What is remote work? Do people know what a remote job means when they see a job listed as “remote” on a job board? People can have different ideas about remote work arrangements when they see a job listed as remote. In a July 6, 2022 article from The Wall Street Journal, “Is That Position Really Remote?” (By Lindsay Ellis), the article highlights that a job seeker and potential employer may have a mismatch regarding the work arrangements for a remote job. The mismatch can create wasted effort for the job seeker and potential employer in the job search.
Example of Mismatch In Remote Work
For example, a job seeker may think a job listed as “remote” on the job board is a fully remote position. The potential employer who placed the remote job on a job board believes the job is a hybrid position.
Different Remote Work Arrangements
People can have different work arrangements for remote work.
Here are some common arrangements for remote work.
- Fully remote jobs are where one can work the entire job remotely without having to go to a physical work location.
- Hybrid jobs combine working remotely and in a physical location.
- You can have a fully remote job when a job is listed on a job board, but will transition into a hybrid or complete in-person office position later.
Methods To Clarify Work Arrangements for Remote Work
A potential job seeker may wish to do the following activities to clarify work arrangements for a remote job.
- Contact the potential employer. A job seeker can contact a potential employer to learn the work arrangements for the remote job.
- Read the job description carefully. The job description may describe the work arrangements for that remote job.
- Flexjobs job listing. A website called Flexjobs (https://www.flexjobs.com/) is a career website focused on remote jobs. Flexjobs gives a job seeker way to search for jobs based on work arrangements for remote work. For example, a person can search for 100% remote jobs, meaning the job would be 100% fully remote for that job. Or a person could search for hybrid positions where they would work remotely part of the time from their home and the other time at a physical work location. Flex jobs allow people to search for positions based on remote work arrangements.
In Conclusion
In conclusion, work arrangements for remote work can vary. A job position listed as remote can have different work arrangements for that remote job. A job seeker may wish to clarify the exact remote work arrangements for that remote job position. A job seeker can reduce the wasted effort in applying for jobs that do not serve their needs by understanding the work arrangements for remote jobs they see listed on a job board.
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When you earn an income from your remote job or business, you may have critical systems that need to work. Plan, duplicate, and test your critical systems with backup copies. So, if your original system fails, you have a backup copy available to allow you to work remotely.
Here are some examples.
Internet connection
You may need an internet connection to do your remote work.
The internet connection may be a critical system you need to allow you to do your work remotely.
You may find it valuable to plan, duplicate, and test duplicate copy internet systems to allow you to work remotely if the original internet connection system fails. For example, you may decide to use your cell phone as a duplicate system by using your cell phone as a Wi-Fi device. Another example, you may decide that your local library may serve as a duplicate Internet system for you.
Computer systems
You may find that your computer system is critical for you to do your remote work.
Your computer system is a critical system that you need to do your work remotely
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So, therefore, you may find it valuable to plan, duplicate, and test a duplicate computer system that can serve your needs if your original computer system fails. For example, investing in a duplicate laptop computer may be valuable if your original computer system fails.
Think about what critical systems you need to have to allow you to work remotely. You may decide to create duplicate systems you can use if your original system fails. I suggest you test these duplicate systems repeatedly to ensure the duplicate systems work when you need them.
In conclusion
In conclusion, you may have critical systems you need to work remotely. Plan to identify what these critical systems are, duplicate them, and then test them from time to time to help ensure that they will work when you need them when your original system fails.
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Have a wonderful Happy July 4th
Have a wonderful Happy July 4th
(For those in the United States and those who celebrate the holiday)
I spent this week celebrating Happy July 4th with friends and family for me.
Next week, a new post will appear; may everyone have a wonderful week.
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Photocopiers will make copies of the original document. If that original document has a mistake, then the copies of the original will also have mistakes. The person who created the original document will create negative impressions if they give the copies of the original document to others. The copies of the original document will contain the same mistakes as the original document.
The resume may contain errors
A job seeker may create a resume with mistakes; the job seeker may not catch the errors. Then, if the job seeker duplicates their resume for potential employers, that resume will contain the same mistakes as the original resume. A job seeker will not create a positive impression with a resume with errors.
