February 26, 2021 While remote working is a blessing for some, unfortunately not all industries can switch to or offer work from home. Not everyone has skills for work from home jobs and so they have to report on-site or work on the companies’ offices or job sites. Knowing what work can be performed at home or not will help you choose a job and career especially during this time of pandemic.
Flexible jobs - These are the jobs that can be performed on-site or at home
Remote working is doing tasks right in the comfort of your home. The following jobs can adapt or are ideal for such setup:
- Accountant
- Animator
- App developer
- Beautician (home service)
- Bookkeeper
- Carpenter (home service)
- Chef (cooking foods to sell online)
- Child caregiver
- Content writer
- Customer service representative
- Data analyst
- Data encoder
- Event planner
- Front-end and back-end web developer
- Graphic artist
- Healthcare writer
- Marketing consultant
- Medical doctor (telemedicine or online medical consultant)
- Online language teacher
- Online seller
- Physical therapist (home service)
- Proofreader
- Psychologist
- QA Tester
- Realtor/Renter (landlord)
- SEO consultant
- Technical writer
- Video editor
- Virtual assistant
- Voice actor
What industries have work from home jobs
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Information technology
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Social media marketer
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Arts and graphic designer
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Database administrator
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Front-end web developer
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Back-end web developer
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Network administrator
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Insurance
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Accounting firms
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Healthcare
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BPO related accounts
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Remote consultations
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Medical transcriptionist
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Telemedicine operator
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Marketing and sales
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Social media marketer
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Online seller
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Entertainment
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Subtitle transcriptionist
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Advertiser
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Voice over artist
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Dailymotion, Vimeo and Youtube content creator
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Matrix
The matrix below lets you analyse the degree of likelihood for the specific industries (words in purple) and jobs (words in black). The two arrows correspond to the degree of computer or telecommuting usage and social interaction.
What jobs can’t be performed at home
Jobs that are obviously can’t be made at home:
- Ambulance worker
- Bank teller
- Barista
- Construction workers
- Delivery riders
- Factory worker
- Garbage collector
- Grocery store worker
- Hospital assistant
- Hospital-bound doctors
- Mortician
- Nurses
- Pharmacist
- Physical retail store staff
- Pilot
- Police
- Security guard
- Social worker
- Soldier
- Statistics surveyor
- Taxi driver
- Truck driver
- Waiter
- Welders
Conditions that qualify a job or tasks for work from home:
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Tools used to finish tasks should be procured and available at home. Such tools include a laptop, desktop, webcam, external keyboard, extra monitor, graphics tablet and software.
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Availability of stable internet and electrical connection.
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Contingency plans such as pocket wi-fi, Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) and extra hardware in case of problem or trouble such as wifi or power outages and computer breakdowns
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Working arrangements and procedures allow efficient submission of deliverables before or within a deadline.
Conditions when work from home isn’t possible:
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Products and services that only can be made or manufactured on-site.
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The production of product and rendering of services require sophisticated/professional machines and raw materials. Example, you can’t have car factory workers to work from home.
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The manufacturing tasks and handling of raw materials or ingredients are too dangerous to be performed at home.
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The performance of a specific task involves highly classified or confidential info or material.
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Social interaction is absolutely needed to perform or finish the task - such as in the case of police, soldier, statistics surveyor and social worker.
