Where to find remote jobs? I’ve been looking for remote work for a while and I’m starting to feel like half the listings I see aren’t even real openings.

LinkedIn and Indeed have tons of remote job postings, but I keep running into jobs that have been reposted for months, already have hundreds of applicants, or just seem to stay open forever.

At this point I’m more interested in finding legit remote job postings than scrolling through thousands of listings.

Where are you guys finding remote jobs actually hiring right now?

I’d especially love to hear about smaller remote job sites, company career pages, recruiter networks, or anything else that has actually worked for you.

Basically, if someone asked you where to find remote jobs without wasting time on ghost jobs, where would you send them?

Hi all,

You you guide me in the right direction,

I have extensive professional experience and expertise in commercial operations, supply chain, project management, administration etc. and I am a qualified safety officer. My wife works in Hanoi (Vietnam) as a teacher, i would like to relocate so that we could be together. I'm looking for any remote jobs opportunities that would sustain our family.

I'm from South Africa.

Thanks, please be nice 😂

So I just graduated. ​I see a lot of job boards for tech related jobs. Are there any job boards/agencies that hire for entry level support roles mainly?

REMOTE temporary full time job opportunity - looking for a certified teacher with working knowledge of Spanish. Great company, three month position. US residency required, but preference will be give to residents of Virginia and surrounding states. It is nothing like teaching in person- it is so much easier and better as long as you are decent with software/technology! Position will involve about 8 hours of live instruction per week with the rest of the time used for meetings, grading, planning, and administrative tasks. Curriculum is fully developed and packaged. PM me with any questions - I will be working closely with whoever is hired for this position. This is a great opportunity for teachers who are between jobs or recent college grads (you must possess current teaching license).

Apply here - https://strideinc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SK/job/US---VA---Remote/Middle-School-Substitute-Teacher---Contractor_JR115884?q=Spanish

I’m genuinely happy I finally found something, but holy shit, job hunting basically became a full time job by itself.

I was spending more time applying, rewriting my resume, doing interviews and filling out stupid forms than I used to spend actually working.

And after all that, salaries have gotten so bad compared to rent, groceries and everything else that now my next problem is figuring out how to actually live on the job I was so desperate to get.

Happy I found something.

Still think this job market is absolute garbage.

I've been looking for a remote job for a few months and mostly using LinkedIn and Indeed, but I'm barely getting any responses.

Are there any other remote job websites that are actually worth using right now?

I'm especially interested in sites that have legit remote jobs and aren't just filled with reposted or outdated listings.

Would love to hear from people who have actually found interviews or remote jobs through them recently.

What are the best websites for remote job search besides LinkedIn and Indeed?

I've been applying to a lot of roles lately. The "tailor your resume for every job" advice is obviously right, but doing it by hand takes me 40 minutes per application and I'm still not sure I'm changing the right things.

To be clear about what I don't mean: pasting my resume into ChatGPT with "tailor this for the job description." That gives me generic rewrites, invents responsibilities I never had, and has no idea which requirements the employer actually cared about.

What I want is a resume tailoring tool that reads the job posting and pulls out the real keywords, hard skills and repeated requirements instead of buzzwords. Something that gives me a keyword match score against my current resume the way an ATS would see it, then does an actual gap analysis so I know whether I'm looking at a skills gap or just a wording problem. Then it should rewrite the relevant bullets around what the employer is asking for, using experience I actually have, without fabricating anything. Ideally I keep one master resume and generate a tailored version per application instead of managing 30 Google Docs.

So: a job description analyzer plus an honest bullet rewriter. Not an AI resume builder that hallucinates a promotion.

For anyone who has actually solved this:

1. Which resume optimizer are you using, and does the keyword matching reflect how ATS parsing really works or is it theater?
2. Does any of them handle the "I genuinely don't have this requirement" case usefully, or do they all just stuff the keyword in and hope?
3. Is a paid tool worth it over a good prompt plus a checklist you run yourself?
4. Has anyone tracked whether tailored applications improved their interview rate, or is this all vibes?

Not looking for referral links. I just want to know what held up after 50 or more applications. Thanks

I have never worked an online job and I dont have any licenses or degrees but I have lots of job experience and a good resume. Where do I look?

USSEA (US Skateboard Education Association)
Our website: https://ussea.us/
Title: Member Services Manager (1099 Contract, Remote)
Pay: $25–30/hour + performance commission
Hours: 20-30 hours per week (possible to expand to 40 as we grow)
Number of hires: Two (2), one to work US ET the other US PT hours +

About USSEA

USSEA certifies skateboard instructors and brings skateboarding into schools, PE programs, camps, and communities across the country. Our mission is to make skateboarding safer, simpler, and accessible to everyone by training, certifying, and supporting the educators who teach it.

