Thank you for your interest. My name is Andrea Wesselenyi.
Below is a summary of my telework related activities.
I have been a self-employed teleworker myself since 1996.
The main motivation towards telework was to spend more time with my family.
I am a home based mom, with two young children, and have experienced that
telework provides an ideal solution to balance between family and career
for a woman who is fond of both.
As a freelance journalist I am in charge of a featured telework
column and I have been writing articles, reports and interviews regularly
for a Hungarian weekly called VGA Monitor between 1998-2001.
Papers such as Metro daily, Hungarian Telecommunication,
Magyar Hírlap, Business Online and a few others requested and published
my articles about the trends and practices of new ways of working.
I am the co-author of the book "Telecottages and Telework
in Hungary" published by the Hungarian Telecottages Association, and moderated
a telework discussion at the Annual Conference of the Association in October
1999.
In the past 3 years I built up a large telework related resource
center online, with articles, interviews, tips and reports, the most comprehensive
site in this regard in Hungary and in CEE. Today tavmunkainfo.hu
is the leading telework information portal in Hungary.
Early 1999 I founded the First Hungarian Telework Job Board,
a free virtual service to match teleworkers and those looking for co-workers
on a telework basis in Hungary. The idea rose the attention of the media,
and has been featured by printed press in Hungary and in the neighbouring
counties, as well as by national radio broadcast and commercial TV channels,
such as RTLKlub and TV2.
I have assisted several diploma works relating to telework,
being the appointed consultant to a university student.
I am the founder, owner and editor of the Hungarian telework
newsletter with an exponentially increasing number of subscribers.
I have been a subscribed member of the European Telework
Online discussion board and mailing list since early 1999.
I participated at the Telework2000 Conference in London representing
my publisher Prim Media.
I delivered a presentation on telework on Matav's International
Education Conference on Telecommunications in Budapest 4-6 October 2000
I delivered a presentation at the Telework in Europe 2001
Conference in Budapest organized by MONA about the present and future of
teleworking in Hungary.
I delivered a presenatation about telework trends and practices
in Hungary at the eWork2001 Conference in Helsinki.
Involved in a research project by ITTK (Information Society
and Trend Research Center) on telework practices in Hungary.
I operate a well equipped office at home. Telework is only
one of the topics I am involved in. To read about my other activities visit
my home office!
