If typing, writing, or computer work has become difficult due to hand or wrist pain, it can make career decisions more complicated.

I’ve created a free guide focused on helping individuals think through career options when dealing with repetitive strain injuries (RSI) in the hands and wrists.

The guide looks at practical ways to:

• Evaluate careers based on physical demands

• Use informational interviews to gather real-world insight

• Identify work patterns that may reduce continuous strain

• Ask better questions before accepting a job

This is a free resource and a living document that may be updated as new ideas and feedback are developed.

You will have the option to contribute if you would like, but there is no expectation to do so. If you are dealing with hand or wrist problems, please feel free to download the guide at no cost.

This publication is a collection of ideas. Take what is helpful to you, and leave what is not.

If this topic is relevant to you — or someone you know — you can access the guide here:

👉 https://liveyourlifelearning.gumroad.com/l/rsi-career-guide

For this week’s discussion, I’d like to ask a question about career choices.

What was the single biggest influence on the career path you chose?

Everyone arrives at their career in different ways. Sometimes the decision is carefully planned, and sometimes it happens because of an unexpected opportunity.

I’d be interested in hearing your experiences.

• If you are currently working in a career, what influenced your decision to go into that field?
• If you are thinking about changing careers, what is the biggest influence shaping the direction you want to go?
• And for those who operate their own business — either part-time or full-time — what inspired you to start that particular business?

Here are a few possible influences that people sometimes mention when choosing a career:

• Something they saw in the media (TV, radio, social media, or online videos)

• A course they took in school

• A teacher or mentor who influenced them

• Advice from a friend or family member

• A book, article, or podcast they encountered

• An unexpected opportunity that came along

• A career assessment or career counseling session

• Advice from a career expert

• An informational interview with someone in a field

• Learning about a career through advertising or outreach

• A textbook or class project in school

• A travel experience that opened new perspectives

• A long-time personal interest or dream

Everyone’s story is different, and it’s often interesting to hear how people arrived at the work they do today.

If we receive enough responses, I may create a future post summarizing some of the ideas and experiences shared.

If you'd like to participate, you can:

• Leave a comment on the video titled “This Week: What Influenced Your Career Decision?” on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel

• Send your thoughts to helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com

Thanks for taking the time to read and participate in the discussion.

Mike

Live Your Life Learning

I wanted to open up a discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it may affect careers, education, and business.

AI technology is spreading rapidly across many parts of society. Every week we hear new stories about how AI is being used in workplaces, schools, and businesses. With these developments, many people are wondering how AI may influence the future of work and learning.

A question to start the discussion:

Do you think AI will create more jobs than it replaces?

Some people believe AI will create many new opportunities. Others worry that it may replace certain jobs or change how industries operate.

So for this post, I’d love to hear your thoughts and opinions.

Below are a few additional questions to help start the discussion. Feel free to answer any of them or simply share your own ideas.

Careers

• Do you think AI will influence careers? If so, how?

• What types of careers do you think will be most affected by AI?

• Are there careers that you believe will not be greatly influenced by AI?

• What impact do you think AI may have on remote work and remote careers?

Education

• What influence do you think AI will have on education?

• Do you think the impact will mostly be positive, negative, or a mix of both?

• Where do you think AI will have the biggest impact:

• elementary schools
• middle schools
• high schools
• colleges and universities

• How might AI influence online or remote learning?

Starting or Operating Your Own Business

• How do you think AI might influence businesses that people start or operate?

• What new types of businesses might emerge because of AI?

• Are there businesses that may become more difficult to run in the age of AI?

• How might AI influence remote business opportunities?

Society in General

• What broader changes do you think AI may bring to society?

If we get enough responses, I may share a summary of the ideas and perspectives in a future post.

If you'd like to participate, you can:

• Leave a comment on the video titled “A.I. and the Future of Careers – What Do You Think?” on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel

• Send your thoughts to helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com

Thanks for taking the time to read and participate in the discussion.

Mike

Live Your Life Learning

Hello everyone,

I hope you’re all doing well. Sorry for the pause in posting recently — I’ve had a few health issues to manage, but things are improving and I’m getting back into the swing of things.

With all the news lately about artificial intelligence and how it’s changing the workplace, I wanted to share a resource that some of you may find helpful.

Goodwill, the nonprofit organization that supports many career and workforce programs, is currently offering the Google AI Essentials Course for free for a limited time. If you’re curious about learning the basics of AI and how it can be used in everyday work tasks, this may be worth checking out.

More details can be found on the Goodwill website:

https://www.goodwill.org/

I'm not sure if the course is limited to people in the United States or available internationally, so be sure to check the website for details.

Resources for People with Wrist Challenges

For those who experience wrist pain or repetitive strain issues, I’ve also been working on sharing some ideas and resources that may help. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I’ve been documenting some things I’ve learned along the way.

I’ve created a small YouTube channel where I share information and resources related to wrist injuries and career options. Some additional notes and explanations are included in the video descriptions.

You can find the channel here:

Wrist Injuries to Career Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@wristinjuriestocareerchann4456

If you have thoughts, suggestions, or ideas, I’d be happy to hear them. You can either:

• Leave a comment on a video with the title "This Week: Course A.I and Wrist Resources" video on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel

• Send feedback to: helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com

My goal is to post again in about two weeks. I’m working toward sharing content a few times each month, and I’m also hoping to begin posting some interview conversations soon.

Things have been on pause for a while, so I appreciate everyone’s patience as I get things moving again.

Thanks for following along.

Mike

Live Your Life Learning

Thank you for listening

What's the strangest remote job or income source you've ever seen?

Post your comments on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel, under the video

"This Week: Remote Work - Different Ways to Earn an Income"

Thanks for your comments and insights.

One place to provide a comment is the YouTube Channel called Live Your Life Learning

under the video "What's Your Remote Job?"

YouTube Video "What's Your Remote Job?" address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elWga7-cX9U

Thanks for listening.Thank you.

What interests you about remote work?

You can leave a comment on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube page in the video "What interests you about remote work?"

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

What is your opinion of the following question.

What is your favorite remote job position?

Or what would be your future favorite remote job position?

You can give your thoughts on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel in the video called "Getting Your Thoughts."

Focus here on remote jobs in the United States and the general nature of remote jobs; your specific field and a different location in the world may make it easier for you to find a remote job position.

When you read content on the Internet or hear a news story, you will learn about organizations that decide to have people end their remote job positions and come back to the office.

AP (The Associated Press) article about competition for full-time remote jobs in the United States for 2025

In an article from the AP (The Associated Press) called “Facing stiff competition, remote workers up their game” by Cathy Bussewitz, the author talked about how competition for remote job positions is more competitive in 2025.

One suggestion the article gives to people seeking remote opportunities is to look for opportunities in the field where you are currently working and are an expert; rather than trying to compete in other fields where you would be new to the field and competing against job applicants who have experience in that field.

The link to the article is here

https://apnews.com/article/finding-remote-jobs-employment-tips-76a61cc6a646493dc3f5e0bfa733160c

Google search

If you do a Google search asking the question

“Is the competition for full-time remote job positions harder to get in 2025?”

The A.I. part of the answer to Google search mentioned that it is indeed more challenging to find full-time remote job positions in 2025.

The A.I. mentioned that many people desire the ability to work remotely full-time.

The A.I. mentioned that the supply of full–time remote positions was in decline, while the supply of applicants wanting full–time remote employment is going up.

The article gave some suggestions for people looking for full-time remote work. For example, see if it is possible to take your current job and do it remotely.

You may face competition from hundreds or even thousands of other people applying for the same full-time remote job position.

So, what to do then?

Here are some ideas

• Will a hybrid position work for you?
• You may find less competition for jobs if a hybrid position works for you.
• A hybrid position where you go to a work location part of the time, and the other part of the time you work from your home.
• Apply to firms directly in your industry and see if they have remote opportunities.
• Sometimes you can show an interest in opportunities even if you do not see a job position listed.
• Informational interviews with people doing the work you want to do remotely.
• See if you can talk to people doing the type of work you want to do, and who are working remotely. Talk to people who are working full-time remotely in the fields you are interested in.
• An informational interview is where you talk to a person in a profession you are interested in for a short period, and you ask that person questions about that profession. Be aware that informational interviews are not places to ask for opportunities; informational interviews are for the information.
• You may learn from others about how they got a remote job position.
• One place to find contact names for informational interviews is LinkedIn.
• Career experts
• You may find remote opportunities by asking career experts about how to improve your job search.
• Get additional training
• You may find that getting further training in an area may help you find a remote job position.

Pause your remote job search

If you find in your field that the competition for remote jobs is highly competitive, take a “pause” in your search and look at the field of remote employment at a later time to see if the opportunities may be better in the future.

During your pause, you may (if you wish) get an additional education in another career field.

Remote jobs can have many advantages for the job seeker. You may find options that are not possible in a non-remote job position.

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman describe career change

I heard the CEO of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, talk about career change.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned that in 10 years from now; college graduates (or at least some of them anyway) may work in space with a totally new job position and earn a high salary.

The quote I found on career change

“In 2035, that graduating college student, if they still go to college at all, could very well be leaving on a mission to explore the solar system on a spaceship in some completely new, exciting, super well-paid, super interesting job,” (from Yahoo Tech Fortune article; the link to the specific article is https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-151944949.html)

The quote reminds me that careers go through career changes.

But I wonder if the career change rate is going faster and faster.

Technology change–an explosion

In my understanding, technology change can sometimes resemble an explosion.

Not only is technology change occurring in our society–but the rate of technology change is occurring faster and faster.

