This week we will look at SCORE.
You may have a dream.
You may have an idea.
Be your boss.
Change the world.
Start and operate a remote business.
What is SCORE?
SCORE can be one of your remote business partners
One resource that may help you start and operate your remote business is SCORE.
SCORE stands for “Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).”
SCORE can offer different services and information to help you with your remote business journey.
SCORE Website full of helpful resources
SCORE has a website that may be a treasure full of helpful resources to help your business.
SCORE has a website that may offer valuable services and information for your remote business.
SCORE has the website address at www.score.org
Some resources found on the SCORE website of www.score.org are:
Find a Mentor
One of the more valuable services that SCORE can provide to remote businesses is the use of a mentor. You can get access to a mentor for free for United States-based businesses.
Toward the top of the SCORE website, you have a link called “Find a Mentor.” You can use the link to request a mentor for free for your remote business. The company needs to be United States-based business to use a SCORE mentor.
You can click the “Find the mentor” link will open a menu giving you additional choices, including:
- How it works – provides information on how the SCORE mentorship program works
- Request a mentor – here is where you can request a mentor; you can use your zip code to connect with a mentor
- Mentor Matchup–gives some additional ways to match with a mentor.
Mentors can be valuable people who can advise you as you operate your business. The mentoring service is again available for United States-based businesses.
Business Information
The SCORE website also provides information on how to operate your business. You may find information that can help you.
Here are links on top of the SCORE website that may help you:
- View a Business Stage–the “View a Business Stage” link will open up a menu of additional choices.
Those additional choices are links and include:
- Plan + Start–this link will give you information on how you can start a business
- Manage + Grow–this link will provide you with information on how to operate and grow your business
- Transition + Exit–this link will give you details on exiting an existing business.
Business Education–the “Business Education” link will open a menu of additional choices. The information on the menu can give information to help you on your business journey.
Some choices on the menu are:
- Start-up Roadmap–this link can give helpful information for a person at the beginning stages of establishing a business.
The Start-up Roadmap provides helpful information for entrepreneurs. The Start-up Roadmap can provide you with information that may be helpful as you consider your start-up business.
The Start-up Roadmap also suggests you use a SCORE mentor. Your SCORE mentor may help personalize the information you learn in the Start-up Roadmap. The SCORE mentor can give you personalized help.
SCORE may help you with your business. You may use SCORE to help you with your business remote journey.
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We are celebrating a holiday in the United States; we will have a column next week.
May everyone have a wonderful week. And thanks for reading. Thank you.
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This week we look at e-mail subscription newsletters.
E-mail subscription newsletters may help a person looking for remote opportunities.
Here are some ways e-mail subscriptions newsletters can help people:
E-mail subscription newsletter from potential employers
Signing up for e-mail newsletters from potential employers can help you learn more about them. A person may find information on remote opportunities and more information about that potential employer.
Separate Emails for e-mail subscription newsletters
You may sometimes have an email filled with many topics. An example email may include news, a birthday party invitation, local weather, and an employer newsletter. The one problem with many topics going into one e-mail is confusion; you may miss important information with several topics going into one e-mail.
The solution is a separate e-mail
Create a separate e-mail solely for reading email subscription newsletters. You may be less confused in reading emails focused on one topic.
Have too many email subscription newsletters
You may be confused if you have too many email subscription newsletters in one e-mail.
You may benefit from creating separate emails to receive different email subscription newsletters.
And you can divide your emails in different ways that work for you.
Here are some ways you can divide e-mail subscription newsletters for the different emails:
By Geography
- One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in St. Louis, Missouri
- One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in San Francisco, California
- One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in Reno, Nevada
By Profession
- One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the sales profession
- One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the marketing profession
- One mail to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the lawyer profession.
Create separate emails to organize your different email subscription newsletters.
Job Web Sites
You may also want emails from job websites.
Here are some job websites that may be helpful to you.
