Finding a Remote Company You Love!

In last week's edition, I wrote about finding the "perfect remote job" for you, and the important question to ask yourself BEFORE searching for a remote job (find the article here).

Finding a Remote Company You Love

This week, I want to examine the importance of finding a remote company you love!

See, most job seekers start with job boards. They put their metaphorical hands out, asking the job board Gods what they have for them... just hoping something that's reasonably a fit for them is listed there.

This is REACTIVE! It's using hope as a strategy, instead of being PROACTIVE in narrowing down a list of target companies that fit the criteria you desire, beforehand.

The benefit of creating selection criteria for a type of company before your search is that it helps you qualify the company instead of the job role. That way you minimize your chances of taking a job with the wrong type of company, or applying to an organization that's not going to allow you to live the ideal lifestyle you have in mind anyway. Once you determine what companies are your top 25 or so, you can start narrowing down even further.

Selecting Your Criteria

Here are a few ideas on how to select criteria for companies. I recommend trying to narrow this down to get as specific as you can get, that way, when you use filters to try to search for them, you get a list that's manageable to search through. Think of the IDEAL situation.

Answer the following for yourself:

• What industry is the company in? (Try to get down to 1-2 at most)
• What size is the organization?
• What types of benefits do they offer?
• How do they describe the culture?
• What kind of causes are important to the company?
• How "remote" are they? How do they feel about remote work?
• Where do they hire?
• How are they innovating or what are they creating?
• How diverse is their workforce/upper management?
• [Add your own question here!]

Picking Your Top Companies

Once you have some of these answered, it's time to look for companies that fit your criteria! Don't go down wormholes at this stage. To start your brainstorm, try to make a large list first, remembering you're going to cut it down later.

Think about the following:

• Which companies are top of mind that you admire or want to work at?
• Which companies make products or services you're aligned with or use frequently?
• Which companies serve the market you're interested in?
• Which companies are innovating or growing in a
• Which company creates something that won't bore you to death and that you actually might be passionate about?
• Which comaneis do you know people work there and love it?
• [Add your own question here!]

After getting those down, you can also do things like:

• Search "Round-up" articles like "Top [Industry] Remote Companies"
• Look at awarded companies like FlexJobs Top 100 or filter by awards won on their Company Guide
• Find companies you like and look on the right hand side of LinkedIn where it says "similar companies"

This is just a taste of what's possible when finding YOUR remote company.

Now that you've got your criteria and a large list of companies, do some additional research and recon! This might include reaching out to conduct informational interviews, reading review sites online, OR becoming part of their ecosystem...

Becoming Part of Their Ecosystem

Becoming part of a companies ecosystem is crucial to get noticed! For instance, there may not be a job at Stripe right now for your particular role, but you damn sure better follow and connect with J.D. Alex to increase your chances once there is! Beyond just networking there are a lot of tricks I want to teach you...

Stay tuned for next week and I'll talk about becoming part of a company's ecosystem... or join The Remote Job Club where I give more much more detailed templates, videos, and examples of the exact things you can do starting today to help you in your remote job search ??

And please enjoy, as always, this free preview of remote jobs directly from my network! For the full list of remote jobs, check out the remote job seeker action items at the bottom of the newsletter.

Preview of Exclusive Jobs this Week!

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3 Action Items for Remote Job Seekers

1. Exclusive Job Board: Every week my team and myself go through LinkedIn, private slack groups, and other job boards to curate an exclusive job board of positions within my direct network. Above is a preview, but you can find the full list of jobs here.
2. Remote Talent Collective: Sign up for my talent collective. It's free for job seekers to apply, and if accepted, your profile will be available for intros to hiring managers and recruiters as I build out the process. You can apply by creating your profile here.
3. The Remote Job Club: Just getting your profile passed to recruiters isn't enough! If you're a job seeker who's ready to invest in yourself and determined to optimize your strategy, this is for you. Get step-by-step guidance on exactly what to do to crush your remote job search, click here to learn how with my course & coaching platform.

3 Action Items for Companies Hiring Remotely

1. Standard Job Posting: Post one of your remote jobs for FREE in my newsletter and on my job board. Requirements: the job has 0 expectations for office attendance and your company is not "going back to the office after the pandemic."
2. Featured Job Posting: Pay for a featured post on my job board (shows up at the top of the list), get additional newsletter promotion and distribution through my email and private Facebook group, analytics reports, and more.
3. Get Access to the Remote Talent Collective: Get promotion plus direct access to bi-weekly "candidate drops" as well as featured job posts. The best of all worlds!

Company Representatives: Please DM me here on LinkedIn for more info on working with me, or send an email to [email protected].