If you compared technology change to a snowball going down a hill, the snowball would become larger and larger as the snowball is going down the hill faster and faster.

With technology such as A.I., career changes may occur faster, as some careers disappear and others appear. Some careers may no longer exist in the future, and new careers will develop that we never heard of before. Careers may change at a rapid rate.

Career changes may occur at a quick rate. Change will be a consistent element in the coming years related to careers.

Now I like to get your thoughts

What do you think about technology change and career change?

If you like, please leave a comment on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube Channel under a video called “Technology change and career change. (Website: ’https://www.youtube.com/@liveyourlifelearning1553)

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

Career associations can help people explore a career and find professional opportunities in that career field. Career associations are people in a particular career who gather to learn and support each other.

A career association may have a website.

I like to focus on career-association websites.

Some things a career association website can do are:

• Give content information about that profession
• (and one side advantage is that this information is likely to be up to date)
• Might find information to help you with informational interviews.
• (An informational interview where you talk to a person in that profession to learn more about that profession)
• May help you find opportunities in that profession.
• You may find job positions (for example) advertised on a career association web site–giving the opportunities in that career.
• May find information on how competitive a career.

Example American Marketing Association

You can find one example of a profession’s competitiveness on the American Marketing Association career website.

If you go to the American Marketing Association career website at www.ama.org

Then click the link “Job Boards” (link towards the top part of the computer screen if you have a laptop computer screen)

You have a menu of options that appears; you can then select the choice that says “Marketing Job Board. “

You can then see jobs in the marketing profession.

You can have a “Job Board Snapshot” where you can see the number of employers and job seekers.

You may find a wide variety of information on a career association website. You may find your next opportunity on a career association website.

Thank you for listening. Thank you.

I will still do content on work career topics but that will be a secondary focus..

I want to focus on interviewing people as my primary content.

Thanks for listening. Take care.

And here are some tools to evaluate a potential employer.

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We look at remote opportunities for Omaha, Nebraska, for hospital systems.

Contact different hospitals in the Omaha area, asking about remote opportunities.

Places to contact:

(different hospital systems that I know of)

• CHI Health System
• Methodist Hospital System
• Nebraska Medicine Hospital System
• Veterans Administration Hospital System

I either contacted places by email or filled out an information screen on a hospital system web page.

I have heard nothing yet; if I hear anything, I will give you additional updated information.

Here are the questions I asked about the hospital systems:

Some questions I asked were:

I am asking different hospital systems the following question.

Question

(1) Does your organization offer remote opportunities?

(2) If you have remote opportunities, what are some types of remote opportunities you have?

(3) What are some good ways for a person to find out about your remote opportunities?

(4) Do you have any suggestions for someone looking at remote opportunities for your organization?

(5) Any other advice you would like to offer?

May everyone be successful in their remote opportunity journeys.

We will explore where to find Career Associations

Web address to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/

Thanks for listening.Thank you.

In the second post, we are going to look at Internet access

Sometimes (for whatever reason), you may not have Internet access at your home. You may need to find other places where you can find Internet access.

Here are some other places where you can find Internet access.

• Library – Public Libraries
• University – may be able to access the Internet from a university library –
• State employment agency (Workforce Development)
• Non-profit—You may be able to access Internet access and a computer from a non-profit; check with the non-profit to see what resources may be available.

Sometimes, you may need to access the Internet in a different location; here are some additional places to do so.

In this first post, we are reviewing Martin Yate’s The Ultimate Job Search Guide (copyrighted in 2017).

The book gives different ideas about the job search.

• Company owners design companies (mostly) to make money.
• Jobs (mostly) are designed to solve problems.
• Ideally, you want to express how you can solve their problems with a potential employer.
• If you can help solve problems for a company, you can make the company more efficient and help its owners make more money. You then have more value to the company.

Chapter 3 “How to Build a Killer Resume” (p.33)

Chapter 3 describes the importance of a resume.

The chapter discusses the importance of writing a resume.

The chapter mentions that the resume is a critical document to create.

A good resume can open new opportunities for you.

The chapter gives suggestions on how to write a good resume.

The chapter also gives some suggestions on how to write a cover letter. (p. 62)

Chapter 4: “Networking and the Successful Job Search” (p. 65)

Chapter 5: “Professional, Alumni, and Community Networks” (p. 92)

Chapters talk about meeting people in different ways

Job Hunting is meeting people.

The book mentions that the job search involves conversations with people.

You will often have to get into conversations with people to get employed. Ideally, you want to talk with people who can hire you.

Chapters suggest ways to contact people, including LinkedIn, Professional Associations, and Alumni Associations.

Chapter 6 “Network Integrated Job Search Techniques” (p. 106)

The chapter gives ways to search for a job.

Chapter 7: Making contact (p. 136)

The chapter gives ideas on how to directly contact a potential employer.

The book gives ideas on how to make direct contact.

In a phone conversation, the chapter gives ideas on overcoming some objections you may have in the phone call.

Chapter 8 “Ace the Telephone Interview” (p. 101)

The chapter advises on how to conduct telephone employment interviews.

The chapter suggests that one should never decline an employment interview.

Job Searching a skill

You want the practice of doing employment interviews to get better at doing employment interviews.

Chapter 9 “Dress For Job Success” (p. 173)

Chapter advice on how to dress for job interviews.

Part III of the book gives ways to answer interview questions.

These are some job ideas from Martin Yate’s book, The Ultimate Job Search Guide. They may be helpful in your remote job search.

Book details

The Ultimate Job Search Guide

By Martin Yate

Published by Adams Media

Copyrighted 2017

The book was copyrighted in 2005.

So, some specifics may be outdated, but some general ideas from the book may still be helpful.

How can you contribute to a potential employer?

The book talks about thinking about your background and skills and how you can be helpful to a potential employer.

How to contact a potential employer

The book mainly focuses on different ways to contact a potential employer.

The book gives a list of different ways to contact a potential employer in

• Chapter Three: Should you use still use traditional job-hunting technique?
• The book discusses some traditional ways to contact a potential employer. Some of these traditional ways are:

1. Apply for job positions
2. Network- Talk to people you already know
3. Recruiters

Direct Contact How to Contact a Potential Employer

Then, the book talks about the Direct Contact method

Direct Contact is when you contact a potential employer to see if they have opportunities even if you do not see any job advertised in the job field you are looking for.

The book gives ideas on how to do Direct Contact.

• Chapter Four Identify Your Targets - And Know What They Want
• The chapter focuses on research.
• The book explains the importance of researching potential employers.
• The book gives a way to organize the research with two sheets to organize the information, including:

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• Company Research Worksheet
• Hiring Contact Status Reports

The book suggests having 150 contact names you can contact.

You can have several names from the same potential employer.

The chapter focuses on making Contact.

Chapter Five: Making Contacts Your Fifteen-Day Action Plan

The chapter gives ideas on how to contact your potential employers.

On page 78 there is a script that you can use to contact potential employers

The chapter also deals with some objections you may have to deal with when contacting potential employers.

The last part of the book deals with employment interviews, both over the phone and in person.

The book suggests that you ask about how the job will be evaluated during an interview. On p. 130, ask, “How would my performance be measured?”

Direct Contact may be a helpful job-hunting tool for finding a remote position. You may gain insights on how to make Direct Contact.

Thanks for listening.Thank you.

 This week, we look at the remote opportunities in different economic sectors in Omaha, Nebraska.

We are looking at remote opportunities (if any) for the Omaha financial sector.

I emailed different places in the finance sector in Omaha, Nebraska, asking them about remote opportunities (if any).

Some places that sent out information are:

• Pinnacle Bank
• First National Bank of Omaha
• Centris Federal Credit Union
• Omaha Federal Credit Union

I have not obtained any information so far; if I hear something, I will update this post.

Thanks for listening.. Thank you.

We look at Career Associations as a way to explore a career.

Career Associations are (at least one definition) people grouped together related to a particular career.

National/Local Level

Career Associations may have both national and regional career associations. The regional career association may have different career resources than the national career association. So, you may be able to get information from both the national and regional career associations to help you with career exploration.

Here are some ways career associations can help you with career exploration

• Career Association may have detailed information about that profession

• Publication catalog – a career association may publish a publication catalog listing different publications (like books and magazines) that a career association may produce; you may get more information about a profession.

• Career Journals—A career association may have a career journal, Which is a magazine that the association produces. The journal covers current topics in that profession.

Annual Review

A career journal may also publish an annual review edition, which gives the reader valuable information about the profession’s current state over the last year (not all career journals will have an annual review). The annual review may include information on job prospects, salary rates, and educational standards.

• Membership directory—A career association may provide a membership directory, which you can use as a source for informational interviews.

• Job Openings – a career association may provide job openings; you may get more information about a profession by looking at the job openings of that profession. You may learn, for example, skills that are needed, what educational requirements are requested, and the typical work activities being requested in the job positions of that profession.

• Conferences – sometimes, a career association may offer a conference where you may learn more about a profession. Conferences may allow you the following.

1. Hear speakers about the current topics in the profession.

2. You may be able to visit commercial business booths at the conference. The commercial business booths at the conference sell different products and services that would interest people attending the conference. You may learn about some of the products and services used in the profession by looking at commercial business booths.

3. Employment service – sometimes conferences may offer an employment service – you may be able to learn about the profession by seeing what opportunities may be available. The competition for those opportunities at the conference may also give you an idea of how competitive it may be to find opportunities in that profession.

Here are some ways to find career information to explore a career.

Career associations can help you explore a career.

Thanks for listening.

You can search for your remote job position using different job-searching techniques.

