My brother has found steady remote work as an English language tutor - he’s in his late 50s. He has no experience in either teaching or as an English instructor, but he has been doing it for a couple years now. The work is 100% in front of your computer at home (he barely leaves his condo for a variety of reasons, but that’s a separate issue). I think he works thru the Cambly platform. Here is an article about this sort of work:
Not sure if that will meet your financial requirements, but heck, if HE can make money doing this enough to pay his bills, I think anyone with any actual work experience can.
For me I worked remotely for a large tech company as a project/program manager until I was let go following a down quarter. They gave me a very generous package just to walk away, which I took. I was working with teams around the world making sure projects got done all from my home office in Montana.
I’ll not looking for a big salary, just to have a reason to get up in the morning and “go to work” in some capacity. While I like the high-tech world, I am knowledgeable of how many different types of businesses work. My specialty was creating and running world-class customer/tech support orgs for a variety of startups in Silicon Valley. Those obviously weren’t online jobs.
Hi. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t need some help. Abuse I don’t need. If you can offer help ( swallow the BS ) I’m open to talking with you. Send me a DM and let’s talk in private. That’s not me being mean to you. That’s not me being disrespectful to you.
It would be nice if you worked in such a field if you could respect that. If you can’t, then I don’t think that makes me the lesser man. It just makes me the man looking for a job.
And if it’s elsewhere… then it’s elsewhere. I do bring skills, no matter what you or anyone says or implies.
Thanks! That’s helpful. It’s what I do too (though in a specialized field).
No need… you’re obviously concerned about privacy, and I wouldn’t have any leads for you anyway unless you were in tech (and even then, it’d be tough). I wouldn’t want a copy of your resume unless there was something I could do directly to help, and I don’t think there is in this case.
That said, if you’re looking for any remote customer service job (that may not pay much, and might have no career progression, etc.), there are some companies still hiring those:
I don’t know what it means, either. Maybe that means i can’t help you. But i think I’m not the only one here who would like some sense of what you do, beyond a three letter acronym i don’t recognize.
You might have good luck as a CSR. Years before COVID, my company started allowing CSRs who were meeting their numbers to work remotely from home. This was a change we hoped would lower the turnover of CSRs and it was wildly successful. I believe my employer is going to start making us come into the office at least 2-3 days per week, but this will not apply to CSRs. I don’t know what industry you were a CSR in, but there are still companies that need them, especially insurance companies. Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Kaiser, etc., etc. all need customer service reps and hire frequently.
In my state (Washington) we have an organization called WorkSource which helps place people trying to find work. I believe there are special programs for people in a situation like yours where you have physical limitations that require you to seek remote work. In addition, if you have 20 years of experience in a field that supports remote work, and if you can provide good references, those seem like strong points in your favor.
I don’t know where you live but hopefully your state has a similar program. WorkSource is part of the “American Job Center” network, and the federal version is here:
The reason I even know about this stuff is that the agency I work for deals with workplace safety issues in my state and also tries to support employees who are injured on the job, both in helping them receive financial support but also to get them back to work. We have vocational specialists that are placed in WorkSource locations specifically to help injured workers, but WorkSource is helpful for anyone seeking employment, and hopefully you have something similar near you.
Just a suggestion, as again I suspect there may be programs specifically to help someone in your situation that you might benefit from.
I’d recommend you apply your clearly applicable skills doing the things you do and inquire with a company which seeks such qualifications, but only if the position can be done remotely.
So you don’t waste your time, I’d limit it to the fields you find interesting, and where hiring is robust. I’m sure that, with time and effort, advancement to a more prestigious, and lucrative, position, is sure to follow.
Just remember: there’s no CSR without the customer. You figure that part out, and you won’t need to go looking for a job, remote or otherwise. No, my friend. That’s when the jobs coming looking for you.
Best of luck! And keep us informed. I’m sure I’m not alone in expressing my keen interest in this quest!
Alarm monitoring companies are going through a period of “sometimes more” and “sometimes less” work-from-home (WFH) operators. Go back ten years and all alarm operators worked at listed Central Stations, monitoring fire and burglary systems. Many also did video monitoring. With the onset of the pandemic, emergency rules were put in place that allowed WFH operators, though there were strict requirements to maintain security.
TL;DR: Try contacting some alarm monitoring companies. They may do some training at their facility and then permit WFH.
(I serve on some national committees that are discussing changes to standards and codes to make WFH more uniform, while maintaining public confidence in the systems. Not easy.)