I am looking for a Remote Job

[BridigetA231943]

I am looking for a remote job, does anyone know who is hiring?

[LisaS555657]

Are you hiring for remote jobs? I'm looking for Data entry, or customer service nothing too complicated.

[WebWiseWoman]

Hi, Lisa! Welcome to AARP!

Try these links (open in new tab/window):

• "AARP Careers" (jobs with AARP)

• "Job Search" purportedly vetted by AARP (jobs posted that appear in AARP search results)

Good luck in your search for a great employer!

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  Hi Bridiget @BridigetA231943 , IF you donot mind my asking - what TYPE of work are you seeking?

Thanks,

Nicole  👵

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[RichmondB351217]

Remote Min 16 hours a week, no Weekends, & have own Mac so can communicate with Employers Software doable, Strong Communication skills, Sales inside & Outside 38 Years, retired. 
thank You

[BridigetA231943]

Thank You for replying back!
I am pretty much open to anything and flexible to work any hours.   I can do remotely, I am skilled in Data Entry and have outstanding customer service skills, (so I have been told by my supervisors & peers in every position I've ever held.)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  You are welcome Bridiget @BridigetA231943 .

Have you signed up on LINKEDIN?

The paid option usually is best but the free option can work.

As you know, ALOT of Work From Home Scams out there.

With LinkedIn, you can do a SEARCH for jobs Companies are using that site to post on.

Good Luck,

Nicole  👵

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[BridigetA231943]

Thank You Nicole I really appreciate the tip! I'll keep you posted.

[RolandH72755]

Well, technically I'm not retired, I just haven't taken a billable contract in the past 4 years. Having spent 40 years in IT I will share what I have learned.

1. Never get a LinkedIn or Quora account. Absolute bottom feeders infest both. These are the creatures looking up at the underside of the septic tank pondering how to climb high enough to get inside.
2. In the world of IT consulting we call consulting firms pimps. They arrange a date, collect a fee, provide no services, just like . . . Having said that, a quality pimp can keep you as billable as you choose and some times even with really good rates.
3. Dice.com is currently the best place to locate a quality pimp. Just apply to one of their openings to get in their system.
4. Never post your resume on Indeed or ZipRecruiter unless you want to be constantly annoyed with scams. 
5. 99.95% of "data entry" jobs went off-shore. The good ole days of people mailing paper order forms and coupon redemptions in went away with the Internet. Those paper forms were the bulk of data entry jobs.
6. Very few customer service jobs are remote, even for the companies that pride themselves on U.S. based customer service. It's not so much bad management as it is the constant need to "kick stuff up to a supervisor."

I humbly suggest, given what little you've stated on your background that you initially poke around on Dice for the following things:

• Technical Writer
• Technical Recruiter

Despite "technical" being in both of those many of the people working in those fields are obviously non-technical. Lots of technical writing gigs just want someone with good English and grammar skills to write SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)

Technical Recruiting is really a sales job. At least 80% of the technical recruiters that reach out to me can barely speak English. None have any technical skills. They don't know that CICS only runs on IBM platforms. Most of the time they can't even tell you what Operating System you will be programming on because they only searched for C++ when mining on-line resume databases, not bothering to read the job req they pulled down from a vendor management system any further than the first skill.

The competition you will face in that market will be low.

I just searched Dice right now and there is a junior technical recruiter remote gig posted on there.

During my youth I dated several technical recruiters. They were pros. They bothered to read a few magazines and find out what worked with with. Not how to do it, just enough to know CICS only runs on IBM and that you need to search for both the programming language + operating system to find a candidate because it makes a difference.

In the world of pimps you want to avoid Zoom, Robert Half, and Carlton National Resources. True meat grinders.