- Scams, they're everywhere.
If you've been looking to work online or have a remote job,
then I'm sure you must have across at least a dozen
announcements or opportunities that were pure scams.
Some that promise you thousands and thousands
of dollars in a couple of days,
or some that ask you for money first
before offering you the job.
I'm sure that's frustrating.
You're putting yourself out there
and you're looking for some legitimate work opportunities.
So if that is you, then keep on watching
because in today's video, we're gonna be talking
about seven websites where you can find
legitimate remote working opportunities.
So if that draws your attention, then keep on watching.
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Now as I said, in today's video,
we are going to be talking about seven websites
that I either have used myself
to hire staff for my business,
and some that I haven't tried,
but I believe they are filled
with legitimate working opportunities,
either from home or from anywhere in the world
if you're a digital nomad.
Now before we go into the details,
I need to make a disclaimer, and that is that
I'm not affiliated with any of these websites.
I literally have nothing to gain by mentioning them to you.
I just believe that they are good resources
that you should know of,
and that I believe you can go and check out
and hopefully find your next remote working opportunity,
and I hope they help you navigate all the scams
that otherwise you would come across
in various places online.
So without further ado, I will switch to my computer
which is here just in front of me,
and I will share you what we have in store for today.
I would like to start with number one, which is Upwork.
And that is because I have used Upwork myself.
I have hired a number of individuals through Upwork,
and I am over the moon pleased with many of them.
Obviously, in some cases, we didn't necessarily fit
in terms of expectations and requirements,
but all in all, I am very pleased with Upwork as a platform.
I've simply gone for a simple search here,
which is for a social media specialist,
but as you see, there are a number of different categories
and I'm sure no matter your expertise,
you will be able to fit into one of these categories,
no matter if you're somebody who's very skilled
in terms of sales and marketing, or if you are a designer,
or more of a creative person, or if you're an accountant,
or you would like to offer consulting services,
there is something in here for everyone.
Not only that, but you will be able to see
that regardless of your level of expertise,
again, there are opportunities for everybody
from beginners to very experienced people.
Also, in terms of hourly rate,
there is something for everyone,
no matter if you've just started and you're charging less
or if you are very experienced
and your hourly rate is much higher.
There are job opportunities for everyone.
Also, I believe the website is easy to use,
it has multiple filters, and yeah,
I guess it's my first recommendation because I trust it,
I've used it, and I believe in it.
There might be difficulties in finding an opportunity
or being selected for one,
and if you'd like me to make a video
where I talk more about how to apply for a job
in order to be more likely to land it,
then do let me know in the comments below
and I'm more than happy to do that.
I've been on both sides, so I kinda know not only
how you should apply from the candidate's point of view,
but also from the recruiter's point of view.
Let's move to website number two, which is We Work Remotely.
This one I have not used myself,
but I received a lot of questions
about this one on DMs from various people,
and I believe that no one would post a scam
after being asked to pay $299 to post a job.
Even though there might be some scams
that obviously I could not know of,
probability is much lower since people have
to pay almost $300 to post a job.
This one is more focused on sales and marketing roles,
as well as programming roles,
but you will find something if you're in between as well.
So for example, administrative jobs,
like operations managers, HR managers and so forth.
What I think is important to mention here,
compared to Upwork, which is mainly
geared towards freelancers,
We Work Remotely also has a lot of full time opportunities.
So you see here there are full time jobs
that allow you to work from anywhere.
So a lot of full time opportunities,
as well as some contracts which maybe mean
they're geared towards freelancers.
You mainly just need to create an account
and then go and search for a job.
These are the ones that have been posted most recently,
but you should be able to search for one
that is most appropriate to you.
What I think is important to mention here is the website
is a little bit more difficult to navigate through.
It's not as easy as it doesn't have proper filters
for you to go in and select and narrow down really
to what you're looking for,
so it might be a little bit more difficult
for you to find something quickly.
But trust me, take the time,
go through the different opportunities,
and I'm sure you can find something to apply for.
Now, let's move to website number three,
and that is LinkedIn.
We're coming back to LinkedIn because it is obviously
a huge platform when it comes to recruitment.
Now obviously on LinkedIn, there are opportunities
that are both location dependent and location independent,
and what you need to do and keep in mind
is that when you search for a job,
you need to be very specific on your criteria.
So for example, in this case, I literally wrote remote jobs,
and then social media in my search bar.
You can also try remote or location independent,
and sometimes the search will still return
some opportunities that are not necessarily remote.
You will definitely find some that do tick off the box.
So for example, you see here communications manager
is a remote opportunity,
senior director, communications lead,
again, remote working location,
managing director, consulting, remote working, and so forth.
So you can sort here and narrow down,
it is a lot easier in terms of filtering
and narrowing down your options
so you get to that perfect fit.
You can select the location, which in this case,
is not necessarily the location for the employee,
it is more so the location for the company that is hiring.
You can even narrow it down by company,
it's literally up to you.
Let's move to website number four, and that is FlexJobs.
FlexJobs starts in a very cool way
because they already ask you
to make some selections from the get go
so they can already narrow down the options for you.
So I left this one here intentionally
because I thought it's great for you to see
how they help you narrow down your options.
