If you do a quick search on Google, you’ll find that many work from home positions tend to cater to US residents – which is great for those in the US, but sucks for those who aren’t (like me, and likely you).
Unfortunately, many countries (such as Canada) are slow-moving in the work from home front. The recent global pandemic has made it easier to work from home. But it can be even more difficult now to find those opportunities.
Despite the global challenges, it is possible to work from home as a non-US resident. I’ve been working remotely for 4 years now. Throughout that time, I’ve come across plenty of job boards, and I’ve created a list of the best ones that I’ve used to find remote opportunities.
These platforms are free to use, only list remote positions, and don’t even require you to sign up. When you find something that suits your needs, you’ll be redirected to the company website where you can apply directly (so, no funny business).
Quite a few of these job boards are tech-centered, but they do post jobs listings from other fields:
Dynamite Jobs
Dynamitejobs.co is my favourite remote job board, and is also where I found my most recent full-time position.
What I love about this platform is how unique many of the job postings are – I tend to find positions on here that I haven’t seen on other remote job boards (or, they appear here first). If you’re looking for a position outside of the tech sector, there are plenty other roles available as well.
Although all of the jobs are remote, you can filter your search by skill, monthly salary, type (full-time, part-time, contract), and timezone (which can be immensely helpful if you’re outside of the US, or outside of North America).
📢 Tip: For those outside of the US, I would recommend filtering by “Anywhere”.
Another great thing about this job board is that you can view a brief summary of what the position is offering (salary/hourly rate, benefits, application close date) when you click on the job description, which helps to give a brief insight as to what you can expect while working for the company.
Remotive
Remotive.io is another great platform for finding work from home jobs, and has plenty of tech and non-tech positions. Many of the jobs listed here are unique as well.
You can search for roles via the search bar, or you can click to search through their job categories.
📢 Tip: If you’re outside of the US, click the ☑ box to hide US-only jobs.
Another great feature of this job board is that positions are specified by general location (e.g. US only, UK only, etc).
Remote Jobs Vault
This job board has a fewer features, but it has plenty of remote positions for various roles. You can use the search bar to find jobs, or search for positions by selecting the job category.
📢 Tip: If you’re searching for something specific, ensure the job category you’re interested in is the only one selected.
Most jobs on this board tend to state where you need to be located (either in the US, or elsewhere). Just because you’re working from home, doesn’t always mean that you can work anywhere. It’s always important to check the location.
Remote Friendly
This isn’t exactly a job board. However, Remote Friendly lists various companies that are open to having their employees work from home. Note: These companies may or may not be hiring right now.
📢 Tip: You can use the search bar to find a company based within your preferred country or city.
I actually used this website to find a company that was hiring, and made it pretty far in the interview process! I was almost hired, but they ultimately preferred another candidate. 😔
To be fair, I may not have had all of the experience they needed at the time. But I mentioned this because I did find legitimate positions using this site.
We Work Remotely
WeWorkRemotely is the most popular remote job board, and is the largest remote work community in the world! As the largest remote work community, it’s fitting that it has a broader range of job categories to choose from.
As with other job boards, you can search for jobs by category, or by clicking the magnifying glass to find jobs within a specific field or location.
This was one of the job boards I frequented regularly. I did find that many of the jobs were more catered to US residents. But I still found plenty that weren’t.
Remote4Me
Remote4Me is a job board that lists remote jobs found on different sites and job boards – it specifically searches for keywords that indicate a position is 100% remote before including the job post.
📢 Tip: After selecting your desired job category, you can filter the jobs by timezone. This is helpful for those looking for positions outside of the US.
This website seems updated regularly, so you’re always getting the most recent listings. Just ensure to always check the actual job post for the job location.
Remote Co
Remote.co is a job board that has remote job listings in various categories, as well as other helpful resources (such as a blog and a community).
📢 Tip: Selecting Find Remote Jobs will allow you to search through different job categories.
The job listings are updated fairly frequently, and many of the positions can be worked from outside of the US.
Jobspresso
Jobspresso.co is another popular job board for finding jobs that allow you to work from home. Since the job postings on this platform are handpicked and curated, you can trust that the jobs listed are legitimate. Scams are a thing, unfortunately.
📢 Tip: For those outside of the US, try searching Worldwide or Canada, North America, South America, or Europe as the location.
Just Remote
Justremote.co is a lesser known job board, but there are various job categories to choose from.
The top of each job description will state where you need to reside. Although this job board doesn’t have a search bar, it does have categories to choose from.
📢 Tip: You can select the job origin country from the left side of the screen – this will list all related remote jobs for that country.
This platform also doesn’t seem to be updated as often, but I still think it’s worth a look.
Workaline
Workaline is one of the first job boards I heard about and used to search for a full-time, work from home position. I do a lot of research from my phone, so I appreciated how easy it was to browse through jobs.
Rather than have a bunch of fancy features, this job board is simply organized by the day the position was posted. This allowed me to easily scroll through the postings that were available.
Most of the jobs listed here are tech related, but I appreciated that they had plenty of unique listings.
Power to Fly
PowertoFly is a diverse, women-led community that aims to encourage diversity in the job market. It has job listings and plenty of other resources such as virtual events, live chats, mentorship, coaching, a newsletter, and a helpful blog!
📢 Tip: In the search bar, enter a job title and put Remote or Worldwide as the location to search for work from home jobs only.
I also used this website to find and apply for a job. I can’t remember how far I made it into the interview process, but I checked postings regularly to see what was available.
Since there is so much more to this site than job postings, I definitely think this is worth a look.
There’s plenty of competition, but there are plenty of opportunities as well. Give these websites a try, and let me know how it goes!
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