For an increasing number of job seekers, working from home one or two days a week isn't enough — they want the freedom to work from different cities and countries at their leisure, too.
Flexa Careers, a global directory of flexible-work companies, found that the share of job seekers interested in "work from anywhere" roles rose to 88% in June from 80% in April — the largest increase since the company started tracking this information last year.
In a work-from-anywhere job, employees are 100% remote, independent of location or time zone.
Such jobs, however, are rare to find and increasingly competitive to land, only accounting for about 5% of all remote roles, FlexJobs, a remote and hybrid job search platform, reports. Most remote jobs have geographic requirements, mainly due to state and federal regulations that dictate where companies can hire people and do business.
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To help job-seekers find the best remote, flexible gigs, FlexJobs has identified the most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for by analyzing its database for the work-from-anywhere jobs with the highest volume of postings between January and June 2023.
All of the jobs on the list are available remotely, either full-time or part-time, with no location restrictions and no office requirements. Here are the 10 most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for in 2023 (see the full list here):
- Accountant
- Business development manager
- Copywriter
- Customer success representative
- Editor
- Engineering manager
- Marketing manager
- Product manager
- Senior product designer
- Software engineer
The biggest change in the work-from-anywhere job market over the last year is the kinds of industries offering these roles, says FlexJobs career expert Keith Spencer.
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"What we're seeing on FlexJobs is that, similarly to past years, marketing, writing and tech continue to be the top three categories with the most work-from-anywhere jobs," Spencer explains. "But more notably, education and bilingual-focused careers are expanding their work-from-anywhere offerings, while project management, HR and recruiting have seen a decline."
FlexJobs has also noticed more companies advertising work-from-anywhere roles this year compared to 2022, Spencer adds, in industries like marketing and gaming.
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