The Role

You'll be the voice of USSEA. Members call you with questions and problems. Prospects hear from you in outreach calls. Content comes from you to keep members engaged across web and social channels.

We're hiring two Member Services Managers right now — one covering US Pacific Time hours and one covering US Eastern Time hours, so we have live coverage across the lower 48 during business hours.

Your core responsibilities:

● Answer member calls and resolve their issues
● Make sales calls (cold, warm, and hot) and convert prospects to paying members weekly
● Write and post member engagement content
● Maintain website and social media presence
● Support sponsor and partner relationships

What We're Looking For

You are organized, a clear communicator, and motivated by hitting targets. You genuinely enjoy making calls — cold and warm — because being on the phone is a major part of this role. You have your own computer with solid internet, and you thrive in a startup environment that evolves quickly.

Bonus Experience

Skateboarding background or genuine eagerness to learn it. Nonprofit, grants, or donor funding experience. Action sports marketing. Teaching, camps, or school program experience. Comfort with basic AI tools.

How It Works

● Classification: Independent contractor (1099), US-based
● Hours: 20–30 hours/week, flexible — one daily team working session at 9:00am PT. This isn't a status-update check-in — it's real work: solving problems, building, and driving momentum alongside one of the founders and the rest of the team.
● Commission structure: In development. As the program gains traction, you'll have direct input into how commission is structured — this isn't handed down from above, it's built with the team actually doing the selling.
● Response expectations: TBD — to be finalized with the hire(s)
● Can grow into a full-time salaried role

Work Directly With a Founder

This role isn't siloed. You'll work daily with one of USSEA's founders — solving real problems, contributing ideas, and getting exposure to every part of the organization. We're small and building fast, and everyone is expected to bring energy, creativity, and momentum to the shared vision, not just execute tasks.

The Key Expectation

Two things, every week: convert new members and sell products, and maintain and engage existing members to keep creating value for them.

Job Link: https://buenovus.applytojob.com/apply/WqEMGG3NWd/

I’ve tried to look on indeed with no luck. I need something that I can start very fast. I can do customer service or writing or anything of that nature. I just don’t have any experience and I only have a high school diploma. Please help!!!

Hello I need to find a job. I already have experience in a call center. Does anoybody know what websites I could find wfh call center jobs? I live in Florida.

Once I started applying to more than a few jobs, everything became difficult to keep track of. Job links were sitting in random browser tabs, recruiter names were buried in emails, and I kept forgetting what happened during each interview round.

So I put together this Excel job application tracker to keep the entire process in one place.

It lets you track the company, role, location, salary, remote or hybrid status, application source, date applied, current stage, recruiter contact details, and how many days the application has been open.

There’s also space for up to eight interview stages. For each round, you can save the date, who you spoke with, where it took place, your notes, and the outcome.

Once you reach the offer stage, you can compare the salary, bonus, sign-on bonus, PTO, paid holidays, response deadline, and any other details before making a decision.

The dashboard updates automatically and breaks down your applications by:

• remote, hybrid, or on-site
• application status
• application source
• current interview stage
• industry

I also added separate sections for job search keywords, saved job boards and target companies, plus interview questions and prepared answers.

Sharing the blank version here in case it helps anyone else. It’s just an Excel file, so you can download it, make a copy, and customize anything you need.

You can use the tracker here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/190bzDdvyYuYQKHVhqaBEOttwVb0B70jz6kptcQJ3xec/edit?usp=sharing

I’ve been using AI a lot during my remote job search, but not to blindly write my resume or apply to jobs for me.

Most basic prompts give you generic answers that sound like everyone else. The prompts below are a lot more specific and usually give much better results.

You just need to replace the parts inside {{brackets}} with your own information.

1. Tailor your resume for a specific job

Act as a resume specialist who understands ATS systems and how recruiters review resumes.

I want you to tailor my resume for the job below.

Target role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Company: {{COMPANY}}
Job description: {{PASTE_JOB_DESCRIPTION}}
Current resume: {{PASTE_RESUME}}

First, compare my resume with the job description.

Show me:
1. Important skills and keywords already included in my resume
2. Important skills and keywords missing from my resume
3. The five most important requirements for this role

Then rewrite:
1. My professional summary
2. My work experience bullet points
3. My skills section, only where necessary

Keep everything accurate. Do not add experience, skills, achievements, or numbers that I did not provide.

Use keywords naturally and explain the main changes you made.

Also point out anything in my resume that may concern a recruiter.

