenderfer and bestselling author Dan Pink, takes readers through the process of launching and growing a Virtual Assistant business, or working part-time on a project basis as a “virtual freelancer.” All work can be done from any location with an Internet connection.

“The book is drawn directly from virtual careers training programs we developed for the US Department of State and the Armed Forces,” said Durst, who founded the Virtual Assistant industry from the basement of her home in rural Connecticut in 1995. “I think that’s one of the reasons the book has proved so popular -- It’s based entirely on what has actually worked in the marketplace.”

“Crippling gas prices just got added to lengthening commutes and workweeks on the long list of the American family’s burdens,” says co-author Haaren, who with Durst is a firm believer in “farm-family values.” “I grew up in a log cabin in the Shenandoah Valley, and Chris raised champion beef animals and used to bowhunt and dress her own deer. For us, homesourcing, telework, distributed work, virtual careers -- these are some of the most wonderful and valuable things the Internet could bring to individuals and families both. Finally, the ‘digital age’ has given us something that really can change lives and society for the better.”

The book, which has rapidly become a career bestseller and the number one bestselling book on Virtual Assistants, also contains special exercises to help families identify their core values and goals, and harness the home-based business to their long-range plans. In the words of reviewer Diane Donovan in “The Midwest Book Review” (September), “Any who dream of working from home must have ‘The 2-Second Commute’ as a guidepost to success.”

For a review copy or to schedule an interview, contact:
Linda Rienecker, Publicist
Career Press
Phone: 800-227-3371
Email: lrienecker(insert AT symbol)careerpress.com

or

Michael Haaren, Co-Founder & COO
Staffcentrix, LLC
Phone (direct line): (703) 433-0048
Email: mhaaren(insert AT symbol)staffcentrix.com

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