The Ultimate Remote Job Guide
How to find a real remote job, get hired against a much bigger applicant pool, handle the tax and legal side of living somewhere other than your employer, and do well once you’re in.
- 149
- pages
- 17
- chapters
- 6
- parts
- 10
- tools at the back
A few of the chapters
Remote hiring works differently from local hiring, starting with the location line on the posting. Each chapter explains what remote employers are checking for.
What “remote” means now
Most remote jobs are remote within one country, and often within a list of states. Read the location line before anything else.
Where the real remote jobs are
Fewer boards, better filters, employers’ own pages, and people who already work where you want to.
Spotting scams and fake postings
Remote job scams follow a handful of patterns. Learn them once and you’ll recognize nearly all of them.
Pay, offers, and location-based pay
Many remote employers pay by where you live. Know how before you name a number or sign.
Living in one state, working for another
Which state taxes your pay, why a few states reach across the border, and what to do before you move.
When a return-to-office order arrives
Read the order, ask for what you need, and decide on your own timeline before the deadline decides for you.
What’s inside
Six parts, in the order you’ll need them, plus checklists and templates at the back.
The remote market
What “remote” means on a posting, how much of the work is remote, and which jobs and levels it favors.
- 01What “remote” means now
- 02How much work is remote
- 03Which fields and levels hire remotely
Finding real remote jobs
Where the real openings are, how to spot the fake ones, and why hiring now checks who you are.
- 04Where the real remote jobs are
- 05Spotting scams and fake postings
- 06Fake candidates, and why hiring is changing
Getting hired
A resume and profile that prove you can work remotely, remote interviews, and remote pay.
- 07A resume and profile that show you can work remotely
- 08Remote interviews
- 09Pay, offers, and location-based pay
Taxes, law, and where you live
Living in a different state or country from your employer, and working as a contractor.
- 10Living in one state, working for another
- 11Contractor or employee
- 12Working from another country
Doing well once you’re hired
Your setup, being seen, staying well, and the trust that remote work runs on.
- 13Your setup
- 14Communicating and being seen
- 15Isolation, boundaries, and burnout
- 16Monitoring, trust, and second jobs
When things change
What to do when a return-to-office order arrives.
- 17When a return-to-office order arrives
Tools
Checklists, prompts, and templates for the moment you need them.
- Is this job real?
- Reading the location line
- Resume and profile
- Before you accept an offer
- State taxes
- Contractor money
- Home setup
- Return-to-office plan
- Messages to adapt
- Help and reporting fraud
Questions
Who is it for?
Anyone looking for remote work or already doing it: people sending remote applications and hearing nothing, people unsure whether a remote posting is real, contractors pricing their work, and remote workers facing a return-to-office order.
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A 149-page PDF designed for reading on a phone, tablet, or computer. The contents, cross-references, and Start here page are all clickable links.
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