Job websites that focus on remote opportunities
Job websites that focus on remote opportunities may help you. Examples can be
- Virtual Vocations (https://www.virtualvocations.com/) and
- Flexjobs (https://www.flexjobs.com/).
Both Virtual Vocations and Flexjobs have email subscription newsletters that can help the remote job seeker. You can get information including:
- Remote industry/remote employers
- Articles on the remote job search
- Job fairs that specialize in remote jobs
- Career coaches who focus on remote jobseekers and
- Inspiration from successful remote job seekers
Job websites that focus on general jobs
Job sites that focus on job positions from a variety of different professions. General job sites may provide information on remote opportunities. Examples can be
Email subscription newsletters may help give you your next remote job opportunity.
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This week we look at LinkedIn.com.
We look at LinkedIn posts. The next post is planned to be on June 30, 2023.
LinkedIn allows a person to write blog posts.
The blog posts will then appear in a feed that others can read.
A person may write a post about different professional career topics.
One topic a person may write about is different remote opportunities.
A reader may learn about different remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.
Here are two ways to find out about remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.
(1) Your Connections and Network–Are you connected with people to have a network?
On the Home page, you will find a feed listing different blog posts on LinkedIn.
The blog posts you will often come from other people in your network.
You may increase the odds of seeing remote opportunities by growing your network.
You can invite other people to belong to your LinkedIn network.
You can send out an invitation request.
You may increase the odds of people agreeing to be in your network by including a personal message. Some ideas for the personal message can be:
- You can communicate how you and the connection are related.
- Or you could mention details about the person who impressed you.
Including a personal note may increase the odds that a person will connect with you.
You may wish to connect with the following people:
- Recruiters and Human Resource professionals in the company that interests you
- Managers in the department in the company that interests you
- Recruiters and Human Resource professionals from temporary agencies. Look for recruiters that specialize in your field.
(2) Keyword Search
You may use keywords in the Keyword Search Box to find remote job opportunities on LinkedIn posts.
You may use keywords to find your next remote opportunity.
A keyword search result will, hopefully, present you with different choices.
Each choice will have brief information about the content of that choice.
You then can select that choice to get more information.
You may find search results listing sections.
A section is a group of similar choices in the search results.
Some sections could be:
- People–choices of different people who have their profiles on LinkedIn
- Posts–Blog posts people have written on LinkedIn
- Jobs–Jobs on LinkedIn
Look at the choices in the Posts section.
Hopefully, you will find a choice that interests you.
Click a choice that you like to explore further.
You will then get a description with more information.
Hopefully, you will find some descriptions with remote job opportunities that interest you.
Using the following words in your keyword search may be helpful.
- The profession you are interested in
- Remote (or similar words like Virtual)
- Careers (or similar words like jobs, occupation, or profession)
Boolean Searching
Boolean Searching rules tell your search engine how to search with the words you type in. LinkedIn uses Boolean Search rules.
An article that describes some of the Boolean search options is:
Article name: Using Boolean Modifiers when Searching for Jobs on LinkedIn
Article address: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a507571/using-boolean-modifiers-when-searching-for-jobs-on-linkedin
You may find better results by using Boolean search rules.
Synonyms
Synonyms are different words that express similar meanings.
You may increase the range of your searches by using synonyms. Some synonyms you can use are:
- Professions may use synonyms to have different words to describe the profession.
- You may use synonyms to describe remote work (like using the word virtual).
- You may use synonyms to describe a career (like using the word opportunities, jobs, or profession).
You may find your next remote opportunity in a LinkedIn Blog post.
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This week we look at Facebook groups.
We look at a feature on www.facebook.com. The next post will be on June 15th.
Always evaluate the resources that you find on the Internet.
Internet descriptions in the article are based on a laptop computer screen.
What are Facebook groups
Groups are where people come together around a particular interest.
You may find Facebook groups that have an interest in remote opportunities.
One way to find Facebook groups is to use the Facebook group search box.
You can do a keyword search to find Facebook groups.
