How To Start Your Search For A Virtual Job: Rethinking Work As A Highly Sensitive Person
Deep down, you know it’s true.
You can’t go back to the work life you had now that you’re furloughed or have worked at home for a period of time.
As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you have noticed the improvements in our energy level since you’ve been working from a home office. Being in your own space provides a buffer against the work drama — no jarring noises or soaking up other people’s stress and emotional discharge.
If your current or furloughed job won’t let you keep working at home when things get back to normal, maybe you’re ready to explore a new opportunity. Here are two websites that will help you launch your virtual job search.
I don’t get any kickbacks for mentioning them, they’re just too good not to share.
Two job sites for your virtual employment search
How many times have you seen an ad for a work-from-home job promising to fill your pockets with moolah for stuffing envelopes or doing some simple job that sounds way too good to be true?
The founders started FlexJobs and Virtual Vocations to cut through those outrageous promises and provide real listings of legit virtual jobs. Both companies hand-screen and evaluate every job before it’s posted.
FlexJobs has job listings for over 34K real remote, part-time, freelance, and flexible jobs in 50+ career fields. Virtual Vocations was started by a stay-at-home mom who was annoyed by all the fake and misleading job notices for work-from-home jobs. Her site has almost 20K jobs listed in 60+ career fields.
While these job sites have thousands of jobs, know that not all of them can hire across the nation. Many employers can only hire applicants who live or hold a professional license in their state so you’ll only be a fit for a smaller number of jobs.
Job postings on both sites focus on jobs in the U.S., however FlexJobs also posts some international jobs.
Free versus paid membership
For free, both sites offer basic information about job opportunities including job title, a brief job description and job location. You must upgrade to a paid membership to get the name of the hiring organization and to submit an application through their site.
If you buy a membership, you will get full access to their job listings. Both sites offer 3 payment options; on Virtual Vocations it’s $15.99 if you pay monthly, $39.99 for 3 months, or $59.99 for 6 months. FlexJobs has a similar structure but is a little less expensive when you buy more than one month.
Before paying, I recommend looking at their free articles. They offer a lot of expert advice.
Free articles and advice for finding and keeping a virtual job
Writing this article, I set out to discover the top virtual employers in the educational field.
Once you know the names of the employers, you can go to the company websites and look for open positions.
By reading 3 articles on their blogs, I learned the names of 4 virtual employers in the educational field: K12.com, Study.com, Kaplan, Inc. and Pearson.
These are the articles I read: Top 25 Employer Partners for Remote Work in 2020. 25 Companies with Legitimate Work-from-Home Jobs and Top 70 Companies Hiring Remote Workers During COVID-19.
Besides providing information about who the top employers are in your area of work, these sites provide solid job search advice with free articles and live and recorded webinars.
Here are a few articles to check out:
How to Find a Remote Work-from-Home Job: Guide
7 Resumé Formats to Land a Remote Job
Do I Need a Cover Letter and Are Cover Letters Necessary?
Overcoming Job Interview Anxiety: 17 Tips for Remote Workers
Improve Your Remote Job Search Success Rate in 7 Steps
Using Instagram for Your Job Search: Tips and Tricks
Here are a few webinars to explore:
Webinar Recording: How to Find and Land a Work-from-Home Remote Job
Webinar Recording: Flexible Workers, the ACA, and Short-Term Health Insurance
Here are some articles that may interest HSPs:
9 Remote Jobs in Caring Professions
Interview Tips for Introverts That Can Help Boost Confidence
Start your virtual job search
As an HSP, finding the right work situation is everything.
What would life be like if your work left you energized and filled rather than frazzled and depleted?
If this is your first time searching for a virtual job and you don’t know where to start or how to get your foot in the door with legit jobs, FlexJobs and Virtual Vocations can connect you with employers and sound job search advice.
Don’t wait for someday. Start looking today.
YOUR TURN
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