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#JobSearch : Top 10 In-Demand Fully Remote Jobs In 2024, From Research. Question: What Does “Remote” Look Like to You?

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For some people, remote means the opportunity to work from home or in the nearby café as they please, while for others, it entails what is known as the “work-from-anywhere” policy.

Almost 50% of workers admitted they’d take a pay cut for the freedom to work from any location, according to a recent FlexJobs survey, while 75% of respondents said they would use a work-from-anywhere policy if this was granted by their employer.

Non-freelancing professionals who are digital nomads, are able to work from any location in the world (sometimes with the sole restriction of needing to work within reasonable time-zones for collaboration) and are employed by companies that take a fully remote, work-from-anywhere approach.

Top 10 Companies Hiring Fully Remote Jobs, From FlexJobs

Such companies can be hard to find. Thankfully, FlexJobs recently analyzed and compiled a list of companies from their database of employers that adhere to providing the following benefits for the majority of their recent remote job listings:

  • Follow a “work from anywhere” arrangement with zero location restrictions
  • The job is fully remote in every sense of the word and doesn’t require any time in the office
  • The role is full-time or part-time

The top 10 employers pulled from their 2024 analysis are:

  1. Canonical
  2. Veeva
  3. Invisible Technologies
  4. Remote Technology
  5. Quadcode Group
  6. Chainlink Labs
  7. Yodo1
  8. Social Discovery Group
  9. WOO Network
  10. Percona

 

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Top 10 In-Demand Work-From-Anywhere Jobs

But what about roles? According to the same report, the main careers that came out as being most likely to be adapted to working from anywhere as a digital nomad, due to the number of work-from-anywhere job postings that involved them, include IT, marketing, project management, and sales and accounting.

If you’re looking to get hired sooner this year, it might be worth checking these in-demand remote job titles which have witnessed a surge in flexible job postings for work-from-anywhere candidates:

1. Account Executive

An account executive manages client accounts and builds relationships with them; their goal is primarily to meet sales targets and achieve customer satisfaction.

2. Content Writer

Content writers create written content for various platforms such as websites, blogs, and email marketing, which engages and informs audiences, with the goal of making sales and increasing brand awareness.

3. Data Analyst

As a data analyst, you would be collecting, processing, and performing analysis on large datasets. This helps organizations make well-informed business decisions backed by solid evidence.

4. DevOps Engineer

A DevOps engineer’s role bridges the gap between software development and IT operations through automating workflows, managing deployments, and ensuring system reliability.

5. Editor

Remote editors work for magazines and journals, and other news publications, and they review and sometimes revise content to ensure accuracy and that the correct writing style is adhered to. This ensures written content meets publication guidelines.

6. Engineering Manager

As an engineering manager, you would be leading and managing engineering teams as project develop, ensuring achievement of technical and operational goals are met.

7. Marketing Manager

Marketing managers apply their expertise to develop and implement effective marketing strategies to promote products and services, or increase brand awareness, with the goal to realize return on marketing investment by driving sales.

8. Product Designer

A remote product designer’s role is focused on the entire design of a product, which is more holistic than a UX designer’s role. This will often involve prototyping and user testing.

9. Product Manager

Product managers, on the other hand, oversee the development and lifecycle of a product, aligning it with market needs and business goals through strategic planning and execution.

10. Software Engineer

Software engineers are critical to the success of new products, as they are the brains behind the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications and systems.

Fortunately, you don’t need to take much of a pay cut to work anywhere in these jobs.

If you’re looking for the highest chances of working from anywhere in the world, then it would certainly be worth checking these job titles out and ensuring you meet the criteria for living in your host country on a digital nomad basis, so you can experience what “remote” work looks like for you.

 

Forbes.com | June 7, 2024 | Rachel Wells

 

#YourCareer : As American Workers Leave Jobs in Record Numbers, a Closer Look at Who Is Quitting. Percentages of Leaving? Try Three in 10. Great REad!