Some of the different techniques are:

• Applying for job positions

• Applying to organizations directly (You can apply to an organization to ask about opportunities even if you do not find any job positions)

• Volunteering (sometimes volunteering can lead to a job offer)

• Job Fairs (Job Fairs can lead to job opportunities)

• Networking (someone you know gives you information about a job opportunity)

• Career Offices in Colleges and Universities (if you are a student or alumni of a college or university–you may find your next opportunity from a career office)

These are some of the job techniques you may use; you may find it valuable to use different methods to increase your success in the job search.

You are not likely, nor would I recommend, trying to do all the job search techniques you can find. You will probably get too exhausted trying to use all the different job search techniques. I would recommend concentrations of two or three methods.

Career Feedback

The other piece of advice I would give regarding job search is feedback.

Find a career expert to advise you on your job search; feedback can be a critical element in helping you get better.

The 2013 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute

The 2013 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute lists different job search techniques (and gives the success rates of different job search techniques).

Google Searches

You may also want to do a Google search using “Job Search techniques and success rate” (or a similar phrase). You may find some resources on Job Search techniques and success rates.

Different job search techniques may increase your odds of finding a remote job.

Thanks for listening

I would describe a career book. I want to describe the What Color Is Your Parachute in the 2022 edition.

Your remote job search journey may improve with information from a career book.

What Color Is Your Parachute is a book about career exploration ideas and job hunting.

The book’s author, Richard N. Bolles, wrote annual editions of the book. Richard N. Bolles died in 2017 at age 90.

The What Color Is Your Parachute has had editions past the author’s death.

What Color Is Your Parachute? (The 2022 edition)

I was curious about the latest edition of What Color Is Your Parachute in 2022. So, I thought I would describe the What Color Is Your Parachute in the 2022 edition.

What Color Is Your Parachute has two key features:

• Career Exploration
• Job Hunting

Career Exploration

What Color Is Your Parachute helps a reader with career exploration.

The major exercise for helping readers with career exploration is the Flower exercise.

The Flower Excercise

The book gives the idea of knowing your “ideal” work environment.

Creating a Flower gives you some idea of your “ideal” work environment.

The Flower has seven petals.

The 7 pedals represent different features of the work environment.

For example, you have a geography pedal where you describe where you would like to live ideally.

You will not have an “ideal” flower that works for everyone. Different flowers can vary in what environment they would grow best; some would grow better than others. People will vary in what environment they would do better in; some will do better in some work environments than others. The Flower you create will be unique to you.

I think the Flower is a fantastic exercise that gives you insight into what type of work environment would be your “ideal” work environment.

Once you have completed the Flower,

The book in Chapter 7 called “You Get to Choose Where You Work” gives ideas on how to connect the Flower results to the world of careers.

Job-Hunting

The book gives job search ideas.

For example, Chapter 8, “Your Resume is Already Online,” gives information on resumes (along with social media). Chapter 9 provides information about job interviewing, which is called “Fifteen Tips about Your Job Interview.”

Some additional thoughts

Have alternative career ideas

The book mentions having alternative job ideas available to help your job search; the book mentions jobs are constantly changing.

“We are mortal. So are jobs. Understand that truth, and you will avoid a life of bitterness and blame. In today’s world, you must always have a plan B up your sleeve.” (p. 158)

No AI discussed

With the book published in 2022, there was no mention of AI and the effect of AI on the job market. Even though 2022 was not that long ago, AI has become bigger in our society. You may find exploring how AI may influence your job search helpful.

What Color Is Your Parachute? A good book is the 2022 edition. The Flower exercise will give you great information about the “ideal” work environment–that information can help you evaluate what jobs you want to pursue in your future career. The job-hunting techniques can also help you in the job process.

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Colleges/Universities - Ask about Remote Opportunities (if any)

I emailed colleges/universities in the Omaha, Nebraska area, asking what remote opportunities they may have (if any) and what advice they could give a job seeker looking for a remote job.

Response

I have not received a response so far. I sent the emails mid-week last week, so some places may not have had time to respond. As I get more information, I will give you the results.

Places I contacted

Here is the list of some colleges/universities I emailed.

• Iowa Western Community College
• Midland University
• College of St. Mary
• Creighton University
• Nebraska Medical Center
• University of Nebraska–Omaha
• Bellevue University

Thanks for reading. Thank you

The purpose of the content is to provide insight, research, and opinion, not to provide professional, legal, or tax advice. Please see an individual expert for individual guidance.

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We look at the bookstore.

Bookstores may have books, magazines, newspapers, and other content that may help you clarify a career.

Depending upon the reader’s interest, about anything in a bookstore could (in theory) help a person along their career exploration journey. For example, you may read a travel book–and become interested in a travel career.

This post will focus on some general career resources that may be helpful.

Some general career resources could be

• Education–you may get information about a particular field of study or educational program. For example, you may find information about the GED (General Educational Development (GED)). GED is an alternative credential for a high–-school diploma in the United States.
• Information on specific national tests – you may find information on specific national tests used for admissions in educational programs. For example, the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations ) is a national test used for admissions to some graduate-level programs in the United States.
• Information on the Job Search–you may find information on the job search itself, like how to create a better resume.
• Information to help you with career exploration itself. For example, What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers is an annual edition with career exploration and job-hunting information. What Color Is Your Parachute can give the reader exercises to create a flower. The flower will (ideally) create features of the ideal career for the reader.
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You may find your next career idea at the bookstore.

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

(I called Glassdoor.com in the post by the word Glassdoor)

Glassdoor. is a general job website where you can find job positions in different fields, covering the entire United States.

Need to create an account

To access all the content on Glassdoor, you must create an account (the account is free).

You may also need to leave a review on an employer you have experience with–you may need to leave a review to access the content Glassdoor provides.

Glassdoor offers content choices on top of the screen.

A person can select the content choice a person would like to see.

My description of Glassdoor is based on a screen from a home computer. Your mobile device may display Glassdoor content differently.

Some of the different content choices are:

Community

Click the word “Community” at the top of the screen to go to the Community Section.

You can read different posts from people about features in the career area. Posts can vary on different topics. Some topics can be job search mechanics, education, and background checks.

Jobs

Click the word “Jobs” at the top of the screen to go to the Job Section.

You can search for different jobs in different fields.

You can do a keyword search to find jobs in different fields.

Type “Remote” in the location search box to find remote opportunities.

Companies

Click “Companies” at the top of the screen to go to the Companies Section.

You can learn different information about companies.

Reviews

One of the primary uses of Glassdoor is its review section — getting reviews on a potential employer. The review section can help job seekers avoid a work culture that does not work for them.

You can learn about an employer by reading reviews about that potential employer.

You may want to read reviews on a potential employer before filling out an application. You can avoid the effort of filling out an application for a potential employer you do not want.

Salaries

Click “Salaries” at the top of the screen to go to the Salaries Section.

You can get information on different salaries for different careers.

You can also get information on how to negotiate a salary.

Glassdoor is a general career website with opportunities in various fields. You can also look up remote opportunities. You may find your next remote opportunity with Glassdoor.

No Response So Far

I wrote an email asking some of the government organizations in Omaha, Nebraska what their remote opportunities may be; so far, I have not heard anything. If I hear something, then I will update this information.

Best Advice

The best advice I could give is to look at the employment section of the government organization you are interested in and see what you find.

List of Government Organizations for Omaha, Nebraska

Here is a list of some of the government organizations in Omaha, Nebraska

Federal Government United States

Federal Government United States

www.usajobs.gov

State Governments

Nebraska State Government

https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/

Iowa State Government

https://das.iowa.gov/state-employment

Local Government (Omaha, Nebraska)

There are two local government levels for Omaha, Nebraska: County and City.

So the list starts with the county and then the city governments.

County Government

Douglas County (Nebraska)

https://hr.douglascounty-ne.gov/employment

Sarpy County (Nebraska)

https://www.sarpy.gov/Jobs.aspx

Pottawattamie County (Iowa)

https://www.pottcounty-ia.gov/jobs/

City Governments

Bellevue City Government (Nebraska)

https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/human-resources/job-opportunities

La Vista City Government (Nebraska)

https://cityoflavista.org/Jobs.aspx

Ralston City Government (Nebraska)

https://www.cityofralston.com/job-opportunities

Omaha City Government (Nebraska)

https://hr.cityofomaha.org/current-openings/

Council Bluffs City Government (Iowa)

https://www.councilbluffs-ia.gov/223/Human-Resources

Here an list of potential remote resources for government organizations in Omaha, Nebraska.

My fiction preference

One of my favorite superheroes is Superman.

I often associate Superman with being positive, optimistic, and hope.

The fiction pattern I usually enjoy is where there is a clear good character (or a team of good characters) and a clear bad character (or a team of Bad Characters). And you can cheer on the good characters and hope the bad characters get defeated. You have a pattern where you have the good and bad characters in a conflict- the good and bad characters fight each other, and the good characters win, ideally; you have a positive ending where you feel hopeful about the future- and you have a hopeful, positive feeling at the end.

I get my fiction from movies. I enjoy going to movies and you have a positive ending where the good characters defeat the bad characters, and you leave the movie theater in a positive and hopeful mood.

So, I was glad to see a new Superman movie coming this summer (or those in the United States)

The trailer looks optimistic- and hopes that Superman will be victorious.

One place to watch the Superman trailer is at the link below!

Here is a trailer for the movie.

From the YouTube Channel: DC

YouTube Video Trailor called "Superman | Official Teaser Trailer"

The YouTube Trailor address is the following link address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUht6vAsMY

Superman, in the movie, works as a reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper. So, a question:

Does Superman work as a news reporter remotely as a newspaper reporter in the upcoming movie coming out in the summer of 2025?

