{"id":10,"date":"2021-02-17T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T11:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyreviews.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2021-03-03T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:45:48","slug":"remote-job-opportunities-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyreviews.com\/remote-job-opportunities-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Beginner\u2019s Guide to Remote Job Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remote job opportunities give you more flexible work hours and space. Most remote workers can work from anywhere and manage their schedules to fit other commitments in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That freedom explains why remote work is growing rapidly. But it\u2019s not just employees who are benefiting from remote work. Businesses are getting the rewards too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, you\u2019ll discover why remote job opportunities are growing, how to get a remote job, the pros and cons of working remotely, and actionable tips to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding Remote Jobs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More companies are enabling a large part of their workforce to work remotely, making more remote job opportunities available. By 2020, 44% of US employees worked remotely more than five days a week, a 27% increase pre-COVID-19 (1<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landing remote jobs could become easier with 82% of employers (2<\/a>) planning to engage more remote workers post-pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time management is a big part of working remotely. It requires additional planning to improve your chances of success and personal effectiveness in an unsupervised work setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remote jobs allow you to work away from the offices of the employer. You can work remotely across cities \u2014 even continents. All a remote worker needs to function as productively as on-site workers is a fast and stable internet service and a computer or a phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote workers may work from home, but many remote jobs require a coworking space either provided by the employer or for your convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not all remote jobs are full-time remote work opportunities. On-site workers could work part-time from home a few days a month. 46% of C-suite executives have worked part-time at one time (3)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, since they all require some time away from the office, we can classify them into full-time remote work<\/strong>, part-time remote jobs<\/strong> for a flexible schedule, and telecommuting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In telecommuting, the employee can work from anywhere, including a coworking space or a coffee shop. But, you must collaborate with your team or the office via virtual meetings, chats, phone calls, and other collaboration tools for a large amount of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of Remote Jobs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It has been an ongoing question to figure out what jobs could be comfortably done away from the workplace without disrupting productivity. Economists have considered it in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Does the job require you to do some part of the work outdoors?<\/li>
  2. Does it involve operating some machinery?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    All jobs that meet these two conditions could not be plausibly done remotely. A study by a University of Chicago economist analyzed survey data from the US occupational information network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A second Norwegian survey (4<\/a>) showed that separate career groups could work remotely in varying degrees. For instance, nearly 66% of office support roles could be done from home or a coworking space. Meanwhile, only 21% of trades could be done remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Overall, both studies proved that at least 37% of jobs in the US could be done remotely (5<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here are some job categories that could be done remotely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n