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I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by anyfactor »

I would love to hear your honest opinion OP. How do you plan to source the jobs? How do you plan to attract job seekers to your site?

Remote job boards represents the majority of the spam emails I got since I started posting on Whoishiring. The irony is that, that is a job thread itself and people think that the people posting there are "leads" to their job sites. At first I even posted on a couple, but I got sick of being treated like a beta user with job zero proposals. Job boards is hard to grow just like social media sites.

I would love to hear your plan. In the world of tech projects the rule of success is being lucky, be first, be lucky or offer something different. When an aggregration-type pops up for an industry, it is darn freaking hard to grow a new business there. And there are dozens of job aggregrator sites that sit on top other sites. And all has filter by location.

I am not dismissing you at all, I am geniunely curious. I hope you take no offense.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by saasxyz »

flog wrote: post #10

The first job I looked at stated they were hiring "anywhere across the US", so this doesn't look like a very well curated list.

Please post a link too so that I can take a look and others can trust your claim as well.

Some mistakes happen. I am trying my best to eradicate such postings.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by yreg »

saasxyz wrote: post #13
flog wrote: post #10

The first job I looked at stated they were hiring "anywhere across the US", so this doesn't look like a very well curated list.

Please post a link too so that I can take a look and others can trust your claim as well. Some mistakes happen. I am trying my best to eradicate such postings.

>In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

https://www.realworkfromanywhere.com/9281024581

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by bitL »

affgrff2 wrote: post #14

Btw: Is there a way to legally employ or be imploded in a 100% location independent way? I mean, technically I can dream up some crypto stuff to do so. But do you think it is possible to make it possible with regard to taxes, health insurance etc.?

For US-based jobs one could work on W-8BEN form as a contractor from abroad responsible for their own taxes, health insurance etc. Of course that requires a freelancer/business entity at the place of residence/tax domicile.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by robin_reala »

saasxyz wrote: post #13
flog wrote: post #10

The first job I looked at stated they were hiring "anywhere across the US", so this doesn't look like a very well curated list.

Please post a link too so that I can take a look and others can trust your claim as well. Some mistakes happen. I am trying my best to eradicate such postings.

I immediately found this one that favours candidates with a proximity to Austin and seemingly requires a deep knowledge of US taxes: https://www.realworkfromanywhere.com/9143906857 . I suspect they’re not going to be interested in someone 10 time zones away.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by bambax »

> The Axios Smart Brevity Studio team is looking for talented freelancers to create content on behalf of Axios clients at the local level. Individuals will write copy and capture lifestyle imagery and videos (primarily on smartphones) for use on Axios Local’s social media, websites and newsletters.

> Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for Axios Local’s mission and have the following skills: (...) Must be able to secure transportation to shoots. Take note: Assignments may fall during the workweek as well as on weekends.

This doesn't sound very "remote". It also does not sound like a real job.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by edgefield »

affgrff2 wrote: post #14

Btw: Is there a way to legally employ or be imploded in a 100% location independent way? I mean, technically I can dream up some crypto stuff to do so. But do you think it is possible to make it possible with regard to taxes, health insurance etc.?

I’m not an expert but my understanding is that the answer is “No.” For a company to employ someone legally in a country on a salary basis, the company and employee need to follow local tax and employment law. As you can imagine, these vary significantly from country to country. The only way around this to my knowledge is if the company sets up a legal operation in the country or hires via a third party “professional employment organization” (PEO). The company contracts with the PEO and the PEO hires the individual. The primary function of the PEO is to follows all of the local tax and employment laws. From my experience, PEOs increase employment cost by ~50% or more.
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