You will need to create an account (which is free) to use many of the resources found on Facebook.
Once you have an account, click the “Groups” icon on the top part of the screen.
Facebook Group Itself
In the group section, you will see a Facebook groups search box on the left side of the screen.
You can type in words in the group search box and then get choice results (hopefully) on the right side of the screen. You can click on a particular choice result to get more information.
You may find three different Facebook groups to be of interest;
(1) Remote-Focused Facebook Groups
You may find Facebook groups focused on remote opportunities.
You can type in terms like “remote,” “remote jobs,” or “remote careers” in a Facebook Search Group Box to search for remote opportunities.
An example of a Remote-Focused Facebook group can be:
Facebook group: Upright Remote Jobs / Work From Home / Work From Anywhere Jobs
Facebook group web address:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/careersremote
(2) Location-Focused Facebook Groups
You may find Facebook groups that focus on giving opportunities in a particular location.
You may find remote opportunities in a particular area.
You can search the name of a particular location in a Facebook Group Search Box and add the terms “jobs” or “career.”
An example of a Location Focused Facebook Group can be:
Facebook group: Las Vegas jobs @ who’s hiring
Facebook group web address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/675294939319449
(3) Professional Focused Facebook Groups
You may find Facebook groups focusing on opportunities in a particular profession.
You may find remote opportunities.
You can type in words of your profession in a Facebook Group Search Box and add the terms “jobs” or “career.”
An example of a Professional Focused Facebook Group can be:
Facebook group: Accounting, Finance Jobs and Training
Facebook group web address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AccountingFinanceJobsTraining
Search Function Within A Facebook Group
You may find job-related posts within a Facebook group using the search function.
The search function can help you search for posts posted in a Facebook group.
You may display posts that focus on a particular topic.
You may display posts that focus on remote opportunities.
How to find the search function in a Facebook group:
- Look for the magnifying glass symbol in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Click the magnifying glass symbol.
(This will open up a small screen with a search box.
You can do a keyword search in the search box to search for posts within that Facebook group).
- You can type in terms like “remote” and employment terms like “job” or “career” in the search box.
- Ideally, you will then get a listing of posts having information on remote opportunities.
Google Boolean Search Features For Facebook Groups
You may wish to use Boolean search features when you do a keyword search.
Boolean search features can give you options on how to search for words.
For example, you can do a phrase search with quotes around the word phrase.
Google gives you Boolean search options to find Facebook groups.
Here is an article that gives more information on how to use Google to find Facebook groups.
Article Title: “7 Advance Facebook Search Options.”
Article web address: https://neilpatel.com/blog/facebook-search-operators/
Here is an example of a phase you could type in Google to find Remote Job Facebook groups:
Google the phrase “site:facebook.com group AND remote AND job.”
Facebook groups may help you connect with remote opportunities. You may find your next remote opportunity with Facebook Groups.
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This week we look at a website called LinkedIn (at www.LinkedIn.com). I will publish next article on May 30th, 2023.
LinkedIn is a website helping people with their business and career needs. You may connect with other professionals and find your next remote job opportunity with LinkedIn.
LinkedIn groups can allow you to find remote opportunities and connections with professionals. LinkedIn groups are where groups of people gather in a particular interest area.
Boolean Search features in a Keyword Search
You can use keyword search to find LinkedIn groups.
You may enhance the search with Boolean search features.
The link below shows details of the Boolean search features that LinkedIn supports.
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524335/using-boolean-search-on-linkedin
You can use Boolean search features to help focus your search.
When searching for remote opportunities with LinkedIn groups, you may be interested in two different interest areas.
(1) Remote Focused
Remove-focused LinkedIn groups provide information on remote opportunities and the remote industry. One way to find Remote Focused LinkedIn groups is the following way:
- Go to LinkedIn
- Create an account
- Create a profile
- Find the search box (on a computer laptop, the search box will be in the upper left corner of the screen.)