We see Superman goes to an office in the trailer, so he does not have a 100% remote job, but does he work part of the time as a newspaper reporter in his home–does he have a hybrid remote job?

I am curious about your opinions.

Leave your comments. Leave your comments on the "Does Superman work remotely?" YouTube channel on the Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel. The link is below:

YouTube Video from Life Your Life Learning Channel

YouTube Video is called "Does Superman work remotely?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwUnD4rM6Y

Let's hear what you think.

We look at some of the federal government websites that focus on careers.

The following list of federal government websites from the United States Department of Labor. Collection of websites that have general career information from the United States Department of Labor

• O* NET (https://www.onetonline.org/)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/)
• My Next Move (https://www.mynextmove.org/)
• My Skills My Future (https://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/
• Career One Stop (https://www.careeronestop.org/)

You may find helpful information from one of these websites.

Below is one way to search for remote job positions; listed here are generalities; check with the position you are interested in regarding the remote arrangements of that job.

USA Jobs Websites

The USA Jobs website is a one-way for people to search for federal job positions.

USA Jobs

Type in: www.usajobs.gov

USA Jobs is a federal government website that helps job seekers find job openings. USA Jobs described itself as

“About USAJOBS

USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal employment opportunities across the United States and around the world. As the federal government’s official employment site, USAJOBS helps the right people find the right jobs. (from https://help.usajobs.gov/about)

The federal government system has two types of remote job positions:

• Remote–a job position that is 100% remote most of the time; may occasionally report to an office
• Telework–these partial remote positions allow you to work from home, but you must go into an office at various times.

A description of these two types of remote job positions is below.

Remote Jobs

USA Jobs describes remote jobs as:

“A remote job in the federal government is one where you are not expected to report to an official agency worksite regularly. Instead, you will work from your home or other alternative worksite either within or outside of the commuting area of your agency’s official worksite.” (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/remote)

“Am I expected to come to an office?

As a remote worker, you may occasionally travel to an office for training or other reasons, but you will not regularly commute to an office for your day-to-day work.” (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/remote)

How to search for Remote job positions

Go to USAJobs.gov

You will then see a search feature at the top of the screen.

Type “Remote” in the “Location or Remote” box.

Then click the “Search” box.

You will then get a listing of remote jobs.

Telework Jobs

What is telework (hybrid)?

Many federal jobs offer the option to work from home and from an office location. Sometimes this is referred to as a hybrid schedule or hybrid work, but the federal government calls this telework. How often you are required to report to an office depends on the agency and the job duties.

Telework-eligible jobs are not the same as remote positions, which is a position where you work from home or an approved alternative worksite without a requirement to regularly go into an office. Review the job announcement to understand the requirements before applying to a job. (from https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/job-announcement/telework)

How to search for Telework job positions

Go to www.usajobs.gov

You will find a search tool at the top of the screen.

• Put in a geographical location where you would like to work.

You will hopefully get a list of job positions.

You can then search for this list of job positions by telework.

You have some choices on the right side of the screen.

You can select the plus mark next to the word “Location.”

You then will get a menu of choice to appear.

Select the choice that says “Offers telework.”

You then should get a list of job positions that offer the telework option.

Telework jobs sometimes require you to report to an office, so you need to express a particular geographical location.

Hiring Path Filter

Other filters

You may want to add additional filters to the list of jobs.

You may wish to apply for a Hiring Path Filter.

Click the box plus sign next to the words “Hiring Paths” to open up a menu of different options.

The federal government reserves specific jobs for people with a particular background (for example, some federal jobs require people to be veterans)

The Hiring Path filter lists different filters based on a person’s background. For example, the “Veterans” filter applies to federal government jobs for veterans.

The more filters you can select, the more job positions you would be qualified for.

About everyone will select the “Open to the public” Hiring Path filter.

Symbols

The Hiring Path filters list has a symbol next to each filter.

The symbols are small circles.

The symbol helps to communicate what hiring path that symbol represents.

For example, the “Veterans” hiring path is a symbol

“Open to the general public” hiring path has a symbol.

Each Hiring Path filter will have a symbol.

The different job descriptions will also have Hiring Path symbols.

A job description may have more than one Hiring Path symbol; therefore, people of various backgrounds may qualify for the position.

You want to look at the Hiring Path symbol in the job description to see if you have a background that would allow you to qualify for the job position.

You do not want to waste your time applying for a job position when you do not have the right background to apply for the job.

For example, if a job position only has a “Veterans” Hiring Path Symbol, the job is qualified for veterans only. You do not want to waste time applying for the job if you are not a veteran.

The Federal Government has different federal remote job positions. You may find your next remote job with the federal government.

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Happy New Year as we enter 2025.

Content Calendar for 2025

For those who may be interested, here are my current thoughts on my content calendar for 2025 for Live Your Life Learning.

Sort of outline of content for the next year.

The outline may change as we go through 2025.

The content calendar outlines the posting schedule for all content.

Content Calendar Organized by the week of the month

The content calendar is based on the week of the month.

Content for the different weeks are:

One week

Description of a Remote Job Opportunity or Internet Remote Resource

Do a post on a remote job opportunity or Internet Remote Resource.

Second Week

Collection Deposit

I am calling the posts that appear in the second week of every month “Collection Deposit.” These thoughts may help a person on a remote opportunity journey.

Third Week

Career Exploration

The third week of posts centers on career exploration ideas to help people explore a career.

Fourth Week

Explore what (if any) remote opportunities may be in a particular economic sector in Omaha, Nebraska.

I will contact different organizations in a specific economic sector in Omaha, Nebraska, asking those organizations what (if any) remote opportunities those organizations may have.

Then, I will post the results of asking the organizations.

Extra Posts (as time allows)

Extra: Besides the post schedule listed above, I may also make additional posts as time allows. Some additional ideas are:

Interviews

I may do posts by interviewing people.

I have an interest in interviewing people.

Interviews could be with people in the remote opportunity field

I may also do interviews with people in other areas–just to interview people and learn more about them.

 Current topics

Do posts on the remote industry — talk about the current topics in the remote opportunity area.

Here are some ideas about the type of content I plan to post on Live Your Life Learning and when I plan to post the content.

Life been busy last few weeks–planning on getting back to posting

I am thinking of doing a series of posts on sources of career information

What sources of career information that are out there that can influence career choice.

The sources of career information may influence the careers one does remotely.

This week we will look at Sources of Career Information: Advertising

Sometimes you may see an advertisement for a career

The advertisement may be in various forms, like an Internet, T.V., or radio advertisement.

And the advertisement could be over a variety of career choices like attorneys, career in the military, or teacher for a school system.

Many times advertisements for career change can come from an employer looking to fill job openings or school advertising people to attend a particular school to get trained to enter a particular career or Internet job board advertising different job positions.

The advertisement designed to create a change (many times), a change in behavior or belief (or sometimes both). The advertisement may present the positive features of that particular a career.

Advise also using other methods besides advertisement when evaluating different careers.

What are Informational Interviews?

Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.

An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.

This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.

We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.

For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Career Offices in Colleges and Universities.

Career Offices

You can sometimes get career information from talking to people in Career Offices in a college and university. Career Offices for each college and university may be different. Career Offices may help students and (sometimes alumni) with their career journey.

Sometimes a career office can help students and alumni with contact names for informational interviews. Career Offices would often use the alumni as a source for contact information for informational interviews for the college and university students and alumni looking for contact names.

Career Offices may have other names like Career Center or Career Counseling Offices and other names–the specific name may vary with each college and university.

Career Offices in colleges and universities may provide students and alumni with contact names for informational interviews.

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The positions highlighted in the post are for those in the United States, not for the international community market.

Here, we list three remote job positions government agencies offer for Omaha, NE. The description includes links for more detailed job descriptions. Use the link to get a more detailed job description. (For the podcast, go to Live Your Life Learning YouTube channel to get access to the links)

Federal Government

The following position is remote–these are 100% remote positions–you do not have to report to a physical workplace. This means people can access jobs from anywhere in the United States; you do not have to report to a work office.

Position: Design Patent Examiner

You can find the job on the USAJobs.gov website.

Job Description address is: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/808367200

State of Nebraska Government

Position: Assistant Solicitor General

You can find the job on the Statejobs.nebraska.gov/ website.

Job Description address is: https://son.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NebraskaStateCareers/details/Assistant-Solicitor-General_JR2024-00003157

The job is described as “Remote work may be possible.”

Iowa State Government

Position: Education Program Consultant (Title II, Part A)

You can find the job on the Das.iowa.gov/state-employment website

Job Description address is:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iowa?location[0]=state%20of%20iowa%20-%20remote&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending

Job Position is described as “Remote Employment Flexible/Hybrid.”

Here are some remote government positions for Omaha, Nebraska, as of October 20, 2024.

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

What are Informational Interviews?

Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.

An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.

This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.

We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.

For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Authors/Content Creators.

Career Content in a profession.

Sometimes when you are trying to find information on a particular profession; you may find content in that profession.

Content could be in different forms, like an article, book, YouTube video, or podcast. You may find a content creator creates an excellent piece of content in a particular profession you are interested in. You may find it valuable to contact that content creator for an informational interview.

You may find the contact creator contact information in a variety of different places, including:

• The Content piece itself may have contact information on how to contact the content creator
• LinkedIn may offer contact information for the content creator
• Other forms of Social Media may offer contact information for the content creator

Authors/Content Creators may be another source for informational interviews.

