By Sarah Stone
It can be frustrating to look for remote jobs in fields that aren't as technical as coding—but it's not impossible! Here are 9 paths to consider.
1: TECHNICAL RECRUITING
As a technical recruiter, you'll work with hiring managers to write job descriptions, find candidates on platforms like LinkedIn and Github, reach out to and interview applicants, and recommend new hires.
2: TEACHING ENGLISH
Teaching English to foreign learners is one way to find remote work quickly—though we recommend getting TEFL Certification, which lasts forever, opens you up to more positions, and earns you a higher salary.
3: FREELANCE WRITING
There are a lot of different niches you can get into as a freelance writer, like creating whitepapers, improving SEO and website content, developing copy for newsletters and landing pages, and much more.
4: SEO
SEO can be a perfect job if you're good at writing and editing, and interested in tracking the performance of your work using analytics tools. It's also a great path toward more technical fields if you'd like to get into coding.
5: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Social media marketing will have you creating, executing, and analyzing online campaigns to promote a brand, product, or service. If you're creative, organized, people-oriented, and interested in metrics, this may be a perfect fit!
6: TRANSLATION
If you speak two or more languages fluently, then picking up work as a translator could be your path to remote work! Translate medical, legal, or technical docs, recipes and guides, web pages and blog posts, and much more.
7: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project management is a multifaceted and extremely useful skill set that can open you up to high-paying jobs worldwide. And if you get a certification, you can earn a higher salary and find more—and better—opportunities.
8: ONLINE TUTORING
As long as you have a good internet connection and a reliable schedule, you can tutor students online from anywhere in the world. Popular subjects are English and math, but you can go beyond that and teach musical instruments, help with standardized test prep, and much more.
9: CUSTOMER SERVICE
Customer service is one of the easier jobs that you can find if you're looking for remote work. Through online customer service positions, you’ll work with customers via chat, phone, or email to help solve their problems and answer their questions.