- Type in the word “remote”
- You will then get different search results
- You can narrow your search results to LinkedIn groups by using search feature categories. Search feature categories give you additional options to focus your search. Some of the different search feature categories are:
- Jobs
- Companies
- Products
- People
- Post
- Groups
- Services
- Events
- Courses
- Schools
- All Filter
You can use the “Groups” search feature category to focus your search results on LinkedIn groups.
- Your search results have LinkedIn groups have the word “remote” in them. Many of these LinkedIn groups may provide you with information about remote opportunities. When I played with this feature, I found about 5,800 results. You may narrow your search using words in your profession. For example, type “Remote AND Trainer” (AND has to be in all caps), and you will find results that have both terms “remote” and “trainer.”
(2) Professional Specialty
You can also look for LinkedIn groups by professional specialty. Look for LinkedIn groups that are in your profession. Professional Specialty LinkedIn groups focus on topics and opportunities found in that profession. You may find remote opportunities in Professional Specialty LinkedIn groups.
LinkedIn Groups–Evaluate them
Evaluate the LinkedIn group. You can look at the number of members and the group’s description. When you enter a LinkedIn group, you may want to “listen” to the group by reading the posts to understand better how the LinkedIn group operates.
You may find your next remote opportunity by looking at a LinkedIn group. A LinkedIn group may help you find your next remote opportunity.
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This week we look at LinkedIn. The next post will be on Wednesday, May 17th.
We look at the “#open to work” feature on the LinkedIn profile.
Please be aware
The “#open to work” feature may not be helpful for everyone.
If you are employed and do not want your current employer to know you’re looking for another position, you may not want to use the “#open to work” feature. You may not want to communicate with your current employer that you’re seeking other opportunities.
What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a social media site specializing in helping people connect with other business professionals and helping people find remote opportunities.
LinkedIn profile
One feature LinkedIn has that can help job seekers is the LinkedIn profile.
The LinkedIn profile is a specialized web page on the LinkedIn website where you can list your career-related information. The career-related information can include your:
- Career Interests
- Past/Current Employment History
- Pass/Current Educational History
- Skills
- Recommendations
- Publications
- Courses
- Honors/Awards
The LinkedIn profile is a bulletin board. The LinkedIn profile bulletin board can advertise to potential employers how you can contribute to their success.
You can let potential employers know you are interested in opportunities using the “#open to work” feature.
The LinkedIn profile gives you a circle profile picture of yourself.
When you use the “#open to work” feature, you can display a green bar with the white letters phrase “#open to work” on your circle profile picture of yourself.
You can communicate with the potential employer that you are interested in opportunities.
Here’s how to use the “#open to work” feature:
- Go to LinkedIn.
- Log into your existing account or create a new account.
- Complete your LinkedIn profile.
- Underneath your circle profile picture and a brief description of yourself, you will find an “Open To” curved circle box.
- Click the “Open To” curved circle box.
- You would then get a short menu of options.
- Select the option that says.
“Finding a new job: show recruiters and others that you’re open to work.”
You will then get another screen that says “add job preferences.”
You can put in the job features that you’re looking for.
Some of the job features can be:
- Job Titles you are looking for
- Start Date
- Job Type
- Workplace
Under the “Workplace” option, you can show an interest in a remote position.
At the bottom, you can select “All LinkedIn Members” if you want everyone to see that you’re looking for remote opportunities. You will then get the “#open to work” phrase to appear on your circle professional picture on your LinkedIn profile.
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This week we look at company websites of potential employers to find remote job opportunities.
You may find your next remote job opportunity by looking at a company website for a potential employer.
Where exactly job listings are on a potential employer’s website can vary
Potential employers may list their job positions in different places on their websites. Some of the various places could be:
- “Career” section – A potential employer may list their job opportunities on their website called “Career.”
- “About us” (or another similar name) – A potential employer may list their job opportunities on their website called “About us” (or another similar name). You’re looking for this section on the website that will give information about that company.
- No jobs listed – A potential employer website may not have a job section on their website.
