August 2020
Beginner
240 pages
5h 47m
English
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PART IIGREAT COMPANIES FOR REMOTE WORKERS
The key to having a successful remote job is working for an employer who is committed to making it, well, work. With the help of my friends at Flexjobs.com, here are a selection of employers who offer work-from-home jobs and provide the support to make it a win all around. Globally, many employers and employees have adapted to remote working during the 2020 stay-at-home mandates. Moving forward, the option is likely to be embraced by a myriad of companies that were reluctant to offer it in the past. They have found it works. That said, the firms I am spotlighting here are ones that have been forward-thinking and ahead of the trend.
It's not just U.S. companies that are opening up their arms to remote workers, it's a global movement. Global employers are seeking employees across the world, regardless of where they are based. The opportunity of working from anywhere around the world is on the rise and is without question one of the biggest workplace trends of our time.
FlexJobs scrutinized its database of over 54,000 companies and selected the “remote-friendly” ones that post the most remote jobs across an array of professional occupations. “Remote-friendly” means the openings must offer some level of remote work (the levels are “100% remote work,” “partial remote work,” or “option for remote work”).
I've cherry-picked 40 companies from the database of FlexJobs research to give you a sampler of what's out there. Overall, these companies ...
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