Three posts on the Live Your Life Learning website (www.liveyourlifelearning.com), they are:

Details are below

1) Federal Government

https://liveyourlifelearning.com/remote-resources-for-federal-government-for-omaha-nebraska/

2) State Government (Nebraska and Iowa State Governments)

https://liveyourlifelearning.com/remote-resources-for-state-governments-for-omaha-nebraska/

3) Local Governments

https://liveyourlifelearning.com/remote-resources-for-local-governments-for-omaha-nebraska/

What are Informational Interviews?

Informational Interviews can be an effective way to learn about a profession.

An Informational Interview where you contact a person in a profession you are interested in learning more about. You contact the person and learn about the profession.

This 5- part series will inform you where you can find contact names for informational interviews.

We have scheduled the rest of the posts to appear on the remaining Wednesdays for October.

For this week, a resource for finding contact names for informational interviews is Professors .

Professors can be a source of contact names for Informational Interviews.

You may take a course in a profession that interests you, and you may do an Informational Interview with a professor in that profession of interest.

You may learn more about a profession by talking to a professor in that profession.

Thanks for listening

The results are in:

To the question, “What Is Your Favorite Job?”

• From Internet Resources - We did not have any response from Internet resources.
• From Personal Resources - the people I talked to offered no opinion on the question.
• My Opinion - so, I will offer my opinion that my favorite remote job is the trainer or facilitator area

Thanks to everyone for reading the question.

From prior posts, we asked people their thoughts on the following question: 

·    What benefits can you have with Remote Work?

Results are in:

We now have the results in 

We did not get any responses from electronic sources, so I used sources from people I met face-to-face.

From those sources, the top winner from the question is:

·    Not having to travel back and forth from work.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Now, for this next week, here is another question.

·    What Is your favorite remote job? 

·    Or, if you do not have remote career experience, what would you think would be your favorite remote job?

Let me know your thoughts on the question above; write your ideas in the comments section of the YouTube Live Your Life Learning Channel under the video called "Remote Careers: Question this week"

Comment in the section below for your answer.

And we will look at the results next week. 

Thanks, everyone; take care.

Thanks for listening. Thank you.

Mike Searson

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

Comment below on what benefits you enjoy with remote work. Let’s start a conversation.

I have been sick for the last few weeks, which is why you have not seen my posts. I am feeling better now and plan to start posting again.

Have a good week, everyone; take care.

What benefits can you have with Remote?

Leave a comment on the YouTube Channel called Live Your Life Learning.

Then I will give the results next week.

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For those in the United States and those who celebrate the holiday.

https://www.youtube.com/@liketheresnotomorrow

The channel focuses on traveling in an RV,

Most of the video focuses on how to travel in an RV

Remote Careers

The YouTube channel provides some information about remote work.

Some videos that focus on remote work are:

         YouTube Title: How to Plan for Full-Time RV Living: The Ultimate 2024 Step-by-Step Guide

         YouTube Channel: Like’s There No Tomorrow

         A Ultimate Guide on a variety of topics on doing travel on RV.

         Some topics of interest can be;

                  (About 7:02 in the video) “Jobs on the Road”

                  Give some ideas about working remotely

                  (About 8:34 in the video): “Internet”

                  Give some options related to getting access to the Internet

         YouTube Title: TOP Money-Making RV Jobs for Full-Time Nomad Life (NOT work camping or surveys)

         YouTube Channel: Like’s There No Tomorrow

         Give some career ideas on how to work remotely while traveling (while traveling in an RV)

         Emphasized digital marketing information

Like There’s No Tomorrow YouTube channel gives information on traveling. As you travel, you may find your next remote opportunity with the help of the Like’s There No Tomorrow YouTube Channel.

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         We focus on a YouTube channel called “Creative RV.”

         The channel is by Robin Barret; you can watch about her experiences and knowledge while traveling in an RV.

         The channel focuses on travel.

         The channel also gives information about remote options where people can earn income remotely. The idea is for a person to earn income remotely while they travel.

      Remote Work YouTube Videos

         The Creative RV Remote Channel gives some videos on remote opportunities. Some recent YouTube videos that give information on remote travel are:

                  YouTube Video Title: “4 WORK FROM HOME Remote Jobs for RVers! And NONE are WORKCAMPING. 2023 Nomad Jobs

                  YouTube Channel: Creative RV

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Q_JqUADoI

                  YouTube Video Title: “She Makes $2,500-$3,000 EVERY MONTH with Her ONLINE SIDE HUSTLE! Today, She’ll Show Us How Tutorial”

                  YouTube Channel: Creative RV

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iwQS3gVvEU

                  (Focus on part-time micro tasks)

                  YouTube Video Title: “3 WORK FROM HOME Remote Jobs / Side Hustle EXPLAINED, 55+, online, side hustle discrimination?”

                  YouTube Channel: Creative RV

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOylyQE7yuQ&t=706s

                  (This is a follow-up from the video “She Makes $2,500-$3,000 EVERY MONTH with Her ONLINE SIDE HUSTLE! Today, She’ll Show Us How Tutorial”)

 You may be interested in traveling. You may find your next remote opportunity with the Creative RV YouTube channel.

         You may find your next opportunity by watching the Creative RV YouTube channel.

Thanks for listening.

The where: Traveling with Kristin

(https://www.youtube.com/@TravelingwithKristin/)

This week, we focus on another feature, Traveling with Kristin, on the YouTube channel. The podcast.

Podcast Connected to the Traveling with Kristin YouTube Channel

Traveling with Kristin YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@TravelingwithKristin) connected with the YouTube channel has a Podcast. The podcast is called Badass Digital Nomads (https://www.badassdigitalnomads.com/). The podcast gives information about traveling and information about remote careers; some podcasts interview people who make a living, earning income remotely.

Traveling with Kristin YouTube Channel podcast may help you find your next remote opportunity,

Thank you for listening. Thank you.

Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: Traveling with Kirsten

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@TravelingwithKristin

Website Connected with YouTube Channel

The YouTube channel has a website connected with the YouTube channel.

The website page is called Traveling with Kristin (https://www.travelingwithkristin.com/)

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Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: The Twins Mom

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTwinsMom/featured

Website Connected with YouTube Channel

The YouTube channel has a website connected with the YouTube channel.

The website page is called Secure the Job Kit (https://www.securethejobkit.com/)

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Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: SuperHumans Life

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperHumansLife

Website Connected with YouTube Channel

The YouTube channel has a website connected with the YouTube channel.

The website page is called SuperHumans Life (https://superhumans.life/).

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Naam Wynn focuses on credit financial topics and has videos on remote opportunities.

Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: Naam Wynn

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@NaamWynn

Website Connected with YouTube Channel

The YouTube channel has a website connected with the YouTube channel.

The website is called Naam Wynn (https://www.naamwynn.com/).

The website focuses on credit card financial topics.

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Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: Melecia At Home

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@meleciaathome

Many of the details on many of the YouTube Thumbnails on the YouTube channel will have:

• Picture of the presenter on YouTube
• Give information on the job that is on the video.
• (often, these will be positive features of the job, like the rate of pay)

Many videos will give details about remote job positions. Videos may show online how to find remote opportunities and information on how to apply for them.

The YouTube channel does have a website page connected to the YouTube Channel.

Website Connected With YouTube Channel

Melecia At Home has a website connected to the YouTube channel.

The website page is called Melecia at Home.

Website Title: Melecia at Home

https://www.meleciaathome.com/

The website offers professional resources and a listing of remote job opportunities.

Melecia At Home provides information on different remote opportunities.

You may find your next remote opportunity with Melecia At Home.

This where: Chris and Sara YouTube Travel Channel

(https://www.youtube.com/@chrisandsara)

This week, we focus on the Where: Chris and Sara YouTube Travel channel. Channel

We focus on possible YouTube channels that may help the remote job seeker.

Chis and Sara YouTube Travel Channel gives videos about their personal experiences as they travel.

Some valuable remote work content on the Chris and Sara YouTube Travel Channel is:

• YouTube Video Title: ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (work, kids, travel, overlanding, etc.)
• YouTube Description: The YouTube description outlines topics in this video; remote work content starts at 4:59 in the video.
• YouTube Channel: Chris and Sara YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@chrisandsara)
• YouTube Video Title Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71SyibT9dfY&t=164s

• YouTube Video Title: HOW WE MAKE MONEY / What we do for remote work + how we go started as digital nomads
• YouTube Channel: Chris and Sara YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@chrisandsara)
• YouTube Video Title Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71SyibT9dfY&t=164s

Website Connected To YouTube Channels

Many YouTube channels will have websites connected with the YouTube channel.

Chris and Sara Website (https://www.chrisandsara.com/)

• The Chris and Sara YouTube Channel YouTube Channel will have a website with the address https://www.chrisandsara.com/
• The website’s focus is on travel.
• One place I found information on remote travel is:

Under the “Lifestyle” tab (link on the top part of the screen)

Find mostly topics related to travel

I saw one article on being a digital nomad:

Article title: “The Magic Of Being A Digital Nomad: What It Is And Why You Should Consider It”

Web Address To Article: https://www.chrisandsara.com/post/what-is-a-digital-nomad

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Life With Jazzy Mac gives videos of different remote opportunities.

Details About YouTube Channel

The YouTube Channel Name: Life With Jazzy Mac

YouTube Channel Address: https://www.youtube.com/@JazzyMac

Website Connected With YouTube Channel

Life With Jazzy Mac has a website connected with the YouTube channel.

The website page is called Paybump.com.

Website Title: Paybump.com

https://www.paybump.com/

The website offers resume resources; one has to pay to access the resume resources, so please evaluate if the resource will meet your needs.