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American workers’ stampede toward the exits hasn’t let up. New data puts a finer point on who, exactly, is leaving jobs these days.

Workers resigned from a record 4.4 million jobs in September, according to Labor Department data, and new surveys show that low-wage workers, employees of color and women outside the management ranks are those most likely to change roles. The findings signal that turnover isn’t evenly spread across the U.S. workforce even as employers across industries struggle to fill a variety of roles.

 

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The overall percentage of people considering leaving their jobs—about three in 10, according to research by consulting firm Mercer LLC—is fairly consistent with historical trends. But sentiment varies across demographics and occupations. While front-line and low-wage positions typically see high rates of turnover, for example, employees in those roles are especially likely to leave now, Mercer found in a survey of 2,000 U.S. workers conducted in August.

And a survey of 3,600 U.S. workers released recently by software maker Qualtrics found a growing share of women open to changing roles. Some 63% of female middle managers said they intended to stay in their jobs next year, a drop from 75% in 2021, while 58% of women in nonmanagerial roles said the same.

For Nakisha Hicks, the Covid-19 pandemic created professional challenges and an opportunity to re-evaluate her long-term career priorities. She started working at the Nashville Symphony in late 2019 and was quickly promoted to vice president of human resources. The role required her to manage the organization’s employee strategy through the onset of the pandemic, which involved furloughing 85% of staff.

At the same time, a coaching business she had launched outside of work to help HR professionals, particularly women of color, advance their careers was blooming. As workers faced pandemic layoffs and contemplated job changes, Ms. Hicks hosted Zoom workshops on virtual networking, built her client base and hired a small staff.

Last June she returned to work in the Nashville Symphony office and found herself making hard choices about how to allocate her time. By the next month she had begun making more from her coaching business than from her job, and on Nov. 1 she resigned to focus on her business full time.

“I’ve been a W-2 employee since I was 14,” said the 42-year-old Ms. Hicks. “For me, I reached where I wanted to reach in my career and it was like, ‘What’s next for me?’ It was a natural progression.”

Among front-line and low-wage workers in Mercer’s survey, 37% of food, retail and hospitality staffers are thinking of quitting, up from a historic norm of 27% among eight million employee responses collected by the company over the past five years.

Nearly half of low-wage and front-line workers surveyed said their pay and benefits were insufficient while 41% said they felt burned out from demanding workloads. Some 35% of Black employees and 40% of Asian employees said they were considering leaving, compared with 26% of white employees. Historically, Black and Asian employees have reported considering quitting at rates just under 30%, consistent with the general workforce.

In a labor market where job openings outnumber applicants, companies have been brainstorming how to get more candidates in the door. The hiring overhaul signals a potentially broad rethink of job qualifications. The change could help millions of people get jobs previously out of reach, according to economists and workforce experts.

U.S. workers left 20 million jobs between May and September this year, according to the latest federal data, a number more than 50% higher than the resignations handed in during the same period last year. That figure was also 15% above the level from spring and summer 2019, when the job market was the hottest it had been in almost 50 years.

The Qualtrics survey found even higher rates of people considering leaving their jobs than Mercer’s research did. Some 62% of workers planned to stay in their current jobs next year, the survey found, down from 65% in 2021.

 

WSJ.com | November 14, 2021 | Kathryn Dill

Your #Career : Friends With Benefits: Befriend Your Co-Workers to Make More Money…The Easiest Ways to Make your Way to the Top, Or at Least make More Money, is to Know the Right People — so, Making Nice with your Professional Colleagues Can Be Very Important.

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Wondering how to make more money? You can gun for a management position with your company, or even work on some of those intangible skills that could lead to a raise or promotion. The truth is, there is a multitude of ways to improve your productivity and job performance in order to work your way up the ladder. But one of the easiest ways to make your way to the top, or at least make more money, is to know the right people — so, making nice with your professional colleagues can be very important.