You see, they allow you to personalize your search
depending on exactly what you're looking for,
if you're looking for a full time job,
if you're looking for a job in a different field,
if you have a job but you're looking
for a better one, and so forth.
Let's say I don't have a job and I'm looking for one,
then they go ahead and ask you
which career categories you're more interested in,
if you want a full time or a part time,
and if you're interested in remote work at all.
So you would go here and click yes,
you can go and say full time or part time,
and here you can choose the category of your choice.
Let's say administrative.
You can obviously choose more than one,
you can choose client services, account management.
Let's take that as example.
And then they ask you where you live
and you need to input your zip code.
All right, so you see if you go here and further filter down
for what you're actually looking for,
then you should be able to find numerous options for you.
Again, pay attention, maybe not all of them are legitimate,
but I would say more often than not,
you will be able to find here legitimate opportunities
compared to some of the opportunities
that you will come across on Facebook
or other media channels.
The last thing to mention related to FlexJobs
is that these are not necessarily
catering towards freelancers.
You will find here more often full time jobs.
So you see here it says 100% remote job,
but it's a part time.
You will find a lot of full time jobs as well.
So even if you are a freelancer
or somebody who wants to work as an employee
but have the option to work remotely,
then there's something in here for you.
Here, the employers are mostly corporations
looking to hire remote working headcount
compared to Upwork for example
where it's not necessarily corporations,
but more startups and smaller companies
that are looking to hire.
In terms of areas of expertise,
again, I mentioned already, you should be able
to find something on FlexJobs
no matter your area of expertise, be that creative
or more towards technology and IT, or anything in between,
sales, marketing, administrative, even legal.
Let's now move to website number five.
And this one is Dribbble.
I selected to show you Dribbble because this one
is specifically catering towards the creative ones of you,
so if you're a designer, a graphic designer,
or a videographer, or anyone with creative talent,
then there's definitely something in here for you.
You can certainly go ahead and explore
with or without signing up.
You have here a number of filters
that you can already use from the beginning
to be able to find a job.
Now website number six, and this one is RemoteOK.
Again, this one I chose to show you
because I received a lot of questions about it in DMs,
and I thought I would address it.
So RemoteOK is mainly targeted towards freelancers
or remote working individuals
that are specialized in technology,
so it's geared towards developers, UX/UI designers,
or individuals with full stack development capabilities.
You see here most of them are related to IT,
software development, marketing and so forth.
If you scroll down, you will be able to see
also when the job was posted, the details about it.
Just like in the case of We Work Remotely,
the website is not necessarily
the easiest one to operate and filter.
I believe that they, that this is because
both RemoteOK and We Work Remotely
belong to the same, let's say, group, but also here,
there are probably less scams than in other places
because anyone who wants to post a job
will need to pay upfront a $300 fee, 299 to be more precise.
Now let's go on to website number seven, which is AngelList.
And the reason why I chose this one
is because it caters towards anyone
who would like to work in a startup environment.
So regardless of whether you want to work
with a startup as a freelancer
or if you want a full time job in a startup
that would allow you to work remotely,
then you can find that in here.
You see, there is a dedicated category here
geared towards AngelList talent
that offers over 130,000 jobs
within startups or tech companies.
If you go ahead and click here,
you will be able to go into more details
and filter down based on your search criteria.
Have you tried any of these websites?
I would love to know, and if you did,
please go ahead and comment down below
and let me know what your experience was with them.
I'd love to learn from you.
Now, before we close, I would like to address a question
that is coming up quite frequently,
and that is related to Fiverr.
You might have noticed that I did not mention it
among the seven websites that I chose for today,
and there is a very particular reason why I did that.
If you're familiar with Fiverr as a platform,
you know that the concept started
from the fact that anyone who was willing to offer services
for $5 was able to do that on this platform.
Now, because of that very low price point,
the competition is incredibly intense on Fiverr,
and it becomes very difficult to go and offer
high quality services when everyone is charging $5 or less,
and if you'd like to charge more,
then your offering will definitely stand out
compared to the myriad of other offerings
that are done for $5.
So it's not that I don't recommend Fiverr,
it depends a lot on what is your area of expertise
and what is the hourly rate
or the fee that you would like to charge.
Just keep in mind that the whole concept
of the platform is around this $5 mark.
So if that's something that fits with your offering,
then by all means, that is also a place
where you can go and look for online working opportunities.
Now you know where to go and look
for online working opportunities,
but that is really one step in the whole process.
Before you can do that, there is so much work
that you need to do prior in terms of identifying
what is really the job that you want to get
and that you want to apply for?
What skills are needed for that job and where to learn them?
How much can you charge for that kind of a role?
And much, much more.
And if you want to get ahead
and have all of that information at your fingertips,
then please go ahead and download the brochure down below,
I have included the link because we have put together
a brochure that includes 50 online working opportunities
that are in demand in 2020,
and we cover all of these areas for you.
What skills you need, where to learn them,
how much you can charge, what exactly do you need to do
for each of those roles, and so much more.
So if that's something that
you think you could find helpful,
then by all means, go ahead and download the brochure today,
it's free of charge, and the link is down below.
With that being said, I hope you enjoyed today's video,
I hope you create everyday magic,
and I wish you a lovely day and a lovely week,
and I'll see you next time, bye.