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Justin Bryant YouTube address: https://www.youtube.com/@MrJustinBryant

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RemoteJobsClub is a newsletter sent through email about remote opportunities.

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Remote4Me delivers remote job information to job seekers.

Focus on 100% remote jobs

Remote4Me helps people find remote opportunities.

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“Colivings” link

The link is on the top part of the website.

Listing of Colivings spaces that may be available to the remote person traveling looking for a place to live.

Colivings spaces are living places that people who travel may find helpful. Colivings spaces allow you to share part of your living space with others to reduce expenses. You can find more information about “Colivings” by doing a Google search for “Colivings spaces.”

I found one article called “What is coliving?” from common.com that gave information about Colivings.

The article found at https://www.common.com/blog/2023/02/what-is-coliving-guide/

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We look at how Vocational Rehabilitation, a state government agency in the United States, may help people find remote jobs.

Transcript of the podcast on the Live Your Life Webpage at https://liveyourlifelearning.com/where-to-look-for-remote-opportunities-vocational-rehabilitation-april-23-2023/

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We created a YouTube video showing the features of Usajobs.gov.

The YouTube address is:

 https://youtu.be/jE3ba4zVQ4c

Thanks for reading and watching.

(1) Remote

Usajobs.gov calls fully remote job positions "Remote."

Remote job positions are often fully remote job positions.

You may sometimes have to come to a physical location with Remote job positions. For example, you may have to train at a physical site.

You can find details on Remote job positions at:

Usajobs.gov help screen called: "What is a remote job?"

https://www.usajobs.gov/help/faq/job-announcement/remote/

(2) Telework

Usajobs.gov call hybrid-remote job positions "Telework."

Telework positions may give you a mixture of work time between working from home and at an employer's location.

You can find details on Telework job positions at:

Usajobs.gov help screen called "What is Telework?"

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/job-announcement/telework/

I have the same podcast copy on my Live Your Life Learning YouTube Channel. I made a YouTube video called The Where: Fiverr.Com (Part 2 - what freelancers sell). In the comments section of that video, leave a comment on what you bought or sold on Fiverr. Let's start the conversation.

The YouTube description also has a transcript of the content

YouTube video address: https://youtu.be/j8z9yqamb2s

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This week, we talk about Fiverr (www.Fiverr.com)

Fiverr is a top online meeting place where expert freelancers sell a service, and businesses buy the services they want.

Some ways you can earn income from Fiverr are:

Freelance Expert

You may earn income as a freelance expert offering a service.

You will need to decide what type of service you want to offer.

Fiverr can offer you over 200 different categories to choose from.

Fiverr mentions that any service is acceptable as long as the service is “legal and complies with our terms.” (from www.fiverr.com/start-selling - scroll down to the bottom of the webpage in the “Q&A” section can click the question “What can I sell?”)

Some of the major categories to sell freelance services can be:

• Graphics & Design
• Programming & Tech
• Digital Marketing
• Writing & Translation
• Music & Audio
• Business
• Data
• Photography
• AI Services

You will need to create an account on Fiverr.

You will give details about your services and the prices you want to charge.

YouTube videos to explain the Set Up Process

Here are YouTube videos to help you set up an account and start selling on Fiverr.

YouTube Title “How To Create A Fiverr Seller Account In 2023 (Step-By-Step)”

YouTube Title Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhYKxtOVqjA

YouTube Channel: Tutorials by Manizha & Ryan

YouTube Title: “How to Create a Fiverr Seller Account | Fiverr Tutorial 2023”

YouTube Title Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8xYYuXBEc&t=2s

YouTube Channel: “How to Digital

Need for Patience Sometimes

When you sell, give yourself time to get started as a business.

You may need patience to get your freelance business established.

It can take time to:

• Create a record of high ratings:
• Customers will rate you.
• It can take time to get a rating history.
• Ideally, you want to have as high of ratings as possible.
• Create time to get good customer reviews:
• Customers can leave reviews on their experience with you.
• Ideally, you have a history of positive reviews.
• Create a good portfolio:
• You may be in a business area where having a good portfolio can increase your business. Creating good content pieces to create a great portfolio to show potential customers may take time.

The following YouTube video discusses the need to give yourself time when doing a freelance business on Fiverr.

YouTube Title: “How To Start Selling On Fiverr (Beginner 2022)”

YouTube Title Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2kj3qwR2xk

YouTube Channel: Robert Delins

(About 4:47 in the video talks about customer ratings)

Businesses

If you have an existing business, Fiverr may help you earn money in the following ways:

• Hire a Fiverr expert - you may hire a Fiverr expert who can help grow your business
• Fiverr Guides – Fiverr has business article information that may help your business.
• You can find article information organized as Fiverr Guides.
• You can access the Fiverr Guides by scrolling down the bottom of the webpage.
• Locate the “Support and Education” column and click the Fiverr Guides link.
• Promote Fiverr - You may have an online business where you want to promote Fiverr.
• You can earn money by promoting Fiverr.
• I saw two different programs for being an influencer or Affiliate.
• The listed the details of each program under the “Community” column towards the bottom of the Fiverr webpage.
• You can click the Influencers or Affiliates links for more information about each program.

You may earn a remote income using Fiverr. Fiverr may have tools to help you make an income remotely.

This week we are doing something different than remote careers.

Neil King Jr. appeared in an article in The Economist magazine. The Economist is a British magazine that focuses on international affairs. The Economist has a column written by Lexington. Lexington’s May 4th column in 2023 was called “What walking from Washington to New York reveals about America.” The column described Neil King Jr.’s walk from his home in Washington, DC, to New York City.

The walk took 26 days, 330 miles.

The podcast talks about Neil King Jr.’s new book called

American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

The book is available on Amazon.

When I looked at the ratings, they rated it 4.7 out of 5 stars.

Of the people who rated the book, 78% gave the book a 5-star rating.

A link to buy the book is below.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Ramble-Walk-Memory-Renewal/dp/035870149X

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This week, we will examine the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). Small Business Development Centers may be limited to those in the United States.

You may have a dream.

You may have an idea.

You may desire to be your boss.

You may desire to change the world.

You may desire to open your own remote business.

We are continuing our topic of giving information to people interested in starting their own remote business.

We are going to look at Small Business Development Centers.

We talked briefly about Small Business Development Centers in last week’s post.

I like to dive into more details about Small Business Development Centers this week.

Small Business Development Centers advise starting or improving a business.

You can find out the services of a Small Business Development Center by using the Small Business Administration website.

(1) Go to the Small Business Administration website.

Type: sba.gov

You will see the home page of the Small Business Administration.

One link is called “Local Assistance.”

This link is towards the top part of the screen.

Click the “Local Assistance” link.

You will then get a menu under the “Local Assistance” link.

Under the “Resource Partners” column

You will find a link that says “Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)” link.

Click the “Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)” link.

(2) The Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Screen

You will see the Small Business Development Center screen giving information about Small Business Development Centers.

(3) Find your local Small Business Development Center.

Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) are organized at the local level; I would suggest first exploring the resources of the Small Business Development Center (SBD) at your local level first; many Small Business Development Centers will have their websites; you may find the websites of other local Small Business Development Centers may be helpful to you outside of our local area.

You can find a Small Business Development Center by clicking the “find your local Small Business Development Center” link.

The “find your local Small Business Development Center” link towards the bottom part of the webpage.

Click the “find your local Small Business Development Center” link.

You will then get a “Find Local Assistant” web page.

You can search by zip code to find your local Small Business Development Center.

I did not find other ways to search for Small Business Development Centers.

Search zip codes using Google or another search engine you enjoy using. For this example, I used Google to search for zip codes for New York City.

I choose a zip code for Manhattan using the zip code 10456.

So I type “10456” in the “Business Zip Code” search box.

You will then get a map of the area the zip code corresponds to, in this case, New York City, and you will get choices on the left side of the screen. Some choices will have a “Website” link next to them.

I chose the “New York State Small Business Development Center.” for this example.

I click the “Website” link.

(4) The New York State Small Business Development Center example

You will arrive at the New York State Small Business Development Center web page.

The website address is www.pacesbdc.org.

You can find a variety of choices here; one option is to select a box that says “See All Services” towards the middle of the screen.

Click the “See All Services” box.

You will then get a screen that says “Services” on it.

You can scroll down to see the different services that New York State Small Business Development Center provides.

Expert Help

Experts may help you. You may find an expert who can help you with your business.

To make an appointment with an expert, click the “Meet with a Business Advisor” link.

The “Meet with a Business Advisor” link is in a blue box towards the top part of the screen.

You may have to live in the New York City area to meet with a business expert when using the New York State Small Business Development Center.

You may decide that you are interested in starting your own remote business. You may get help using a Small Business Development Center.

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This week, we talk about the Small Business Administration.

You may have a dream.

You may have an idea.

Be your boss.

Change the world.

You may decide to start your own remote business.

What is the Small Business Administration?

You may find it helpful to look at the Small Business Administration.

The Small Business Administration is a United States government federal agency.

The Small Business Administration helps people who have a business.

The Small Business Administration website provides resources for business operations.

The Small Business Administration website address: https://www.sba.gov/

Here are some resources found on the Small Business Administration website:

Business Information

You may gain helpful information that can help you with your business.

You can find two helpful links at the top of the Small Business Administration web page.

Those two links are:

• Business Guide
• The Business Guide can help with business information
• Click the “Business Guide” link will open a menu of other valuable choices.
• Those useful choices are
• Planning Your Business–link gives information on preparing for your business
• Launch Your Business–link provides information on how to launch your business
• Manage Your Business–link gives details on how to manage your business
• Grow Your Business–link includes information on how to grow your business
• 10 steps to start your business–link provides information on ten steps to consider when starting your business.
• Explore our Business Guide - a different view of the Business Guide section.

