Do you all feel remote jobs are easy to get? I have been actively applying to roles for several months, and I do the hard work of custom adding SEO keywords for each role I apply to, into my resume. But I rarely get a response back. I’ve got 15 years experience, so I’m more than qualified for some of the roles that I’ve applied to. What are some awesome tips you can share for standing out and getting to the top of the pile?

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I don’t know what companies you have been applying for but my company Leidos has a lot of remote project management and other software, HR and admin positions open. We had remote positions before it became popular with Covid. I see Atleast 2-5 new positions daily in my internal alerts. I would be willing to provide a referral if you like.

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Thanks! I’ll take a look at your company’s job listings!

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Do you write a cover letter? I’m a firm believer that (good, compelling!) cover letters are the best way to stand out. As a hiring manager I’m partial to applicants that submit one, but from what I’ve seen very few people do. That could be the source of your problem. I always make sure to spend some time with writing one out and have held two 100% remote roles since early 2021. When your competing with national applicants vs only local, you really need to blow your application out of the water

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I second the importance of a cover letter to showcase you and your personality

Network and get a referral

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Not anymore, especially those that pay well at mid-higher tier startups. I forget the article but there was one mentioning how 50% of all job applicants are applying to the same small pool of remote jobs as most jobs are moving to hybrid. You may need to network if your degrees/current company don’t typically catch the attention of recruiters

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Remote jobs get around 10x the applications of Hybrid roles, which get around 3x the applications of non-hybrid roles.

Many remote jobs will have 50 to 100 applicants within the first hour of being posted.

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In technical roles they're a dime a dozen. But that's just supply and demand

There was a recent study done. I don’t remember where I saw it but it said something around “for every 1 remote job there are 20ish applicants” I think.

There was another stat in the same article that said something like 70% of the existing corporate workforce would prefer to be fully remote. I don’t remember the same size.

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