The freedom of working from any location is of even greater priority for workers than pay
What does “remote” look like to you?
For some people, remote means the opportunity to work from home or in the nearby café as they please, while for others, it entails what is known as the “work-from-anywhere” policy.
Almost 50% of workers admitted they’d take a pay cut for the freedom to work from any location, according to a recent FlexJobs survey, while 75% of respondents said they would use a work-from-anywhere policy if this was granted by their employer.
Non-freelancing professionals who are digital nomads, are able to work from any location in the world (sometimes with the sole restriction of needing to work within reasonable time-zones for collaboration) and are employed by companies that take a fully remote, work-from-anywhere approach.
Such companies can be hard to find. Thankfully, FlexJobs recently analyzed and compiled a list of companies from their database of employers that adhere to providing the following benefits for the majority of their recent remote job listings:
The top 10 employers pulled from their 2024 analysis are:
But what about roles? According to the same report, the main careers that came out as being most likely to be adapted to working from anywhere as a digital nomad, due to the number of work-from-anywhere job postings that involved them, include IT, marketing, project management, and sales and accounting.
If you’re looking to get hired sooner this year, it might be worth checking these in-demand remote job titles which have witnessed a surge in flexible job postings for work-from-anywhere candidates:
An account executive manages client accounts and builds relationships with them; their goal is primarily to meet sales targets and achieve customer satisfaction.
Content writers create written content for various platforms such as websites, blogs, and email marketing, which engages and informs audiences, with the goal of making sales and increasing brand awareness.
As a data analyst, you would be collecting, processing, and performing analysis on large datasets. This helps organizations make well-informed business decisions backed by solid evidence.
A DevOps engineer’s role bridges the gap between software development and IT operations through automating workflows, managing deployments, and ensuring system reliability.
Remote editors work for magazines and journals, and other news publications, and they review and sometimes revise content to ensure accuracy and that the correct writing style is adhered to. This ensures written content meets publication guidelines.
As an engineering manager, you would be leading and managing engineering teams as project develop, ensuring achievement of technical and operational goals are met.
Marketing managers apply their expertise to develop and implement effective marketing strategies to promote products and services, or increase brand awareness, with the goal to realize return on marketing investment by driving sales.
A remote product designer’s role is focused on the entire design of a product, which is more holistic than a UX designer’s role. This will often involve prototyping and user testing.
Product managers, on the other hand, oversee the development and lifecycle of a product, aligning it with market needs and business goals through strategic planning and execution.
Software engineers are critical to the success of new products, as they are the brains behind the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications and systems.
Fortunately, you don’t need to take much of a pay cut to work anywhere in these jobs.
Many work-from-anywhere jobs are in tech, marketing, and media
If you’re looking for the highest chances of working from anywhere in the world, then it would certainly be worth checking these job titles out and ensuring you meet the criteria for living in your host country on a digital nomad basis, so you can experience what “remote” work looks like for you.
