Landing a Remote Job - Lessons Learned

[themoreweexplor]

I recently went through the long and arduous process of searching for (and landing) a remote job. I'm not a recruiting expert, but I wanted to share the process and what I learned from the experience. I wish I had this advice before starting my remote job search. Hopefully this helps some of you who are looking for remote positions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ8a_Yq4uU

[hobbicam]

Every day is gamble.. I am starting to plan a full-time and looking for means to keep it burning.. I am lucky since I currently have a remote job. I used some of my money to purchase a 100K lbs portable scale.. mainly because I got caught up in the scare of tire blow-outs due to under inflation tires.. etc... now I have a real nice scale and hope that when I go to a site, I will be able to weight fellow campers for a few bucks or trade a steak..:) I would not be like RVSEF, but it does print you individual tire weight and front/back axle weight..

Maybe you can sell that software and recover what you can? Maybe soon, I will sell my scale too.

Hobbicam

[themoreweexplor]

Man, that's horrible.

[Ropdoc]

I was working on a possible job from home position. I am a mechanical designer and found a company looking for my skill set. All I had to do was purchase $4000.00 software package. Money was tight but bit the bullet and bought it. Well they hired someone else. So the money down the drain, well unless I find someone else. My point to this is be very careful when work on a remote setup.

[4X4Dodger]

themoreweexplore wrote:

4X4Dodger wrote:
What exactly do you mean by "Remote"? Are you referring to the job location or the fact you are applying and interviewing online instead of in person?

I mean a job that allows me to work from anywhere on the planet, provided I have a strong internet connection.

AH! right the one thing I didnt consider...lol

RV Parks have GOT to GET WITH THE PROGRAM, come into the 20th (yes 20th) Century and realize that Broadband wifi is not an "amenity" but a sheer necessity. Like water and electric.

[themoreweexplor]

4X4Dodger wrote:
What exactly do you mean by "Remote"? Are you referring to the job location or the fact you are applying and interviewing online instead of in person?

I mean a job that allows me to work from anywhere on the planet, provided I have a strong internet connection.

[themoreweexplor]

We focus primarily on video as our delivery method, but we don't want to leave our fellow bandwidthless campers in the dark. Things are a little crazy right now, but when things settle down I'll write a blog post about it.

[Naio]

For those of us who are camping and don't have the bandwidth for video, do you have any text advice?

[4X4Dodger]

themoreweexplore wrote:
I recently went through the long and arduous process of searching for (and landing) a remote job. I'm not a recruiting expert, but I wanted to share the process and what I learned from the experience. I wish I had this advice before starting my remote job search. Hopefully this helps some of you who are looking for remote positions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZ8a_Yq4uU

What exactly do you mean by "Remote"? Are you referring to the job location or the fact you are applying and interviewing online instead of in person?