Given most remote jobs assume or prerequisite US soil, how do you find a job/niche which hires worldwide?
UPD. It's not about legal side, but rather how to identify those HRs and hiring managers who open to hire a US citizen living in another country.
Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
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Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#2You don't, you find a US company with a local entity that hires you on a local contract in that country. That way you're compliant with taxes, and the company is compliant with employment law in your country.
The alternative to that is starting a sole-trader company in the country you're in, and contracting directly with the US company through it (or a remote-employees-as-a-service company that basically does this on the company's behalf for a fat fee).
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#3You don't, you find a US company with a local entity that hires you on a local contract in that country. That way you're compliant with taxes, and the company is compliant with employment law in your country. The alternative to that is starting a sole-trader company in the country you're in, and contracting directly with the US company through it (or a remote-employees-as-a-service company that basically does this on…
sorry, my question is not that much of a legal side, there's plenty of info around - it's rather about identifying jobs which are open to this. Most HRs and hiring managers just ignore the applications which openly state - "I'm not on US soil".
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#4I imagine it's a very crowded and competitive market to work remotely for US companies (and not through a sweat shop agency). The fact that a candidate has emigrated from US shouldn't typically be a big factor.
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#5You don't, you find a US company with a local entity that hires you on a local contract in that country. That way you're compliant with taxes, and the company is compliant with employment law in your country. The alternative to that is starting a sole-trader company in the country you're in, and contracting directly with the US company through it (or a remote-employees-as-a-service company that basically does this on…
sorry, my question is not that much of a legal side, there's plenty of info around - it's rather about identifying jobs which are open to this. Most HRs and hiring managers just ignore the applications which openly state - "I'm not on US soil".
ah right - personal network helps a lot here. if you're applying through the job board you're starting at a disadvantage.
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#6Go on Linkedin and search for small companies with less than 50 employees that have been in business for 3-5 years minimum. Figure out what they do, what they sell and if you would be interested in their company. Don't worry about whether they have a job listing or not.
Approach their founder(s) directly and sell yourself.
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#7Go on Linkedin and search for small companies with less than 50 employees that have been in business for 3-5 years minimum. Figure out what they do, what they sell and if you would be interested in their company. Don't worry about whether they have a job listing or not. Approach their founder(s) directly and sell yourself.
Is this the new version of "just walk in and ask for a job" of our parent's time?
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#8Think of it this way - if they’d hire you, why wouldn’t they hire someone much cheaper.
You can’t identify them from the outside, but your network can. If you want to try, try companies with heavy worldwide presence.
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#9I can share my experience as a canadian who's been working remotely for US companies since 2016.
Typically I would either find a warm intro from a past colleague, or I would specifically find someone involved in the hiring pipeline at the company on Linkedin and say "Hey im so and so, and blah blah blah, im thinking of applying but would love if you could tell me more about the role and the culture before I commit"
From here, so long as you baseline can stand out as a solid engineer and communicator those US only barriers fall down.
This is why to someone elses point > if they’d hire you, why wouldn’t they hire someone much cheaper.
They'd hire someone cheaper certainly, provided they could find a person with identical quality, similar culture, and near PST timezones. Which is a fairly tall order in reality.
Its also why its not too uncommon to find Canadians pulling in near SF salaries while not having to relocate
Re: Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
#10Go on Linkedin and search for small companies with less than 50 employees that have been in business for 3-5 years minimum. Figure out what they do, what they sell and if you would be interested in their company. Don't worry about whether they have a job listing or not. Approach their founder(s) directly and sell yourself.
Is this the new version of "just walk in and ask for a job" of our parent's time?
Is being unwilling to dig deep, find direct contacts (to avoid being grouped with LinkedIn or Indeed mass-appliers) and actually understand the place you're applying (and their mission statement) before writing your note/cover letter
the new version of not being willing to go into a place and ask for a job?
Yeah. I'd say so.