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It may be more important than you realize. Many people despise their co-workers (often justifiably), but new evidence shows the friendlier we are with our work mates, the more productive and efficient we become at our jobs. So, if you’re looking to make more money by getting a promotion or raise, working on those relationships may be the key.

 While it may be intuitive to think the friendlier you are with your co-workers, the less work you’ll get done — you’ll end up spending time gossiping and goofing around, after all — new research seems to suggest otherwise. “Multiplex relationships,” a study published in the journal Personnel Psychology says, can actually make us more productive and increase our job performance.

“In a study of insurance company employees, we found that the number of multiplex workplace friendships in one’s social network is positively associated with supervisor ratings of job performance,” the study says. As for what, exactly, a “multiplex relationship” means, the researchers define them as “multifaceted relationships that superimpose friendship with work-focused interactions.”

 

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So, while the research did show that these relationships can lead to positive outcomes in terms of performance and ratings, there were a couple of caveats to note. “However, we also found that there is a negative indirect effect on job performance through emotional exhaustion, which is offset, in part, through enhanced positive affect.” Also, while looking at workers in the restaurant industry, the researchers found there was some lost productivity in that these relationships required effort to maintain — that is, we have to engage our friends at work, detracting from our professional duties.

The researchers call these multiplex relationships a “mixed blessing,” but the positive implications here are pretty clear: The better we get along with our co-workers and colleagues, the more we’re going to benefit in positive feedback and ratings. There’s also a “greasing of the wheels” sort of effect at play — where we have a better idea of how to read and anticipate our co-workers’ thoughts or actions, and can increase or productivity through that anticipation.

Making more money

So, how can this research and the knowledge generated from it actually serve you? As mentioned, if you can manage to really kindle some strong relationships with your colleagues, then it should pay off in a number of ways. You’ll have more people looking out for you (as opposed to those looking to potentially sabotage you), and you should be able to get more work done. Employers want to see more getting done and increased productivity, and when they do, it’s typically grounds for a raise or promotion.

It’s also never really a bad thing to be on good terms with your superiors in management. After all, they’re the ones who will ultimately make the call during a salary renegotiation, or when promoting someone.

But you also need to make the effort to keep track of what you’ve been doing, and make sure that your relationships with co-workers are symbiotic and reciprocal. If your co-workers are going to be helping you out, you need to be there for them as well. If you can work together, you’ll all be better off in the end. And make sure you’re keeping a tally of your accomplishments, or making note of how your work performance has improved. You can use it when asking for a raise or promotion, and if all else fails, show it to other prospective employers.

It all comes back to building strong relationships, though. You may get annoyed with your colleagues, but being on good terms with them can make a huge difference when push comes to shove. And if you are serious about making more money, strong relationships could be the key.

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CheatSheet.com | May 23, 2016 | Sam Becker

Your #Career : How to Find a Job Abroad…Finding a #JobAbroad Can be Difficult. However, If you are Experiencing a Time in your life When you can Easily (or even with some effort) get Up & Move to Another Country, Applying for a Job Abroad Might be a Fun Change for You.

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Perhaps you have been pondering a career or job change: Maybe you’re bored, maybe your job isn’t good for your health, or possibly you just want to try something new. While it can be difficult to find a job in America, finding a job in a different country can be difficult in other ways. You have to compete with people who already live in your desired area, and often, there are different job requirements or application directions.

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Simply finding a job abroad can be difficult. However, if you are experiencing a time in your life when you can easily (or even with some effort) get up and move to another country, applying for a job abroad might be a fun change for you. You won’t always be able to take a job in a different country, and you might find that doing so helps boost your career. Here are some ways to find a job overseas.

1. Do an initial search

Completing an initial search can help you determine what jobs are available, and where the jobs are.OverseasJobs.com or Idealist are great sites to use to start your job search, if you have a specific country in mind. You can also search by your profession. Consider that in order to work in some countries, you may need to know the language (which could narrow your search). Also, although the idea of working in a different country is exciting, you will want to consider all the variables such as cost of living, proximity to stores, availability of the comforts you are used to, cost to travel, and so on. Don’t get caught romanticizing a particular country that won’t meet your needs.

