The internet allows people to work remotely and become Digital Nomads, a
way of life which allows anyone to work online while enjoying the
flexibility to (constantly) change locations.
Becoming a digital nomad and starting the digital nomad lifestyle, also
known as becoming location independent, working while traveling, making
money while traveling,
means to move abroad and work remotely...
This digital nomad lifestyle is suited to many career choices Marketers,
Website designers, Developers, Writers and many more.
The professions like photographers and many more do not need employees
to be sitting at one place. They are free to roam at any place and can
perform their job.
How is being a digital nomad different than a permanent vacation?
For newbies, don't try to image digital nomad life as different way
of working, it is just a different way of living.
While it seems the digital nomads have ditched the 9-to-5 life, for
newbies it's absolutely OK to start a 9 to 5 job at remote location to
avoid cash flow probs.
The only difference between home office or remote work, is that digital
nomads are working remotely from abroad and/or travel
(constantly) changing remote locations.
If you think remote work is for you, check out this list of 30+ great sites for finding remote jobs.
Remote Work-Specific Job Boards
FlexJobs has over 50 career categories, with jobs ranging from
freelance to full-time, entry-level to executive. The best part? They
screen the jobs before posting, so you don’t have to dig through shady
opportunities. The site currently hosts more than 20K job listings
including part-time and freelance opportunities!
Sponsored by
Remote,
the book by famed 37Signals founders, this job board is a catch-all of
remote jobs from customer service to web design to programming. With the
catchy subtag “Office not required,” and the cache of the 37Signals
brand behind it, this site is sure to host remote opportunities at some
of the hottest tech companies.
Remote.co hand-curates their list of remote jobs. They include
customer service jobs, design jobs, developer jobs, recruiter and HR
jobs, sales jobs, and other remote jobs (things like writers, managers,
etc.). You can search or browse by type.
Remotive is a bi-monthly newsletter for remote workers that also has a
pretty robust listing of remote jobs. They break it down by job
type—sales, support, product, engineering, marketing, etc. to make it
easy to find the kind of job you’re looking for.
With a great name, a great resources tab (listing authors to follow
and sites to check for help in the remote job world), and a decent
listing of remote jobs, this site is true to its eponymous mission. Use
what the site provides, you can completely skip that ugly morning
commute.
This job board features only telecommuting jobs from technical
writers to paralegals. Started by a stay-at-home mom frustrated with the
job search for legitimate remote jobs, the company is still run by an
entirely remote team. Plus, the blog has great tips, such as
this article on how to take on a remote gig for the holiday season.
Remote OK tags all of their job listings to make it easy to filter
for just the listings you want. You can filter jobs posted by
recruiters, the level (junior, senior, etc.), the type of job (sales,
marketing, design, dev, and more), and even whether they’re tech or
non-tech jobs (though even the “non-tech” jobs—things like analysts and
marketers—will benefit from some basic tech skills).
Working Nomads delivers a curated list of remote jobs right to your
inbox. Choose daily or weekly emails to make the remote job search come
to you.
Jobspresso has expertly curated jobs in tech, marketing, customer
support, and more. You can search their job listings or post your resume
to be seen by potential employers.
Want a job working in European time zones (whether you’re from Europe
or not)? Then check out EuropeRemotely, full of job listings from
companies that are happy to work with remote developers in European time
zones.
Jobscribe sends you a daily email with remote job listings at tech
startups. You can specify whether you’re looking for design, front end
development, back end development, mobile app development, or marketing
jobs.
Wfh.io focuses exclusively on remote digital and tech jobs. They
include remote jobs in product management, software engineering, web
engineering, customer support, marketing, and more.
Outsourcely pairs up remote workers with employers seeking both full
and part-time employees. You can browse for jobs by category: design
& multimedia, web development, writing & content, customer
service, sales & marketing, and more.
Tech Job Boards with Remote Job Listings
This well-established site is a Skillcrush dream come true.