No feedback in the job search
One problem a jobseeker can have with the job search is that they may not receive feedback in the job search itself except for “No .”The job seeker may not know the reasons behind the “No.”The job seekers may not realize that the resume they are sending out contains mistakes, for the original resume includes mistakes. Since the job seeker may not get feedback in the job search, the job seeker may not be aware that errors in their resume are preventing them from being successful in their job search. The job seeker may not make much progress with their job search.
Benefit from a career expert early in the job search journey
A job seeker may benefit from seeing a career expert early in their job search journey. The career expert may help edit the job seeker’s resume and be able to find errors in the resume. The job seeker can then improve the resume they send out to potential employers.
In conclusion, job seekers may benefit from seeing a career expert early on their career journey. The career expert may find errors in the original resume document. If the job seeker makes copies of the resume, those copies of the resume will less likely have mistakes in them. The job seeker may have a more successful job search.
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Here are some ideas for finding remote jobs on the Internet:
- When you find a job position posted on a job board, you may find it helpful to look at the organization’s web page that advertised the job position. Go to the organization web page of the organization that advertised the job position. You may (sometimes) find more details of the job position described on the organization’s web page rather than on the job board. The additional information about the job position may help you better evaluate the job position.
- Look at your e-mails in your junk e-mail area–many e-mail systems will have a junk e-mail area collecting junk e-mail. Each e-mail system may call its junk e-mail area different names. For example, the Yahoo e-mail system’s junk e-mail area is called “Spam.”
I recommend you check your e-mail messages in your junk e-mail area occasionally. Sometimes, you can have important e-mail communication accidentally placed into the junk e-mail area. If you do not check your e-mails in your junk e-mail area, you could miss out on important e-mail messages.
In conclusion, check for job descriptions from the organization’s web page that advertised the job description and examine your e-mail in the junk e-mail area of your e-mail system.
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You may be in a remote job position (or a remote business) where you may need to create digital graphic designs. If that is the case, I recommend a tool called Canva (www.canva.com). Canva is a tool that can help people create graphical designs in the electronic world. Canva is a free online graphic design tool.
A YouTube video that can explain Canva can be:
YouTube Title: How To Use Canva For BEGINNERS! [FULL Canva Tutorial 2021]
YouTube Channel: Natalia Kalinska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un50Bs4BvZ8
I have been using Canva for a while. I used Canva to create designs for videos, e-book covers, podcast covers, and anything else you need to create a digital graphic design.
Canva will award you a badge after creating 200 designs on their system. Canva is a free and helpful tool for creating designs. I would highly recommend the tool.
In conclusion, Canva is a great free online graphic design tool for your digital design needs. I would highly recommend the software.
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You may use a YouTube channel for your remote business, remote career, or personal use. You may decide to improve the quality of your YouTube Channel page by adding the following features:
Video spotlight
Special Video called a Video Spotlight to welcome people – you can create a special video to welcome people when they come to your YouTube channel page.
Video Spotlight can introduce your viewers to your YouTube channel page.
You can create two different special videos based on whether people are subscribed to your YouTube channel or not. The Special video has two different names based on if a person subscribed or not.
A special video called a Channel Trailer appears when people are not subscribed to your YouTube Channel. The special video appears on your YouTube Channel page.
A special video called a Featured Video appears when people are subscribed to your YouTube Channel. The special video appears on your YouTube Channel page.
Once you created enough videos on your YouTube channel.
You may decide to organize the videos into rows.
Commonly people can organize videos into rows based on the content of the videos.
A good YouTube video that explains how to create a Video Spotlight and Videos in Rows is the following YouTube video.
YouTube Title: How to add ROWS OF VIDEOS: My YouTube channel page BOOST! 2022
YouTube Channel: Neil Mossey
YouTube Publication: (I could not find a publication date)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jDJa-rtXPs
The YouTube channel gives a good description of how to set up two things:
- Video Spotlight
- Videos in Rows
TO CREATE ROWS WILL NEED TO CREATE PLAYLISTS
You need to create playlists before you can put your videos into rows.
A good YouTube video that describes how to create playlists is the following:
YouTube Title: How to Make a Playlist on YouTube (and get MORE YouTube Playlist Views!)
YouTube Channel: Justin Brown – Primal Video
YouTube Publication: Feb 23, 2020
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtyetky4Zs)
The video helps you set up playlists.
The video mention that YouTube video creates the playlist as a separate item from the videos.
The playlist can become an additional item that people can find on your YouTube Channel.