 

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2. Check with your company

Many companies have international offices, so your company might have opportunities available in different countries. Although a job abroad is desirable to many, it isn’t doable for everyone. If your family is willing to move, or you live by yourself, you may have an advantage over other simarly qualified individuals who can’t pack up and move right now. Because you already work for your specific company, it also might be easier for you to get a job abroad without changing employers. The advantages of working abroad include building your skills, learning to work with people from different cultural backgrounds, and getting to experience a new culture.

3. Get the word out

If your company doesn’t have any international offices, or there are currently no openings, then you might need some extra help. Although there are jobs available in other countries, you may have a difficult time competing with locals unless you have a very desirable skill set or training. In order to help you in your search, start telling people that you want to work abroad. Post on social media, share with friends and contacts, and let other people help you in your search. You never know when you might connect with a friend of a friend who can help you find the right job for you in a different country.

Social media can be very useful, but to make your specific network the most effective, be sure to contact people individually instead of en masse, be clear about what you are looking for, and send your resume to the people you think might be able to help.

4. Gain the skills you need

If you have been searching and applying for jobs and you are not having any luck, you may need to beef up your resume. You can start taking language classes if you want to work in a specific country where speaking the language might help you. You also can look at specific jobs that you might want, and take classes or get certifications that will help make your resume more appealing to the people reviewing your resume.

If you studied abroad in college, you may be able to use that experience to your advantage as well; this is especially true if you are applying to a job in the general geographical area that you studied in. Make sure you include information about your study abroad experience on your resume and in your cover letter. If you didn’t study abroad, and you can afford the time away from work (and the trip itself) you also might want to visit your ideal location for your future job abroad. Then you can include the fact that you will be visiting soon in your cover letter. Doing so may make hiring managers more comfortable since they can meet with you in person.

5. Consider the details

Be sure to consider the different tax rules, the necessity of a work visa, and other important logistics as you attempt to find a job abroad. It’s important that you individualize your resume and cover letter for the specific job you are applying for, as well as the country the job is in; doing so will make you appear more genuine, and will show that you actually looked into the country and the position.

If you make it past the initial cut and you get a phone interview, be sure to do your research and be prepared; also be energetic, be confident, and be sure to give yourself time to think of a good answer. If you have a Skype or video interview, be sure to dress the part.

 

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Your Career: Company seeking Manufacturing Engineer, Charlotte, NC… Cold-Forming Tooling

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Description of Position:

 

 

 Manufacturing Engineer, Cold-Forming Tooling

 

Our client, a F500 manufacturing company, seeks an experienced cold-forming manufacturing engineer for their North Carolina facility.  If you are a mechanical engineer and have experience with machines manufactured by companies like Formax, Nakashimata, or Carlo Salvi, this may be the opportunity for you.  This is a division of a household-name brand manufacturer that is growing rapidly both organically and through acquisition.  Great growth opportunity in a new sector of the business.

 

Salary:   to $95K (DOE), plus significant benefits package

 

Industry:    Industrial / Manufacturing

 

Location:     Charlotte, NC.  Preference given to local candidates

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Evaluate design and application of cold forming tooling to develop new fasteners on commercial cold heading machines Validate new products and tools for smooth transfer to manufacturing, utilizing Six Sigma principles.

Perform FEA analysis (DEFORM) to shorten product development design cycle.

Must demonstrate experience carrying project from design through prototyping and startup manufacturing

 

Position Requirements: ​

 

Four-year degree in mechanical engineering Minimum 5-10 years’ experience in designing cold forming tooling.

Proficient in 2D, CAD mechanical design at minimum; 3D prefer Knowledge of cold forming aluminum, steel, & stainless steel wire preferred Good understanding of secondary processes required to finish product: heat treatment, annealing, thread rolling, finishing, plating Basic understanding of metallurgy Experience with aerospace materials a plus Strong team and oral/written communication skills

 

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