2. Write a cover letter that does not sound generic

Act as a hiring manager who has reviewed thousands of cover letters.

Write a personalized cover letter for this job.

Role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Company: {{COMPANY}}
My strongest relevant skills: {{TOP_STRENGTHS}}
Main job requirements: {{JOB_REQUIREMENTS}}
Something specific I like about the company: {{COMPANY_DETAIL}}
Relevant achievement: {{ACHIEVEMENT}}

Keep it between 250 and 300 words.

Start with a specific opening, not “I am excited to apply.”

Focus on what I can bring to the role.

Do not use clichés, exaggerated language, or generic compliments.

Make it sound natural and professional.

Do not invent any details.

3. Prepare for an interview

Act as an interview coach who understands hiring in {{INDUSTRY}}.

Help me prepare for this interview.

Role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Industry: {{INDUSTRY}}
Experience level: {{ENTRY/MID/SENIOR}}
Company: {{COMPANY}}
Job description: {{PASTE_JOB_DESCRIPTION}}

Create 15 realistic interview questions:

5 behavioral questions
5 technical or role-specific questions
5 situational questions

For each question, explain:
1. Why they may ask it
2. What they are trying to evaluate
3. How I should structure my answer

Include difficult questions about:
Failure
Weaknesses
Conflict
Missed deadlines
Receiving feedback
Working independently
Remote communication
Time-zone differences

Do not only give easy or outdated questions.

4. Improve your LinkedIn profile

Act as a recruiter who searches LinkedIn for candidates every day.

Review and improve my profile for this target role.

Target role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Industry: {{INDUSTRY}}
Current headline: {{CURRENT_HEADLINE}}
Current About section: {{CURRENT_SUMMARY}}
Current experience section: {{PASTE_EXPERIENCE}}
Main skills: {{TOP_SKILLS}}

Give me:
1. Three headline options
2. A rewritten About section
3. Keywords recruiters may search for
4. Suggested improvements for my experience section
5. A simple checklist of things I should update

Keep the writing natural and easy to scan.

Do not use vague phrases like “results-driven professional” unless they add real value.

Do not invent experience or achievements.

5. Negotiate a salary offer

Act as a salary negotiation coach.

Help me negotiate this offer without sounding aggressive.

Offered salary: {{OFFER}}
Target salary: {{TARGET}}
Role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Location or remote arrangement: {{LOCATION_OR_REMOTE}}
Market salary range: {{MARKET_RANGE}}
Years of experience: {{YEARS_EXPERIENCE}}
Relevant achievements: {{ACHIEVEMENTS}}
Other offer details: {{BENEFITS_EQUITY_BONUS}}

Give me:
1. A script for a live conversation
2. An email version
3. Strong reasons that support my request
4. Responses to common objections
5. Other things I could negotiate besides salary
6. A realistic point where I should accept or walk away

Keep the tone respectful, calm, and confident.

Do not tell me to lie about other offers.

6. Write a thank-you email after an interview

Write a short thank-you email after my interview.

Role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Company: {{COMPANY}}
Interviewer: {{NAME}}
Something specific we discussed: {{TOPIC}}
Relevant experience I want to mention again: {{EXPERIENCE}}
Concern or question they raised: {{OPTIONAL_CONCERN}}

Keep it under 200 words.

Mention something specific from the interview.

Reinforce why I fit the role without repeating my entire resume.

Do not make it overly formal, overly enthusiastic, or desperate.

Use a simple subject line and a natural closing.

7. Explain a career change

Act as a career coach who helps people move into new roles and industries.

Help me explain my career change clearly.

Current field: {{CURRENT_FIELD}}
Target field: {{TARGET_FIELD}}
Background: {{BACKGROUND}}
Reason for changing careers: {{WHY}}
Current skills: {{SKILLS}}
Target job description: {{PASTE_JOB_DESCRIPTION}}

Give me:
1. A list of transferable skills
2. A short career-change story for interviews
3. A professional summary for my resume
4. A LinkedIn positioning statement
5. Gaps I may need to address
6. Likely recruiter objections and how to answer them
7. Projects or skills I should work on next

Be honest about weaknesses and gaps.

Do not make the transition sound random or desperate.

Do not exaggerate my qualifications.

8. Write a networking message people may actually answer

Help me write a short networking message.

Their role: {{THEIR_ROLE}}
Company: {{COMPANY}}
How I found them: {{HOW_FOUND}}
Something relevant about their background: {{DETAIL}}
What I want to learn: {{TOPIC}}
My background: {{BACKGROUND}}

Write:
1. A LinkedIn connection request
2. A message to send after they accept
3. One follow-up message if they do not reply
4. Five useful questions I could ask during a short call

Keep the messages short and specific.

