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What criteria were used to rank these as "best"? I personally see some on the list that aggregate high-quality jobs in small quantities (e.g. WeWorkRemotely), and then others that have variable-quality jobs in very high quantities (e.g. UpWork).
How do you save this list? I don't see a "copy" feature / save.
I'd like to give a thumbs up to both AngelList and my favorite former co-worker. When things went south at our workplace, a coworker and I were kvetching about how hard it would be to find a good job locally, and how great it would be to work remote. But I had no clue how to get started with finding good remote jobs, and didn't do anything other than distribute my resume to local positions. Instead she went through A…
Here's what worked for me, it might work for you:
I was contacted by a recruiter. They wanted to hire me, but the job was 5000km away and I didn't want to move. I politely declined the offer.
Ten minutes later, they call back, and offer to let me do it remotely.
I worked there for six years.
The thing that I've found, is that it's generally easier to work remotely if they already want to hire you for some other reason. For instance, this particular employer was interested in filling a role that required a skillset that was very unusual. Basically they had two options; they could hire me and let me WFH, or they could hire someone local and invest the time and effort 'bringing them up to speed.'
I've generally avoided jobs that were advertised as "work remote", because a lot of those recruiters are just BURIED in resumes. I've found that it's better to use the "work from home" option as part of the bargaining process. No different than bargaining over salary or title.
I'd like to give a thumbs up to both AngelList and my favorite former co-worker. When things went south at our workplace, a coworker and I were kvetching about how hard it would be to find a good job locally, and how great it would be to work remote. But I had no clue how to get started with finding good remote jobs, and didn't do anything other than distribute my resume to local positions. Instead she went through A…
If there's a job you find interesting, you can always ask the recruiter if remote is an option (even if it's not explicitly listed). Most companies are on some sort of chat system, so making it work and is becoming less and less of an issue. Most places will flat out say no, but every once in a while a recruiter responds "let me check" and there's your opening.. I've written up details on how to do this in a couple o…
It was a win-win; they were able to hire me at a discount, I was able to move to where I wanted to.
I'd like to give a thumbs up to both AngelList and my favorite former co-worker. When things went south at our workplace, a coworker and I were kvetching about how hard it would be to find a good job locally, and how great it would be to work remote. But I had no clue how to get started with finding good remote jobs, and didn't do anything other than distribute my resume to local positions. Instead she went through A…
I've been working from home for twelve years now. I didn't set out to WFH, I stumbled into it. Here's what worked for me, it might work for you: I was contacted by a recruiter. They wanted to hire me, but the job was 5000km away and I didn't want to move. I politely declined the offer. Ten minutes later, they call back, and offer to let me do it remotely. I worked there for six years. The thing that I've found, is th…
So, first, it helps to have unusual skills they need.
I'm not trying to be snarky. People tend to have blind spots about their own value position and often focus on some detail of negotiating that feels like a big deal to them and end up somewhat glossing over the fundamental value position that caused them to be in a strong negotiating position to begin with.
Negotiating tactics are vastly less useful if no one wants what you have to offer, or if others like you are a dime a dozen.
This was a big problem I faced as a remote freelancer looking for 100% remote front-end work. Yes, there's a lot of remote work out there, but it's so spread out on various sources that you end up having to spend time every single day reading the listings in depth because many times there are constraints. For example it's limited to candidates in the USA, or it's remote but you have to live in London, or it does have…
This was a big problem I faced as a remote freelancer looking for 100% remote front-end work. Yes, there's a lot of remote work out there, but it's so spread out on various sources that you end up having to spend time every single day reading the listings in depth because many times there are constraints. For example it's limited to candidates in the USA, or it's remote but you have to live in London, or it does have…
And then it says "web" in the first headline :D
I've just started looking at the remote jobs market, as finding a remote position could be very useful in my current situation (ie, ready to leave my current position - which will require some time to find a replacement and for the handover - and to move abroad). But it looks like most of the good offers are only for US/Canada based people. Does anybody have good experiences with finding well paid, technical remote j…