Job Seeker Chases Global Adventure with a Work-from-Anywhere Position

Traveling the world may seem like a pipe dream if you’re fixed geographically to one place because of career, family, or other concerns. However, some adventurous job seekers have found global adventure with a work-from-anywhere position that allows them the best of both scenarios: world travel and a flexible career.

When we heard from Eryn P., who’s the focus of this week’s FlexJobs success story, she was living in La Paz, Bolivia, after a momentous move to find a job that would give her great flexibility. Her work experience is in the technology sector, but frustrations with her previous job prompted Eryn to look for a job that offered not only flexibility, but tremendous freedom too.

During her search, Eryn told us she “stumbled across” Remote Year, a global program that allows 75 participants a year to “spend a year working, traveling and exploring 12 cities around the world.” Remote Year provides coworking spaces, transportation, private rooms, and connection with a like-minded community of global flexible workers.

Learning about Remote Year was inspiring enough to motivate Eryn to quickly chuck the lifestyle and traditional career she’d known and join FlexJobs, where she found a full-time remote job as a sales engineer for Toptal, a Silicon Valley startup that connects freelance software developers and designers with employers and projects around the world.

Fired Up to Work—and See the World

Eryn share a bit of her background with us. “I used to work for a large technology brand that allowed for flexible work, which I loved, but had to switch roles into a dead-end office job,” Eryn wrote, responding to questions FlexJobs asks successful members on our site. That move set off her search, and her discovery of digital nomad opportunities at Remote Year.

The more she learned about flexible jobs, Eryn said, the more she “couldn’t shake the feeling that I was meant for a more flexible lifestyle.” Here’s where Eryn made her big move. “I quit my job, sold my house, car, furniture, and blindly went on this crazy adventure where I needed to find a 100 percent telecommute job within three months!”

Finding FlexJobs, the Best Source for Flexible Jobs

Eryn told us she found out about FlexJobs on the recommendation of a Remote Year staff member and decided to give it a try.

Compared to other job search sites, Eryn said she found FlexJobs the most credible and easy to navigate. “Of all the websites that seemed to market towards remote opportunities, FlexJobs seemed the the most legitimate,” Eryn said.

She was reassured because all of the jobs in the FlexJobs database are vetted. “I liked that most job postings came with certain statuses and accreditations and that not any person could sign up to post a random job posting. “I also really liked the variety of types of work that FlexJobs provided. I am not in a technical role (programming, web design, etc.) and found that many other sites specifically catered to these types of jobs.

“I think the ability to research specific jobs within my skill set helped me find work faster,” Eryn said.

Tips and Inspiration for Other Global Job Seekers

What worked well for Eryn in her job search was checking in regularly and making full use of FlexJobs member benefits. “Definitely saving specific search filters and regularly rechecking for new postings in each category” helped her succeed, Eryn said.

“I found the ‘applications’ section very useful when keeping track of jobs I had already applied for,” Eryn wrote. Less effective in her particular case, she said were “tests and quizzes.” Although many job seekers have found them to be a good resources, Eryn said they were less so for her because “it became irrelevant to take any tests unless specifically asked” for by a potential employer.

Now that she’s broken out of her previous job rut and is working remotely for “an up-and-coming technology firm,” she sums up her new career lifestyle succinctly: “Love it!”

No matter what you’re looking for in a job, a FlexJobs membership can work wonders for your job search, too. Take the tour and learn more about how FlexJobs can power your job search.

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