Career service highlights expansion of 100 percent remote careers
Boulder, CO – Interest in remote work is on the rise, with 65 percent of people stating that fully remote work is their ideal arrangement. But with this growing demand comes increased competition for remote jobs. To help job seekers better connect to remote career opportunities, FlexJobs has shared seven growing career fields for fully remote work in 2023. To identify these remote careers, FlexJobs compared the number of 100 percent remote jobs posted in January 2022 to December 2022 across 50 career categories in its database. Each of the categories increased at least 20 percent during this time period.
“While a cooling job market may be concerning to job seekers, remote career prospects, particularly in certain industries, is strong,” said Toni Frana, Career Services Manager at FlexJobs. “As our latest list of growing remote careers demonstrates, the range of remote work continues to span various industries, career levels, and roles, creating many opportunities for workers. We anticipate this trend to continue well into the future as more employers embrace permanent remote workplaces,” Frana concluded.
A “fully remote job” is defined as a professional-level job that allows the worker to work completely from home 100 percent of the time. The below categories are ranked in order from highest to lowest growth. They each increased at least 20 percent. All are considered strong career fields for remote jobs in 2023.
- Nonprofit & Philanthropy
- Analyst
- Legal
- Medical & Health
- Communications
- Accounting & Finance
- Project Management
In addition to familiarizing oneself with growing career fields for remote jobs, FlexJobs’ Career Coaching team encourages job seekers to know the basics before embarking on a remote work journey. From finding a remote job to knowing how a remote career search will differ, the following topics serve as valuable resources for professionals starting a remote job search:
- Remote Job Search vs. Traditional Job Search: 7 Key Differences
- How to Break Into Remote Work Industries: 5 Tips
- How to Land Your First Remote Job Without Remote Experience
- How to Show Remote Work Experience on Your Resume
- 8 Characteristics of Successful Remote Employees
About FlexJobs
FlexJobs is the leading career service specializing in remote, hybrid, and flexible jobs, with over 125 million people having used its resources since 2007. FlexJobs provides the highest-quality database of vetted remote and flexible job listings, from entry-level to executive, startups to public companies, part-time to full-time. To support job seekers in all phases of their career journey, FlexJobs also offers extensive expert advice, career coaching services, webinars, and other resources. In parallel, FlexJobs works with leading companies to recruit quality remote talent and optimize their remote and flexible workplace. A trusted source for data, trends, and insight, FlexJobs has been cited extensively in top national outlets, including CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, CNBC, Forbes magazine, and many more. FlexJobs also has partner sites Remote.co and Job-Hunt.org to help round out its content and job search offerings.
