How to find job that will let me work remotely

[Anonymous]

For various reasons that make sense for our family, we're moving to a small town with next to no professional opportunities in my field. I'd like to ideally work for a company that has offices in other nearby cities but not have to do the commute (upward of 1 hour). How can I find a job that lets me work from home with maybe a trip to the office no more than once a week? I imagine these positions aren't advertised. I'm at a loss about how to search for this. Any suggestions/ideas/experience with this?

[Anonymous]

The people that I know that work 100% remotely started out working in the office and then transitioned to remote work. What field are you in, OP?

[Anonymous]

Strategy and management consulting.

[Anonymous]

flexjobs is a site that compiles all kinds of flexible jobs, with full or part telecommute being one category.

You can look at the postings but not access the names of the orgs doing the hiring without paying, or if you subscribe you can find out what orgs are offering the jobs.

I did subscribe for a month, they do appear to be real jobs, not sketchy "work from home and earn a million" schemes.

Definitely a good resource for positions that advertise as telecommute. Not sure how to find the ones that don't advertise it but might consider it.

[Anonymous]

Consulting. You just fly to the office. Easy enough. And, they pay you big city pay even if you live in the boondocks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. You just fly to the office. Easy enough. And, they pay you big city pay even if you live in the boondocks.

Exactly what I'm looking for, but not easy to find. They don't seem to advertise this set-up. My situation is that I need to live somewhere where there aren't any jobs, but I need the same caliber job I have now in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consulting. You just fly to the office. Easy enough. And, they pay you big city pay even if you live in the boondocks.

Exactly what I'm looking for, but not easy to find. They don't seem to advertise this set-up. My situation is that I need to live somewhere where there aren't any jobs, but I need the same caliber job I have now in DC.

That's a tall order.

I moved to a rural area and went in-house for a former client. I work part-time, flex-time but I make 1/3 of what I did in DC. With the absurdly low cost of living, however, it evens out for us.

I responded to an RFP to get my job. It really helped that I already knew everyone well so I was not a hiring risk for them. I am not at all sure they would have been interested if I'd been a stranger.

[Anonymous]

If you live near an airport and are willing to travel to client sites frequently, then lots of management consulting jobs will let you live anywhere