PowerToFly is focused on matching women in tech with work-from-anywhere
jobs. Join the talent database, go through the vetting process, and get
matched for a “paid trial,” a 2-4 week test period to make sure it’s a
good fit for both you and the employer. Started by two moms with serious
tech chops, this company is perfectly poised to make your remote job
dream a reality. Our VP of Marketing used PowerToFly to get hired here
at Skillcrush!
Landing.Jobs doesn’t have a huge remote job board, but they do
carefully curate their listings. Unlike most job boards, though, they
let you filter for jobs that are fully remote, partially remote, or
remote within commuting distance.
The job board for web professionals. Just click the “wireless logo”
(you’ll recognize it) and filter by remote jobs. Beautifully designed
and easy to use, as you’d expect from a job board for creatives and
developers!
Dribble is a great site for designers to find their next gig. There’s
a location tab right on top where you can click “remote / anywhere” and
be off to the races finding your next work-from-home gig.
Always dreamed of working for a startup, but don’t live in a startup
city hub? Head over to AngelList, a top site for startup jobs. When you
search for a job on AngelList, click on “Job Type” and choose “Remote
OK.”
Stack Overflow is a go-to jobs board for many top tech talent,
especially web developers. Type in “remote” in the location field and
you’ll bring up a list of more than 2,000 jobs that fit the bill.
GitHub has a category devoted to remote jobs on their website.
Because it’s GitHub, the jobs are all development-focused, with listings
from all over the world. (GitHub also posts their own openings on this
board!)
Freelance and Contract
Focused on connecting top-tier former consultants with short-term
engagements for high impact corporations, the Toptal Business (formerly
SkillBridge) model is taking the traditional consulting world by storm.
As a consultant, you can focus on only remote work and only on projects
(and with clients) you are passionate about. Whether you bring e-mail
marketing expertise or are a whiz at building financial models, the
Toptal Business site and model is a remote-worker-dream-come-true.
With jobs starting at just $5 a pop, Fiverr is an amazing site to
find your first gigs and build up a portfolio FAST. The site focuses on
“gigs” or “micro-jobs,” such as editing an image in photoshop, designing
a Facebook ad, or brainstorming SEO-rank-worthy article titles. Adding
upgrades to your listings let you make a whole lot more than $5 on each
job.
Upwork (formerly oDesk) features remote jobs in a suite of
categories: from virtual assistants to mobile app developers. A little
something extra to sweeten the deal: Upwork claims that more than 1
million companies, from Pinterest to OpenTable, use the site to hire
remote freelancers.
With the tagline “Work Your Way,” Guru allows freelancers to build
profiles with portfolios of work. Employers find your profile, or
search/apply for jobs. The homepage features a wide range of roles from
WordPress Developers to Logo Designers.
Claiming to be “The World’s Largest Outsourcing Marketplace,”
Freelancer.com is chock full of remote freelancing gigs. With over 13
million users, it features jobs for PHP developers, content writers, and
web designers alike. Make a profile and start bidding on jobs!
Search thousands of IT projects that are remote, and almost always
contract. This site has a global reach with projects at companies from
Holland to Spain to Ohio!
Coworks is a creative freelance work platform designed for top brands
and agencies. It’s free to sign up, and they’ve already served 2,000
clients.
Gun.io is a freelance platform designed for developers. You can sign
up via GitHub (so make sure your profile is up to date and active!), and
they’ll help match you up with companies that need your services.
General
With a gorgeous user interface and fun-to-explore information about
all the companies and jobs they feature, The Muse makes the job search
easy. Search for the content features on the site that highlight remote
opportunities, such as
7 Companies That Let You Work From Home.
One of the most robust job boards you can find, Indeed pulls data
from around the internet and around the world to bring together jobs.
From Product Marketers to a “Technology Productivity Consultant,”
Indeed’s 2K+ remote jobs run the gamut.
The Career Builder jobs site is the largest online employment website
in the United States! Type in “telecommute” or “remote” as a keyword
and find more than 9K part-time, contract, and full-time jobs from
brands like Forever 21 Inc, Xerox, and Univision.
While not exclusively a remote job board, the Idealist site has
hundreds of remote job listings worldwide (just click on “Remote” under
locations), at organizations and non-profits that are making a
difference in the world.'
