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I want a job where I can work from a laptop and not be tied to any location. I don't need very much money at all. What are my options? I am a sophmore/junior studying accounting. How unrealistic is this? It's obviously a bit of a pipe dream. What steps can I take to better qualify myself to these telecommuting type jobs? Does anyone get these types of jobs at a young age or are they more reserved for people who have worked there way up at physical locations?
These jobs are possible but usually you need a few years of experience. You target employers that you know allow telecommute. Sometimes entire departments offer telecommute at some companies. Other times it's only some teams that allow it. Sometimes people go into the office a couple days a week and telecommute the other days.
Other companies allow their workers to live anywhere and allow 100% telecommute, though this is rare (but gradually increasing). Often you start off going into the office and then over time start telcommuting.
Sometimes you get hired as a remote worker from the start. This is more likely to be a straight hire as remote when you are an expert in your field (because the company is hiring remote workers, your competition is throughout the country or the world so you are competing against a larger pool of candidates versus when you only compete against applicants in a specific city).
Also there are 'travel jobs'. The are jobs where you go to client sites in various locations but also go back to your home office often to do work. Maybe you visit the client for a week or two and then head back to your home office to do a month of work. These jobs usually allow you to work remotely for you home office when you aren't on the road. These jobs usually will be advertised as 70% travel and 30% remote.
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We have people telecommuting on occasion or regularly, and because of OSHA regulations your wish is not possible. Each person who wishes to telecommute must have an ergonomic work area at their home that meets OSHA requirements. If people were able to work from the woods, beach, their boat, or the strip club, there could be an accident or other injury and with you on the clock it would be a worker's comp claim. Also, no one gets telecommuting without having proven themselves to be a good worker with a good leave record, usually after a year or more of working here.
I want a job where I can work from a laptop and not be tied to any location. I don't need very much money at all. What are my options? I am a sophmore/junior studying accounting. How unrealistic is this? It's obviously a bit of a pipe dream. What steps can I take to better qualify myself to these telecommuting type jobs? Does anyone get these types of jobs at a young age or are they more reserved for people who have worked there way up at physical locations?
In accounting, everything I've seen has been only for highly experienced professionals. (That is not my primary field, so I could be way off.)
There are plenty of jobs where you travel a great deal. The ones that come to mind don't involve accounting but perhaps as an auditor of some sort?
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