Finding a remote job is not easy, but here is a couple of things that are going to help you.
The first and most important thing is basically the groundwork before you do anything else.
That is to actually have the skills.
At the end of the day the question is do you have the skills or not? Everything else is secondary.
A lot of times people think they can find a job with half decent skills but that’s just not true. You will not be able to find a job with half decent skills. You must have the skills. That’s the first and most important thing.
Second thing is the location. You should make sure that you look jobs in your own country instead of looking outside just for sake of money. You must gain the experience from within first and then look elsewhere.
Third thing is the communication.
Most of the time interviewers won’t even show interest in you because of how you speak, your accent where you from and all that..
So, you got to make sure that you can talk, your accent is matches the country where you’re looking for a job. It’s like trying to look for a job in America, but you can barely speak English.
You cannot do that. It just won’t work because you’re going to be speaking to the clients. You going to be writing emails. And if you can’t even speak then you’re going to embarrass the whole company.
Fourth thing is you have to show the confidence in the interview that you can actually do the job from home. A lot of times people just can’t work from home, you have to portray the confidence and the environment in the camera that you can actually work from home. You’re not going to be distracted. You’re going to start work on time etc..
All these things matter to the company. So when you’re in the interview you please do show them that you are capable of Working From Home, your environment is safe and quiet.
There’s a separation between your normal life and your work life.
And finally, you have to have experience. If you don’t have experience it’s going to be difficult to find a remote job because remote workers are mostly people who are experienced and if you don’t have experience and it’s your first job, you have to make sure your portfolio is really solid. Otherwise you’re going to have really hard time.