How to Find a Remote Job in Less Time

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How to Find a Remote Job in Less Time The Remote Nomad Digital Nomad Blog

Applying to remote jobs can feel like a daunting task, especially with how busy our lives are. If you’re serious about working remotely so you can have the freedom to live life on your terms then check out these tips on how you can land a remote job in less time.

Get More Done by Batching Tasks 

Do you ever find yourself bouncing from one task to another then ultimately getting nothing done? Perhaps you’re looking at remote job boards at one moment, then updating your resume, then a distraction comes along. It can leave you feeling frazzled and overwhelmed. The ultimate productivity hack to overcome this is by batching tasks and creating themes for your week.

Batching tasks is when you group together a set of tasks instead of doing them sporadically and spread out. This allows you to get into and stay in a flow state. 

You can “batch” by the hour, day, or week. So for example, maybe every Monday and Wednesday are completely dedicated to finding a remote job. Or, perhaps you use a schedule similar to this:

  • Every Monday: Focus simply on pulling a bunch of remote jobs that you’re interested in applying to.

  • Every Tuesday: Network and connect with people online.

  • Every Wednesday: Dedicated to actually applying to remote jobs. 

Batching tasks allows you to focus and as a result be more productive and efficient. This process helps set expectations for yourself in terms of what to expect throughout your week and helps guide what your focus should be. And of course, it saves you time so you can find a remote job in less time.

Stop Wasting Time Being Busy Instead of Productive

One of the reasons so many people struggle to land a remote job is because they’re not using their time wisely. Breaking News! Watching YouTube videos and reading blogs about landing a remote job won’t get you closer to landing a remote job. You need to actually do the work.

Before you start a task, as yourself, “Is this going to move the needle closer to achieving my goal?” or worded another way, “Will this task generate results?”.

Be sure to scrap the low priority tasks and do more of the high priority tasks. The high priority tasks may not be as fun, but they’re going to be what ultimately gets you results.

Here are some examples of LOW priority tasks:

  • Reading digital nomad blogs about what it’s like to be a digital nomad 

  • Watching YouTube videos on ‘How to Interview for Remote Jobs’... This will be useless if you can’t get an interview in the first place. Be sure to prioritize tasks and take things one step at a time. Finding the opportunity comes before the interview.

  • Scrolling Instagram, looking at profiles of people who are working remotely and traveling the world

  • Working on your portfolio. If you don’t have any remote job leads coming through, you’ll have no one to show your portfolio too.

Here are some examples of HIGH priority tasks:

  • Connecting with people at remote companies for informational interviews

  • Applying to remote jobs

Save Time By Getting Support From Someone Who is Already Remote/ Where You Want to Be

Getting support from someone who is already remote is probably the fastest way you can land a remote job. They’ve been there, done that, and learned all the lessons of what works and what doesn’t. Sure, you can figure it all out yourself, but it will take you much more time.

If you’re limited on time it may be of value to enroll a remote career coach that can guide you through the process of successfully landing a remote job. They can save you a ton of time by showing you exactly what you need to do and when you need to do it. A remote career coach is also great for accountability.

Alternatively, if you’re self-disciplined enough there are a lot of self-study online courses that show you how you to successfully land a remote job.

When picking a remote career coach or digital nomad course, be sure that you’re learning from someone who:

  • Has real-life experience and has been through the journey of successfully landing a remote job.

  • Is currently where you want to be in life and your career. If they’re where you want to be in life they clearly know what they’re doing and can show you what they did to get there.


Get Clear on Your Priorities 

Finally, you need to get clear on what your priorities really are if you want to land a remote job in less time.

List all the things you have going on in your life - all your commitments, all the things that take up your time etc. Then list them in order of importance. If you notice things such as socializing, going out with friends, and vacations taking priority over your remote job search, perhaps now is not the time for you to go remote. 

Ultimately, if you want to land a remote job in less time, it needs to be your top priority. It doesn’t have to be this way forever, but for a certain period of time, you’ll need to really give it a full effort. You can’t approach the remote job search with “one foot in, one foot out”. Otherwise, you’re wasting time and it’ll take long ro land a remote job. You need to actively pursue remote work and not just when you feel like it. Sure, it may be inconvenient for a few months of your life, but the trade-off is being able to have the freedom to work from anywhere in the world for the rest of your life.

Batching tasks, focusing on high priority tasks, getting support from someone who knows how to successfully land remote work and getting clear on your priorities will all save you time when it comes to landing a remote job in less time. It’s all about focusing on the right things at the right time, being productive (not just busy) and getting the support to guide you.