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Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#1

Post by ITJobSeeker »

Hello HN.

I hope one of you people can help me. I've never had a proper "job". My life has been filled with setbacks and I'm currently in my 20s.

After many wasted years I finally completed an apprenticeship in computer science which is titled "Computer Science Expert" (although I'm far from being an expert). I've moved countries and since been hopelessly looking for work.

I got all basic/surface level skills about programming (primarily python and some c++ and little java), I understand html/css, networking, servers and batch/powershell/bash scripting.

I'm willing to learn new things and can expand my knowledge rather quickly. What I'm ultimately looking for is a 100% remote job (I'm in the EU and an EU citizen) that gives me the opportunity to get started and grow from there. Ideally something that allows me to have flexible work hours as I want to help my wife with the baby whenever it's needed.

To everybody who took the time to read through all of this: thank you and I wish you a nice day :)

Edit: In case anyone wants to contact me via email: "sgp-development@protonmail.com"

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#2

Post by mustafabisic1 »

I had a big success finding awesome remote jobs in email marketing when I was searching for it a year ago. with a simple trick What you do is just Google a few of the big hiring tools companies usually use: Greenhouse Lever So it would be something like this for me "site:greenhouse.io email marketing remote" Here is how a search would look like for my job now: https://imgur.com/a/lqqNhe8 You'll find fantastic jobs that might not be so well advertised.

P.S. Started a newsletter for remote working parents - https://thursdaydigest.com/ hope this helps on your journey

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#3

Post by ITJobSeeker »

mustafabisic1 wrote: post #2

I had a big success finding awesome remote jobs in email marketing when I was searching for it a year ago. with a simple trick What you do is just Google a few of the big hiring tools companies usually use: Greenhouse Lever So it would be something like this for me "site:greenhouse.io email marketing remote" Here is how a search would look like for my job now: https://imgur.com/a/lqqNhe8 You'll find fantastic jobs th…

I'll definately try that out, thank you!

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#5

Post by spidersouris »

mustafabisic1 wrote: post #2

I had a big success finding awesome remote jobs in email marketing when I was searching for it a year ago. with a simple trick What you do is just Google a few of the big hiring tools companies usually use: Greenhouse Lever So it would be something like this for me "site:greenhouse.io email marketing remote" Here is how a search would look like for my job now: https://imgur.com/a/lqqNhe8 You'll find fantastic jobs th…

Why parents specifically?

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#6

Post by ITJobSeeker »

fred123 wrote: post #4

You should provide a way for people to reach out to you privately eg email. If you have any public profile/CV that helps as well.

Thank you for your comment. I don't have a public CV and don't like the idea of it. I've added an email in the post now.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#8

Post by mustafabisic1 »

spidersouris wrote: post #5
mustafabisic1 wrote: post #2

I had a big success finding awesome remote jobs in email marketing when I was searching for it a year ago. with a simple trick What you do is just Google a few of the big hiring tools companies usually use: Greenhouse Lever So it would be something like this for me "site:greenhouse.io email marketing remote" Here is how a search would look like for my job now: https://imgur.com/a/lqqNhe8 You'll find fantastic jobs th…

Why parents specifically?

I'm a parent of two kids and have a lot of colleagues who are in a similar position.

It's a specific set of challenges having kids roaming around and tackling challenging work tasks.

Sometimes you appreciate just knowing there's somebody similar sharing the journey.

Thanks for the question.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#9

Post by mustafabisic1 »

ITJobSeeker wrote: post #3
mustafabisic1 wrote: post #2

I had a big success finding awesome remote jobs in email marketing when I was searching for it a year ago. with a simple trick What you do is just Google a few of the big hiring tools companies usually use: Greenhouse Lever So it would be something like this for me "site:greenhouse.io email marketing remote" Here is how a search would look like for my job now: https://imgur.com/a/lqqNhe8 You'll find fantastic jobs th…

I'll definately try that out, thank you!

NP. Finding jobs was definitely a strenght for me. I'm working on a resource to share some of that knowledge and process with people searching for jobs.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a remote entry job? (EU)

#10

Post by b0m »

FinalDestiny wrote: post #7

https://weworkremotely.com and https://workatastartup.com have been great starting spots for finding remote jobs that fit my skill set. Try poking around and send a few applications to get started!

It seams to me that both of those sites are mostly US based remote jobs with some kind of visa od citizenship requirements... Any info for how to find US based jobs but willing to do c2c with EU citizen?
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