The advantages of looking for opportunities on a potential employer’s website
You may gain advantages by looking for employment opportunities on a potential employer’s website. Some advantages could be:
- You may find opportunities only listed on the potential employer’s website.
- You may find more opportunities listed on a potential employer’s website than in other online places.
- A job description may have more detail when listed on a potential employer’s website than in other online places.
- You may get a more updated list of job opportunities from the potential employer’s website than from other online places.
Remote-Friendly (And Other Similar Names) Companies
A potential employer may vary in the likelihood of offering remote job opportunities. You may increase the odds of finding remote job opportunities from employers that describe themselves as Remote Friendly. Companies may describe their Remote Friendly companies in other similar terms, like Remote Only and Hybrid. The article “Meaning of Remote Work and Relevant Terms” from Workplaceless.com gives different names of remote work-friendly companies. Details of the article are below:
Internet article “Meaning of Remote Work and Relevant Terms.”
Published March 22, 2022
Internet address of the article https://www.workplaceless.com/blog/remote-work-meaning
How To Find Remote-Friendly Companies
You may find remote-friendly companies using Flexjobs.com.
Flexjobs.com is a website focusing on remote job opportunities.
You may have to subscribe to Flexjobs.com to take advantage of all the resources on the website.
Here is a pathway to find information about companies on Flexjobs.com.
- Type www.flexjobs.com in your browser.
- Then get logged in (you may have to be a subscriber)
- Then type the following website address in your browser.
www.flexjobs.com/company-guide
A “Best Companies that Hire for Remote Work From Home or Flexible Jobs” screen will appear.
You will have a search box giving you different options to search for Remote-Friendly companies.
Career Associations
You may find potential employers in your profession by looking at career associations. Career Associations sometimes list membership rosters that you can use to find potential employers.
Regional Career Associations
Sometimes a national career association will also have regional career associations based upon different geography sections of the United States. Regional career associations sometimes will have their website pages. You may also find a membership roster from a regional career association. The membership roster may give you additional information about potential employers in that profession.
You may find your next remote job opportunities on a potential employer’s website. A potential employer’s website may be your key to finding your next remote career opportunity.
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This week we look at Vocational Rehabilitation.
We are looking at Internet resource that may help some people on their remote job journeys.
What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational Rehabilitation is state government offices in the United States that help people find job opportunities with body limitations (or difficulties). People with body limitations (like back problems making it difficult to lift heavy items) may find the services in Vocational Rehabilitation helpful in your remote job journey.
A person may meet with a specialist who can help them with their remote job journeys.
Where to find Vocational Rehabilitation Offices?
You can often find a state government that will create a Vocational Rehabilitation web page that will give information about their state’s Vocational Rehabilitation services.
Check with the Vocational Rehabilitation office in your state to see what specific services your Vocational Rehabilitation office has and the specific guidelines to qualify for their services.
For those looking for a Vocational Rehabilitation office for your state, you can do a Google search (or some other similar search engine) and type in the word phrase “Vocational Rehabilitation” and then the state you live in. If you are searching on Google, type the phrase “Vocational Rehabilitation” in quotes so Google will search for the entire phrase “Vocational Rehabilitation” instead of two separate words of Vocational and then Rehabilitation. You can search for the phrase “Vocational Rehabilitation” in quotes makes for a more precise search.
You can also look for listings of Vocational Rehabilitation offices on the Internet.
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
Federal Government Agency
One place to find a Vocational Rehabilitation listing is from the
United States Department of Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
(from https://rsa.ed.gov/about).
The Rehabilitation Services Administration lists Vocational Rehabilitation offices across the United States.
Listing based upon an alphabetical order of the state government.
The listing of Vocational Rehabilitation offices is below:
Internet Address: https://rsa.ed.gov/about/states
Vocational Rehabilitation offices may help people who live in the United States find remote job opportunities. Vocational Rehabilitation may help people with body limitations (or difficulties) find their next remote job.
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