NEW YORK (AP) — When Kate Smith worked in the 9-5 office, she was I’m burned outI suffer every day Migraine And I think, “I can’t do this for the rest of my life.”
She didn’t have to do that. For her next role, Smith will be able to make her feel Travel around the world.
Her laptop lifestyle took her to Bali, where she lived and worked for a year and a half. “Every day I would go through the rice fields on my scooter and think, ‘I love my life, and this is amazing,'” she said. “And that feeling never fades. …I am very grateful for freedom and flexibility.”
Smith, 36, has worked remotely for over a decade, but has been the trend of abandoning traditional office space. Work from the living room or Beachfront shed Workers have started to accelerate in 2020 when the coronavirus hit. Working from home.
Many people have become accustomed to lifestyle changes as they experience the freedom and flexibility that home offices offer. Working parents I enjoyed meeting the kids on the school bus. Others found more time in exercise, socializing and nature when work didn’t include long commutes.
But after the pandemic has subsided, many Large companies It’s begun Return employees to the officecreates fierce competition for work that can be done from anywhere. Many positions advertised as remote attract hundreds, if not over 1,000 applications, experts said.
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“We’ve seen a lot of experience in business,” said Mark Ma, an associate professor of business administration at the University of Pittsburgh. “It’s getting much more difficult and you’ll have to look for small and medium-sized businesses…and while those companies don’t offer financial packages as competitive as big companies, they try to attract talent by offering more flexibility.”
Around 9% of paid US job postings on social networking platform LinkedIn in July offered remote work, but these types of roles attracted 37% of applications.
Below, employers and those who have not returned to their offices offer advice on how to land remote jobs in competitive climates.
Show your autonomy
Carla Lover, co-founder of Strategy and Content, a startup that leverages artificial intelligence, says her biggest concern about employers hiring remote workers is ensuring they do their job.
“I’m coming closer to people with a schedule and saying, ‘This is how much work I create every day. This is how much I’ve built over a certain period of time.’
“Sponsored time management and independence are really important,” said Toni Frana, a career expert at FlexJobs, a platform that helps people find remote or flexible jobs.
If you have worked remotely before, highlight it on your resume. A list of communication tools used, including Slack and Microsoft teams, said Dawn Fay, operations president of staffing company Robert Half International. “Please call on you that you worked normally on remote, independently and X time,” Fey added. “You really want to emphasize that.”
Stick to a role similar to your current job
After moving on from the office work that made her miserable, Smith created a side hustle to coach other professionals who had longed for a nomadic lifestyle. Her coaching eventually grew into a full-time job.
When considering moving to remote work, she advises that you will find jobs that resemble your current role, rather than competing with better qualified candidates for jobs that require more experience. “Steam your foot into the door…and then you’ll be on the path to a long-term goal,” Smith said.
You can also convert the current job to a remote role. That was what Courtney Sandiffer attempted after her husband, 60, suffered a heart attack and received cancer treatment within the same year. He retired early and they purchased a small lot in Mexico, near the beach. Reduces stress. “We were tired of racing rats,” Sandiffer said.
Sandifer, 44, loved working in video production in Houston. However, she took a risk and told her that her employer was on the move, and that she wanted to work remotely. The company agreed that she is a contractor, but she is no longer a staff member. She lost her profits and a huge financial hit.
However, it was worth editing the video in the pool and finding out that she could visit her son in New Zealand. “If you have kids, it’s very easy to want to be someone who works in remote jobs,” Sandiffer said. “That’s what I focused on. How will my family be happy and healthy in the long run? It may be the most profitable, but you have to consider your own mental health.”
Where remote jobs are growing
Where you live is important. Europe and Australia have more remote jobs than the US, Masa said. A lawmaker in Victoria, Australia said he plans to introduce a law that gives workers legal rights to work from home two days a week.
Dozens of countries, including Thailand, Italy and Brazil, offer “digital nomadic visas” that allow foreigners with remote jobs to stay and work for a long period of time.
Various industries and occupations further encourage remote work scenes. In the US, the fastest growing full-time remote jobs in education, government and social media positions, and according to Frana of Flexjobs, nursing, telehealth and licensing therapists are one of the top titles for part-time remote work.
Smith said he sees opportunities to find remote jobs in marketing, product management, sales, HR, talent acquisition, software development, engineering, customer support, data analytics and financial services.
Please read the detailed print
PJ Hruschak, 54, has been looking for remote work in web design, writing and editing since being reduced from his full-time job two years ago. He lives outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, and wants to avoid commuting and be able to work from home when his 9-year-old son gets sick.
However, often when he finds a job that is advertised as remote, he reads further explanations and learns that the employer wants the candidate to live in a particular city or to work in the office several days a week. “That definitely makes me irritate,” Furushak said. “I feel that’s almost a waste of time.”
I’ll actively search
In the case of Francesca Conti, an investor working for venture capital, working remotely from London for a Swiss company allowed her to travel internationally and visit large US families.
“The opportunities are there, but they are very few,” she said.
Conti recommends attending industry and alumni events to meet contacts that will help you search.
“Even if you want remote opportunities, you need to do those relationships directly. You can’t do them remotely,” Conti said. “Please understand that remote opportunities are so unique in nature that you may be even more aggressive in searches and may take a little longer. But my experience is very valuable.”
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