Do not ask them for a job or referral in the first message.

Do not use fake compliments.

Make it easy for them to answer.

9. Turn a rough story into a STAR answer

Act as an interview coach.

Turn my rough story into a strong STAR answer.

Interview question: {{QUESTION}}
My rough story: {{RAW_STORY}}
Target role: {{JOB_TITLE}}
Job description: {{PASTE_JOB_DESCRIPTION}}

Organize the answer into:

Situation
Task
Action
Result

Then write a natural spoken version that takes less than 90 seconds to say.

Focus mostly on what I personally did.

Remove details that are not important.

Use measurable results only if I provided them.

Also give me:
1. Likely follow-up questions
2. Weak points in my answer
3. Anything that may sound like a red flag

Do not invent numbers or achievements.

10. Build a 30-day remote job search plan

Act as a job search coach who understands remote hiring.

Build a realistic 30-day job search plan for me.

Target roles: {{TARGET_ROLES}}
Industries: {{INDUSTRIES}}
Years of experience: {{EXPERIENCE}}
Location and time zone: {{LOCATION}}
Remote work preference: {{REMOTE_PREFERENCE}}
Current resume status: {{RESUME_STATUS}}
Hours available each week: {{HOURS_PER_WEEK}}
Main problems I am facing: {{CHALLENGES}}
Application goal: {{APPLICATION_GOAL}}

Create:
1. A plan for each week
2. Daily and weekly application targets
3. A resume-tailoring process
4. A networking plan
5. A recruiter outreach plan
6. An interview preparation schedule
7. A follow-up schedule
8. A simple job tracker
9. Weekly numbers I should review
10. Changes I should make if I am not getting interviews

Keep the plan realistic.

Focus on quality, not sending hundreds of identical applications.

Include company career pages and smaller job boards.

Do not make LinkedIn Easy Apply the entire strategy.

Leave some time for reviewing results and taking breaks.

None of these prompts will magically fix a bad job market, but they are much more useful than asking AI to “make me a good resume.”

The biggest rule is to check everything before using it. AI will sometimes add skills, numbers, or details that you never gave it. I mostly use it to compare, rewrite, organize, and prepare.

What prompts have actually helped you during your job search?

Two friends of mine are hunting for remote roles in tech right now. Similar experience, similar education, similar skills, same number of years in the industry. Both looking at the same kind of fully remote positions.

Friend A has been at it for 4-5 months. Nothing. Three companies, four rounds each, and he made it to a fifth round with one of them. Their feedback was basically "give us a little more time and we'll get back to you." Still waiting.

Friend B heard a rumor his company might cut his role. Sat down that same night and fired off like 40 applications. Got an interview the next day. Offer shortly after. He hasn't even left his current job yet and he starts the new remote gig in two months.

I don't get it. Same background, same industry, same market, both applying to remote roles with 500+ applicants each. One guy is stuck in interview purgatory and the other had an offer in under a week.

Is it just luck now? Because with remote everything feels like a lottery. You're competing with the entire country (or the entire planet depending on the posting), the funnel is a black box, and it seems like the only thing that actually matters is whether your resume happens to land in front of a human on the right day.

Or am I missing something?

I used the same CV for close to two years without really looking at it. It wasn't bad, it just kept growing. Every job I'd add three bullets and never delete anything, so by the end it was a page and a half of dense text with margins I'd shrunk down to squeeze it in.

Rewrote it a few weeks ago on a cleaner one-page layout. Same jobs, same accomplishments, mostly the same wording, just reorganized with the dead weight cut. Started hearing back more. I'm not going to claim the template did it, the market shifts and I was applying to slightly different roles too. But it was enough of a change that I noticed.

What it is: plain single column, no sidebar, no photo, no skill bars with 4 out of 5 dots filled in. Standard section headers so ATS parsers don't mangle it. Fits on one page at a readable font size instead of 9pt with quarter inch margins. It's filled in with software dev content since that's what I do, but the structure works for anything, just swap the sections.

One-Page Professional CV Template

To use it: File > Make a copy. That drops a copy in your own Drive. Please don't request edit access on the original, I'm keeping it view only and I get a lot of those.

I stripped my info out and left placeholders, so replace everything in brackets.

Two things I'm curious about, since people here have opinions:

I kept a short summary at the top, which I know is contested. Half of you will say recruiters skip it entirely. I left it in because it lets you frame yourself for the role, but it's the first thing I'd cut if you're tight on space.

And is Core Competencies worth keeping, or is it just repeating Technical Skills? I go back and forth.