Learning Platform

Click the “Learning Platform” link towards the top part of the Small Administration webpage.

You will get a menu of additional choices that may help you.

Click a choice to get more additional details.

One helpful choice is:

• Learning Center–gives courses that may help you with your business; business courses that may help you.

Funding

The Small Business Administration may help you with funding your business.

Click the “Funding programs” link at the top of the Small Business Administration web page to learn about additional tools to help you.

Some of these tools are:

• Loans–Get information on loan options for your business
• Investment capital–You can read information on how you exchange your equality in your business for investment. You give up a certain amount of ownership in your company to gain investment.
• Disaster assistance–You may get loans to help your business recover from disasters.

Federal Government: Your Customer For Your Remote Business

Federal Contracting-

The Small Business Administration can also inform you about having the Federal Government be your customer.

You can click the “Federal Contracting” link towards the top of the Small Business Administration webpage. You can gain information that may allow your business to sell your products and services of your company to the federal government.

Local Assistance

You may gain help from experts who can help you with your business. Click the link towards the top of the Small Business Administration called “Local Assistance.” You will get a menu of additional choices. Some of the different options that may help you are:

• Small Business Development Centers–these are centers filled with experts who may help your business
• SCORE–SCORE can help United States-based businesses with mentors

You may find help for your remote business from the Small Business Administration. The Small Business Administration may help you achieve success with your business.

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This week we will look at SCORE.

You may have a dream.

You may have an idea.

Be your boss.

Change the world.

Start and operate a remote business.

What is SCORE?

SCORE can be one of your remote business partners

One resource that may help you start and operate your remote business is SCORE.

SCORE stands for “Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).”

SCORE can offer different services and information to help you with your remote business journey.

SCORE Website full of helpful resources

SCORE has a website that may be a treasure full of helpful resources to help your business.

SCORE has a website that may offer valuable services and information for your remote business.

SCORE has the website address at www.score.org

Some resources found on the SCORE website of www.score.org are:

Find a Mentor

One of the more valuable services that SCORE can provide to remote businesses is the use of a mentor. You can get access to a mentor for free for United States-based businesses.

Toward the top of the SCORE website, you have a link called “Find a Mentor.” You can use the link to request a mentor for free for your remote business. The company needs to be United States-based business to use a SCORE mentor.

You can click the “Find the mentor” link will open a menu giving you additional choices, including:

• How it works - provides information on how the SCORE mentorship program works
• Request a mentor - here is where you can request a mentor; you can use your zip code to connect with a mentor
• Mentor Matchup–gives some additional ways to match with a mentor.

Mentors can be valuable people who can advise you as you operate your business. The mentoring service is again available for United States-based businesses.

Business Information

The SCORE website also provides information on how to operate your business. You may find information that can help you.

Here are links on top of the SCORE website that may help you:

• View a Business Stage–the “View a Business Stage” link will open up a menu of additional choices.
• Those additional choices are links and include:
• Plan + Start–this link will give you information on how you can start a business
• Manage + Grow–this link will provide you with information on how to operate and grow your business
• Transition + Exit–this link will give you details on exiting an existing business.

Business Education–the “Business Education” link will open a menu of additional choices. The information on the menu can give information to help you on your business journey.

Some choices on the menu are:

• Start-up Roadmap–this link can give helpful information for a person at the beginning stages of establishing a business.

The Start-up Roadmap provides helpful information for entrepreneurs. The Start-up Roadmap can provide you with information that may be helpful as you consider your start-up business.

The Start-up Roadmap also suggests you use a SCORE mentor. Your SCORE mentor may help personalize the information you learn in the Start-up Roadmap. The SCORE mentor can give you personalized help.

SCORE may help you with your business. You may use SCORE to help you with your business remote journey.

This week, we look at e-mail subscription newsletters.

E-mail subscription newsletters may help a person looking for remote opportunities.

Here are some ways e-mail subscriptions newsletters can help people:

E-mail subscription newsletter from potential employers

Signing up for e-mail newsletters from potential employers can help you learn more about them. A person may find information on remote opportunities and more information about that potential employer.

Separate Emails for e-mail subscription newsletters

You may sometimes have an email filled with many topics. An example email may include news, a birthday party invitation, local weather, and an employer newsletter. The one problem with many topics going into one e-mail is confusion; you may miss important information with several topics going into one e-mail.

The solution is a separate e-mail

Create a separate e-mail solely for reading email subscription newsletters. You may be less confused in reading emails focused on one topic.

Have too many email subscription newsletters

You may be confused if you have too many email subscription newsletters in one e-mail.

You may benefit from creating separate emails to receive different email subscription newsletters.

And you can divide your emails in different ways that work for you.

Here are some ways you can divide e-mail subscription newsletters for the different emails:

By Geography

• One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in St. Louis, Missouri
• One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in San Francisco, California
• One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers who are in Reno, Nevada

By Profession

• One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the sales profession
• One email to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the marketing profession
• One mail to receive email subscription newsletters from potential employers in the lawyer profession.

Create separate emails to organize your different email subscription newsletters.

Job Web Sites

You may also want emails from job websites.

Here are some job websites that may be helpful to you.

Job websites that focus on remote opportunities

Job websites that focus on remote opportunities may help you. Examples can be

• Virtual Vocations (https://www.virtualvocations.com/) and
• Flexjobs (https://www.flexjobs.com/).
• Both Virtual Vocations and Flexjobs have email subscription newsletters that can help the remote job seeker. You can get information including:
• Remote industry/remote employers
• Articles on the remote job search
• Job fairs that specialize in remote jobs
• Career coaches who focus on remote jobseekers and
• Inspiration from successful remote job seekers

Job websites that focus on general jobs

Job sites that focus on job positions from a variety of different professions. General job sites may provide information on remote opportunities. Examples can be

• Indeed.com (www.indeed.com) and
• Glassdoor.com (https://www.glassdoor.com/).
• Indeed.com and Glassdoor.com have email subscription newsletters that provide information on remote opportunities.

Email subscription newsletters may help give you your next remote job opportunity.

This week, we look at LinkedIn.com.

We look at LinkedIn posts.

LinkedIn allows a person to write blog posts.

The blog posts will then appear in a feed that others can read.

A person may write a post about different professional career topics.

One topic a person may write about is different remote opportunities.

A reader may learn about different remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.

Here are two ways to find out about remote opportunities through LinkedIn posts.

(1) Your Connections and Network–Are you connected with people to have a network?

On the Home page, you will find a feed listing different blog posts on LinkedIn.

The blog posts you will often come from other people in your network.

You may increase the odds of seeing remote opportunities by growing your network.

You can invite other people to belong to your LinkedIn network.

You can send out an invitation request.

You may increase the odds of people agreeing to be in your network by including a personal message. Some ideas for the personal message can be:

• You can communicate how you and the connection are related.
• Or you could mention details about the person who impressed you.

Including a personal note may increase the odds that a person will connect with you.

You may wish to connect with the following people:

• Recruiters and Human Resource professionals in the company that interests you
• Managers in the department in the company that interests you
• Recruiters and Human Resource professionals from temporary agencies. Look for recruiters that specialize in your field.

(2) Keyword Search

You may use keywords in the Keyword Search Box to find remote job opportunities on LinkedIn posts.

You may use keywords to find your next remote opportunity.

A keyword search result will, hopefully, present you with different choices.

Each choice will have brief information about the content of that choice.

You then can select that choice to get more information.

You may find search results listing sections.

A section is a group of similar choices in the search results.

Some sections could be:

• People–choices of different people who have their profiles on LinkedIn
• Posts–Blog posts people have written on LinkedIn
• Jobs–Jobs on LinkedIn

Look at the choices in the Posts section.

Hopefully, you will find a choice that interests you.

Click a choice that you like to explore further.

You will then get a description with more information.

Hopefully, you will find some descriptions with remote job opportunities that interest you.

Using the following words in your keyword search may be helpful.

• The profession you are interested in
• Remote (or similar words like Virtual)
• Careers (or similar words like jobs, occupation, or profession)

Boolean Searching

Boolean Searching rules tell your search engine how to search with the words you type in. LinkedIn uses Boolean Search rules.

An article that describes some of the Boolean search options is:

Article name: Using Boolean Modifiers when Searching for Jobs on LinkedIn

Article address: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a507571/using-boolean-modifiers-when-searching-for-jobs-on-linkedin

You may find better results by using Boolean search rules.

Synonyms

Synonyms are different words that express similar meanings.

You may increase the range of your searches by using synonyms. Some synonyms you can use are:

• Professions may use synonyms to have different words to describe the profession.
• You may use synonyms to describe remote work (like using the word virtual).
• You may use synonyms to describe a career (like using the word opportunities, jobs, or profession).

You may find your next remote opportunity in a LinkedIn Blog post.

This week, we look at Facebook groups.

We look at a feature on www.facebook.com. The next post will be on June 15th.

Always evaluate the resources that you find on the Internet.

Internet descriptions in the article are based on a laptop computer screen.

What are Facebook groups

Groups are where people come together around a particular interest.

You may find Facebook groups that have an interest in remote opportunities.

One way to find Facebook groups is to use the Facebook group search box.

You can do a keyword search to find Facebook groups.

You will need to create an account (which is free) to use many of the resources found on Facebook.

Once you have an account, click the “Groups” icon on the top part of the screen.

Facebook Group Itself

In the group section, you will see a Facebook groups search box on the left side of the screen.

