6. Bring it All Home (and Follow up on Your Remote

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6. Bring it All Home (and Follow up on Your Remote Job Application)
One last tip before you hit the remote job boards: pick up a copy of Remote by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (founders of Basecamp). I promise that no one from Basecamp forced me to talk about their business book (nor did they pay me off), I just found their eBook to provide great insights into working remotely.

For remote job seekers, the book outlines how a good remote company is managed and provides you with an outline of what to look for in a remote employer.

With your reading list in hand, here’s a recap of your action items for getting a remote job:

Determine if remote is right for you personally (maybe you’d be happy where you are with a raise?).
Weigh the pros and cons, and know your own motivators.
Know the right sites for remote job hunting.
Know the worst sites for remote job hunting.
Get familiar with the remote community.
Be trustable, be autonomous, and love your work.
Tailor your resume for remote job applications.
Take your job search into your own hands.
When you do finally get a remote job, it might seem weird at first… working for a company with no HQ, or a company with an HQ thousands of miles away. Give it a few weeks and you’ll feel right at home (literally).

Honestly, on my first day of remote work, while I was waiting to meet my new manager on our conference line, it crossed my mind that the whole company might not even be real.

I had this flash of worry that the whole thing was fake! Then the meeting started and my very real manager and I set off working. Working remotely and communicating remotely is not harder, or more complex than any other job, it’s just different.

“Getting a remote job is no more difficult than a normal job, it’s just different.”
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The same can be said for landing a remote job. The job application is not harder, it’s just a bit different. If you immerse yourself in the remote community and show passion for your work, you are sure to separate yourself from other remote job seekers.

Good luck getting those remote job applications out there.

Remote work has been so rewarding for me personally, it fits with my working style, and I couldn’t be happier writing this post from my back deck on a sunny day.

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