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Mind sharing how you approach this?

prmoustache 3y ago
Just responding only to open positions mentionning remote work or stating that you want remote only to the thousands of head hunters in linkedin is enough.
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  What if no headhunters in your area have jobs that offer remote work?
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  - sokoloff 3y ago
    What does "in your area" really mean when looking for remote work? Are you referring to speciality or geographic area? For some specialities, if the specialty doesn't have remote work (say it's robotics or biotech or something else with a heavy lab component), you might be out of luck. If it's geographic, well, find headhunters in another geography.
    - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
      >What does "in your area" really mean when looking for remote work? Due to employment, tax and labor laws in my country, remote work still has to be done for a company that has a presence in my country. I can't have an employment contract with a company not based here, only B-2-B. So remote basically limits me to local companies, which don't usually offer 100% remote work posibilities.
      - prmoustache 3y ago
        you can but you need to setup your own company and work as a contractor.
        ChuckNorris89 3y ago
        That's what B-2-B is, which is what I said. And it sucks because then you loose the employment perks of being an employee: sick leave, parental leve, included healthcare, paid time off, etc.
        prmoustache 3y ago
        You can negociate some of those in the term of your b2b contract. And in the case of healthcare, the company supposedly doesn't have to pay for it so they can pay that additionnal amount to you directly.
  - taormina 3y ago
    Find better headhunters. They do work on commission
    - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
      Whenever I ask them about remote companies they all say they don't have such customers, they all want people in the office.
voytec 3y ago
Currently I'm happy with what I found on HN's Who's Hiring [1] post. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring

Just responding only to open positions mentionning remote work or stating that you want remote only to the thousands of head hunters in linkedin is enough.

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
What if no headhunters in your area have jobs that offer remote work?
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- sokoloff 3y ago
  What does "in your area" really mean when looking for remote work? Are you referring to speciality or geographic area? For some specialities, if the specialty doesn't have remote work (say it's robotics or biotech or something else with a heavy lab component), you might be out of luck. If it's geographic, well, find headhunters in another geography.
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    >What does "in your area" really mean when looking for remote work? Due to employment, tax and labor laws in my country, remote work still has to be done for a company that has a presence in my country. I can't have an employment contract with a company not based here, only B-2-B. So remote basically limits me to local companies, which don't usually offer 100% remote work posibilities.
    - prmoustache 3y ago
      you can but you need to setup your own company and work as a contractor.
      - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
        That's what B-2-B is, which is what I said. And it sucks because then you loose the employment perks of being an employee: sick leave, parental leve, included healthcare, paid time off, etc.
        prmoustache 3y ago
        You can negociate some of those in the term of your b2b contract. And in the case of healthcare, the company supposedly doesn't have to pay for it so they can pay that additionnal amount to you directly.
- taormina 3y ago
  Find better headhunters. They do work on commission
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    Whenever I ask them about remote companies they all say they don't have such customers, they all want people in the office.

voytec 3y ago

Currently I'm happy with what I found on HN's Who's Hiring [1] post. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring