Comments on: Remote / Virtual Office Positions http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/ Web and Marketing Analytics Recruitment Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:34:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Laurie http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Laurie Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:09:50 +0000 http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/#comment-306 I know this posting is older but I ran across it doing some searches for remote web analytic jobs and feel the need to contribute. I found a position yesterday that was perfect for both myself and the company; I have exactly what they are looking for and then some, and they have what I see as a gold mine just taking off and a lot of opportunity. They must have thought so too because I got a phone interview within 6 hours of sending my resume. But no remote option; I am not relocating; interview over. I do agree that not everyone is cut out to work remotely and be as successful and productive but there are ways employers can protect their decision/investment. I have been with my current company for 10 years and have worked remote for them for over a year now; so it does work and I do have the experience working remotely. What gets me is this company (and others) is built to service a virtual world; clients, consumers; it is what they claim to be experts in. Yet they do not have an internal virtual policy in place? A lot of companies are missing out on the "perfect person" because of this closed policy. It has improved over the last couple of years but still has a ways to go. The biggest issue I think a lot of people have a hard time getting their head around, is how you manage remote workers. Quite honestly, I feel the best canidate for working remote will manage themselves. ok there is my rant for my disappointment in losing out on a great opportunity. I know this posting is older but I ran across it doing some searches for remote web analytic jobs and feel the need to contribute.

I found a position yesterday that was perfect for both myself and the company; I have exactly what they are looking for and then some, and they have what I see as a gold mine just taking off and a lot of opportunity.

They must have thought so too because I got a phone interview within 6 hours of sending my resume. But no remote option; I am not relocating; interview over.

I do agree that not everyone is cut out to work remotely and be as successful and productive but there are ways employers can protect their decision/investment. I have been with my current company for 10 years and have worked remote for them for over a year now; so it does work and I do have the experience working remotely.

What gets me is this company (and others) is built to service a virtual world; clients, consumers; it is what they claim to be experts in. Yet they do not have an internal virtual policy in place?

A lot of companies are missing out on the “perfect person” because of this closed policy. It has improved over the last couple of years but still has a ways to go.

The biggest issue I think a lot of people have a hard time getting their head around, is how you manage remote workers. Quite honestly, I feel the best canidate for working remote will manage themselves.

ok there is my rant for my disappointment in losing out on a great opportunity.

]]> By: Corry Prohens http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Corry Prohens Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:19:56 +0000 http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/#comment-264 Thank you for the note Lori. The reality is that virtual office positions are still your best bet if you want to stay in paradise. Just becuae they have not evolved to the degree that they could have/should have by now does not mean that they don't exist. My advice to you is to be proactive about "bringing work to you". Post your profile on the contractor exchange on our site, post your resume confidentially on job boards and refresh it regularly, search indeed.com for key words "remote & web analytics", update your profile on Linkedin... make it happen. Since there are fewer of them available you are just going to have to work a bit harder to get the one that you want. Don't get discouraged. Get mad. Get a plan together and execute. Get that job. It may not happen tomorrow, but if you continue to market yourself it WILL happen. Maybe by the time your NEXT job search rolls around the rest of the world will catch on to the value of virtual office workers. Thank you for the note Lori.

The reality is that virtual office positions are still your best bet if you want to stay in paradise. Just becuae they have not evolved to the degree that they could have/should have by now does not mean that they don’t exist.

My advice to you is to be proactive about “bringing work to you”. Post your profile on the contractor exchange on our site, post your resume confidentially on job boards and refresh it regularly, search indeed.com for key words “remote & web analytics”, update your profile on Linkedin… make it happen.

Since there are fewer of them available you are just going to have to work a bit harder to get the one that you want. Don’t get discouraged. Get mad. Get a plan together and execute. Get that job. It may not happen tomorrow, but if you continue to market yourself it WILL happen.

Maybe by the time your NEXT job search rolls around the rest of the world will catch on to the value of virtual office workers.

]]> By: Lori http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Lori Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:28:20 +0000 http://www.iqworkforce.com/blog/2009/01/12/remote-virtual-office-positions/#comment-263 I was excited when I read the title of this post, but now I feel depressed. To be honest, I'm a very fortunate career changer who was that less experienced, local person in a limited local talent pool who was given the analytics job based on potential. Now that I've got the bug and am deeply in love with what I do, I'm very concerned about "what's next?". With nowhere to go internally or externally, my new career path depends on whether or not the virtual office is a real possibility in this field. I live in my version of paradise and I'm NOT moving. So now I have to figure out if it's possible to live where I want AND do what I love. I know there are worse problems in the world, but this keeps me up nights. Is there a career path for reasonably talented analysts who don't live within commuting distance of big cities? Per your article, it sounds like a long shot! I was excited when I read the title of this post, but now I feel depressed. To be honest, I’m a very fortunate career changer who was that less experienced, local person in a limited local talent pool who was given the analytics job based on potential. Now that I’ve got the bug and am deeply in love with what I do, I’m very concerned about “what’s next?”. With nowhere to go internally or externally, my new career path depends on whether or not the virtual office is a real possibility in this field. I live in my version of paradise and I’m NOT moving. So now I have to figure out if it’s possible to live where I want AND do what I love. I know there are worse problems in the world, but this keeps me up nights. Is there a career path for reasonably talented analysts who don’t live within commuting distance of big cities? Per your article, it sounds like a long shot!

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