Keyword Research
The video mentions thinking about what words you want to describe your Playlists. Ideally, you want to call your playlists that will describe the following.
- Accurately describe the content of the videos on your playlist
- Word terms that people are searching for to find the content that your videos
The video will have a publication called “FREE YouTube Ranking Guide” in the description below. You will need to give your name and e-mail address to obtain the information.
In conclusion, you may find your YouTube Channel appears more organized by showing your videos in rows and having a Video Spotlight.
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Happy Memorial Day.
Let us celebrate and remember the freedoms to choose how to live our lives
Thank you.
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People can have routines in their lives. Work can be a routine for many people.
Routines related to work can be:
- Wake up at a particular time
- Have an established work routine going to work (for example, eat breakfast, put on work clothes, travel to the same or similar route to work, stop by the same coffee shop or gas station, and so on)
- Spend time on work tasks at the workplace
- Have an established work routine to leave work (for example, stop by the cafe or bar after work, travel the same route back home, eat supper at an established time, and so on)
When people lose their jobs, they can feel great stress. Part of the stress can be the established routine of a workplace disappears. What provided structure for many people becomes lost.
You may find it helpful to establish routine ideas as you search for a job. Below are some ideas to develop a routine while searching for a job. Some established ideas for a routine can be:
- Wake up at an established time on certain days
- Have set time to search for a job (like the same time each day you job search)
- See a career expert at an established time (like the same day and time during the week). Besides establishing a routine, a career expert can help give feedback on your job search.
- Go to a job club at an established time (like the same day and time during the week). The social component of a job club can be helpful; searching for a job position can be a lonely process, and a job club can help provide social support.
- Go to other social groups at structured times (for example, going to a social group connected with a hobby you may have). The social group can help give you social support while searching for a job.
- Meet family or friend members at a particular time
- Exercise – having an established time to exercise may be helpful to deal with stress and keep you healthy
- Listen or watch media programs at a specific time (like watch your favorite comedy program at the same time in the week)
- Eat meals at established times
In conclusion, these are some ideas to create a routine while searching for a job position. A schedule may help reduce your stress related to your job search.
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You may want to find information on remote jobs (or remote careers) on the Internet.
- Where do you find information on remote jobs (or remote careers)?
I guess you could do a variety of different activities to find information. Some ideas could be.
- Ask an expert (if you can find one)
- You can ask a person randomly off the street
- You could look at an ancient achieve looking through historical documents
- You could guess
- You could search the Internet using a search engine.
You could probably think of other ways to find information than those listed above.–some ways to find information are likely to be more effective than others. I want to focus on searching engines to find information on the Internet.
You can use search engines–places on the Internet that you can use to find information. Google would be a typical search engine.\
Not Finding What You Want–Try the Advanced Search Feature
If you are using a search engine and not finding the information you are looking for, you can look to see if the search engine has an Advanced Search feature.
The Advanced Search Feature gives additional options to search for remote jobs (or remote careers).
Let’s look at the Google search as an example.
Go to Google at www.google.com.
Then in the search box, type “Advance Search Google.”
Hopefully, you will then get a search result screen that will give you the choice of “ Advanced Search–Google.”
Click on the link “Advanced Search–Google.”
Advanced Search Screen
You will then see a screen called “Advanced Search.”
You then will have a screen listing different options that you can search by.
You can find some options that include:
- all these words: – a search result would have to include all the words you type in here
- this exact word or phrase – a search result would have to include the exact word or phrase you type in
- any of these words: – a search result would have to have any of these words you type in.
You can either type in your search in the correct box search option or use the suggestions on the right side of the screen on how you can write out a search in the search box.
Screen list suggestions under the column title “To do this in the search box.”
“this exact word or phrase” box
Let’s use an example you are trying to find Instructional Designer remote job positions.
You may get a better search result if you search for the phrase “Instructional Designer” job as a phrase where the search result will display only those results with the “Instructional Designer” phrase in the entry.
You can either:
- Type the phrase Instructional Design in the “this exact word or phrase” box.
- Or you can use quotes around the phrase “Instructional Design.”
You then can put the word “remote jobs” in the “all these words” box feature.
You will then hopefully get results that have Instructional Designer Remote job positions.
In conclusion, a search engine may have an Advanced Search feature to give you more search options when searching for information on the Internet. Google has an advanced search feature that may help you achieve more success when searching for remote jobs (or remote careers) on Google.
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