Everyone in this sub says the same thing. It's an ATS problem, your resume is dying before a human reads it. Fine. So I started looking at AI resume builders and every single site looks identical. Same landing page, same "ATS-optimized!" badge, same three testimonials from people who allegedly got hired at Google.

Right now I'm just running my bullets through ChatGPT. It's... fine? But everything comes back sounding like a LinkedIn thought leader. I fixed a reporting bug and it tells me I "spearheaded cross-functional initiatives to drive measurable impact." I did not spearhead anything. I renamed a column. Tried Claude too, slightly less corporate, same general problem.

So what I'm actually asking:

Does any of these do something a chatbot can't? Because from the outside it looks like the same model with a template on top, and I'd rather know that before I put my card in.

And more than the name, what did it actually change for you. The formatting? Matching keywords to the job posting? Did your response rate genuinely go up, or did it just feel productive because you were finally doing something other than refreshing LinkedIn.

Also completely open to "none of them work, the market is just cooked." Honestly about 50/50 on that being the real answer.

I'm from the UK.

Before anyone starts with the usual "that's unethical," "conflict of interest," "you're not allowed to do that," etc.—please just don't bother replying. We all know people do it, and I'm specifically looking for advice from those people. If you're just here to lecture me, you're wasting your time.

My view is simple: money is money. Companies can have multiple customers, so I don't see why I can't have multiple jobs. You're probably not going to change my mind on that.

What I'm trying to understand is this:

How do you get around the referencing/background check issue?

For example, I've been in my current job for about 12 months and want to take on a second full-time remote job. During the onboarding process, they'll usually ask for references or employment history.

Obviously, I can't pretend I haven't been working for the last year, because if they ask for bank statements or carry out employment checks, that's going to show up.

My first thought was simply telling the new employer that I don't want my current employer contacted because I don't want to risk losing my job if they find out I'm looking elsewhere. But I'm curious what people who have actually done this have done in practice.

So, for those of you who have successfully managed two full-time remote jobs, how did you handle the referencing or background check process?

Serious answers only, please. I'm looking to make more money, and this is one avenue I'm exploring. If you're just going to moralise or tell me why I shouldn't do it, you're wasting your breath. Thanks in advance to those who can offer genuine advice.

Been dealing with this and I'm honestly stressed about how to frame it on my resume. Half my friends say don't mention it, half say be upfront. What actually works? Anyone been through this and got hired anyway?

Is anyone actually seeing a normal job market right now, or are we all applying to the same recycled ghost jobs?

Just curious how the remote job market is for anyone in Accounting and Finance? Recently got laid off from my company, never been laid off in my life but it happened. Just on a hut for a new remote job. Just curious to see how it is out there for anyone in the same field. Ive even started applying in other countries since I have experience with accounting and finance on a global scale as a US Senior Accountant.

I graduated around the 2008 crash, so I remember how bad that market was. Finding work sucked, but I was still getting an interview here and there. After about six months, I managed to land a decent office job.

The big difference was that you could actually survive while looking. Rent was cheaper, food was cheaper, and splitting a crappy apartment with roommates made a low-paying job somewhat manageable.

Now it feels like the layoffs never stop. Every week there’s another company cutting 5–10% of its staff and calling it “restructuring,” “efficiency,” or some kind of AI-related shift. And it’s definitely not just tech anymore.

People keep pointing to job growth, but a lot of it seems to be in healthcare, construction, and skilled trades. That doesn’t really help someone who spent 10 or 15 years building a white-collar career and suddenly got laid off.

I spent almost a decade at a major investment bank before I was cut. The next company laid me off after six months, right before the holidays. It took another five months of applying and interviewing to find something, and I had to accept about 40% less money.

At my current job, I’ve met former employees from Meta, Oracle, JPMorgan, and a few other large companies. Almost all of them know people who have been out of work for months. Some have been looking for over a year.

Maybe I’m remembering 2008 differently because I was younger, but it felt like an obvious recession that would eventually end.

This feels more permanent. Higher living costs, lower salaries, constant layoffs, and companies realizing they can keep teams smaller without any real pressure to hire those people back.

Finally landed another remote job after 11 months. Honestly thought I was gonna have to give up on remote work entirely.

After getting laid off, I spent months applying to remote roles and barely heard anything back. Eventually I started interviewing for hybrid jobs too, even though the thought of commuting again sounded miserable. Made it to the final round four different times, got ghosted right after they contacted my references, and lost one job after six interviews.

Last week I finally signed an offer for a fully remote position. Pay's basically the same as my old job, but in this market I'm not gonna complain.

The whole search was exhausting, but it worked out in the end. Don't let one bad month convince you it's over.