You can type in words in the group search box and then get choice results (hopefully) on the right side of the screen. You can click on a particular choice result to get more information.

You may find three different Facebook groups to be of interest;

(1) Remote-Focused Facebook Groups

You may find Facebook groups focused on remote opportunities.

You can type in terms like “remote,” “remote jobs,” or “remote careers” in a Facebook Search Group Box to search for remote opportunities.

An example of a Remote-Focused Facebook group can be:

Facebook group: Upright Remote Jobs / Work From Home / Work From Anywhere Jobs

Facebook group web address:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/careersremote

(2) Location-Focused Facebook Groups

You may find Facebook groups that focus on giving opportunities in a particular location.

You may find remote opportunities in a particular area.

You can search the name of a particular location in a Facebook Group Search Box and add the terms “jobs” or “career.”

An example of a Location Focused Facebook Group can be:

Facebook group: Las Vegas jobs @ who’s hiring

Facebook group web address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/675294939319449

(3) Professional Focused Facebook Groups

You may find Facebook groups focusing on opportunities in a particular profession.

You may find remote opportunities.

You can type in words of your profession in a Facebook Group Search Box and add the terms “jobs” or “career.”

An example of a Professional Focused Facebook Group can be:

Facebook group: Accounting, Finance Jobs and Training

Facebook group web address: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AccountingFinanceJobsTraining

Search Function Within A Facebook Group

You may find job-related posts within a Facebook group using the search function.

The search function can help you search for posts posted in a Facebook group.

You may display posts that focus on a particular topic.

You may display posts that focus on remote opportunities.

How to find the search function in a Facebook group:

• Look for the magnifying glass symbol in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Click the magnifying glass symbol.

(This will open up a small screen with a search box.

You can do a keyword search in the search box to search for posts within that Facebook group).

• You can type in terms like “remote” and employment terms like “job” or “career” in the search box.
• Ideally, you will then get a listing of posts having information on remote opportunities.

Google Boolean Search Features For Facebook Groups

You may wish to use Boolean search features when you do a keyword search.

Boolean search features can give you options on how to search for words.

For example, you can do a phrase search with quotes around the word phrase.

Google gives you Boolean search options to find Facebook groups.

Here is an article that gives more information on how to use Google to find Facebook groups.

Article Title: “7 Advance Facebook Search Options.”

Article web address: https://neilpatel.com/blog/facebook-search-operators/

Here is an example of a phase you could type in Google to find Remote Job Facebook groups:

Google the phrase “site:facebook.com group AND remote AND job.”

Facebook groups may help you connect with remote opportunities. You may find your next remote opportunity with Facebook Groups.

I want to add interviews with people.

Topics could range in a variety of issues.

I will continue to do the weekly coverage of remote resources.

I hope you enjoy the content.

Interviews will appear as time and energy will allow for interviews.

For my first interview.

Mini-Interview with Matt Easton. Matt Easton is a sales expert. He is the founder of Easton University.

I asked one question.

(1) Why are sales important for those considering starting a business?

Let's hear the answer.

I would recommend Easton University for people's sales needs.

My review is the following link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguPFyO3KLI

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Boolean Search features in a Keyword Search

You can use keyword search to find LinkedIn groups.

You may enhance the search with Boolean search features.

The link below shows details of the Boolean search features that LinkedIn supports.

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a524335/using-boolean-search-on-linkedin

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The next content will be on Wednesday, May 10th

Remote-Friendly (And Other Similar Names) Companies

Internet article “Meaning of Remote Work and Relevant Terms.”

Published March 22, 2022

Internet address of the article https://www.workplaceless.com/blog/remote-work-meaning

How To Find Remote-Friendly Companies

You may find remote-friendly companies using Flexjobs.com.

Flexjobs.com is a website focusing on remote job opportunities.

You may have to subscribe to Flexjobs.com to take advantage of all the resources on the website.

Here is a pathway to find information about companies on Flexjobs.com.

• Type www.flexjobs.com in your browser.
• Then get logged in (you may have to be a subscriber)
• Then type the following website address in your browser.

www.flexjobs.com/company-guide

A “Best Companies that Hire for Remote Work From Home or Flexible Jobs” screen will appear.

You will have a search box giving you different options to search for Remote-Friendly companies.

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One place to find a Vocational Rehabilitation listing is from the 

United States Department of Education

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 

(from https://rsa.ed.gov/about).

The Rehabilitation Services Administration lists Vocational Rehabilitation offices across the United States. 

Listing based upon an alphabetical order of the state government. 

The listing of Vocational Rehabilitation offices is below:

Internet Address: https://rsa.ed.gov/about/states

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Power to Fly.com (www.powertofly.com)

YouTube address

https://www.youtube.com/@PowerToFly_/about

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I would suggest a course called “Finding a Job on LinkedIn” by Oliver Schinkten. Oliver Schinkten is a staff instructor at LinkedIn.

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Information about Glassdoor.com

Glassdoor.com and Indeed.com are owned by the same company called Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

An article that can give more details is the following:

A Forbes article called “Glassdoor Vs. Indeed: Two Great Platforms With Different Goals” (By Kathy Haan, Cassie Bottorff) (from https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/glassdoor-vs-indeed)

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For the Advance Search Feature of Indeed.com

Indeed.com/advanced_search

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We explored the BEST WEBSITE to Visit. The POWER PREMIUM PLATINUM PERFECT METHOD WORKSHOP opportunity (scam).

Federal Trade Commission

It has a website called “Job Scams.”

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams

Flexjobs (www.flexjobs.com)

Flexjobs is a website that focuses on remote job opportunities.

Flexjobs has articles about the remote career field, including:

• Article Title: 15 Common Job Search Scams and How to Protect Yourself
• By: Brie Weiler Reynolds
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/common-job-search-scams-how-to-protect-yourself-v2/

• Article: How to Avoid Work-From-Home Job Scams: 6 Tips
• By: Rachel Jay,
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-find-a-real-online-job-and-avoid-the-scams-v2/

• Article: Beware of This Increasingly Common Job Scam Using FlexJobs’ Name
• By: Sara Sutton
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/beware-increasingly-common-job-scam-using-flexjobs-name/

Google Search (or another search engine)

You can use Google (or another search engine) to research an organization.

You can search using the organization’s name and words like “scam” or “ratings.”

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau will rate organizations

You can sometimes learn more about an organization by checking the Better Business Bureau ratings:

Better Business article about scams

Article title: BBB Study: Looking for a job? Be careful! Job scams increased during the pandemic

https://www.bbb.org/article/investigations/24596-bbb-investigation-job-scams

On this same web page with the article, you can download a PDF called “BBB Job Scams.”

The link is “Read the full study. Download the PDF.”

https://www.bbb.org/content/dam/0734-st-louis/job-scams/JOB%20SCAMS%20STUDY%20v5.pdf

Better Business Bureau has a scam center to look for known scams:

Called BBB Scam Tracker

https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker

You can also go to Better Business Bureau and search to see if the organization is in their database and find out the organization’s rating at

www.bbb.org

You can do a keyword search – type in the name and location of the organization if you know.

YouTube Video

YouTube Title: How to Spot a Work-From-Home Scam

YouTube Channel: Clark Howard: Save More, Spend Less

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAJ5SC_5lqk

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We look at websites that focus on remote job openings. We look at the features on We Work Remotely (www.weworkremotely.com)

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We are looking at different websites on the Remote work industry. This week, we look at The Remote Nurse at Remotemedicaljobs.com.

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We look at websites that focus on remote jobs. This week, we focused on the website that is called www.virtualvocations.com.

The Guides section gives you information for specific industries;

Some of the guides were:

• Telecommute Pharmacist Jobs
• Telecommute Accounting Jobs
• Telecommute Transcription Jobs
• Telecommute Jobs of Legal Professionals
• Telecommute Jobs for Bilingual Jobseekers
• Telecommute Jobs or Administrative Assistants
• Remote Jobs in Virtual Marketing
• Remote Sales Career Guide
• Telecommute Jobs for Education Professionals
• Remote Jobs in Project Management
• Remote Non-Profit Career Guide
• Remote Information Technology Career Guide
• Remote Human Service Career Guide
• Remote Healthcare Career Guide
• Remote Customer Service Career Guide
• Remote Jobs in Virtual Consulting
• Remote Account Management Career Guide

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We are looking at websites that focus on remote job positions.

This week we focus on Remote.co

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Federal Trade Commission

It has a website called “Job Scams.”

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams

Flexjobs (www.flexjobs.com)

Flexjobs is a website that focuses on remote job opportunities.

Flexjobs has articles about the remote career field, including:

• Article Title: 15 Common Job Search Scams and How to Protect Yourself
• By: Brie Weiler Reynolds
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/common-job-search-scams-how-to-protect-yourself-v2/

• Article: How to Avoid Work-From-Home Job Scams: 6 Tips
• By: Rachel Jay,
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-find-a-real-online-job-and-avoid-the-scams-v2/

• Article: Beware of This Increasingly Common Job Scam Using FlexJobs’ Name
• By: Sara Sutton
• https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/beware-increasingly-common-job-scam-using-flexjobs-name/

Google Search (or another search engine)

You can use Google (or another search engine) to research an organization.

You can search using the organization’s name and words like “scam” or “ratings.”

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau will rate organizations

You can sometimes learn more about an organization by checking the Better Business Bureau ratings:

Better Business article about scams

Article title: BBB Study: Looking for a job? Be careful! Job scams increased during the pandemic

https://www.bbb.org/article/investigations/24596-bbb-investigation-job-scams

On this same web page with the article, you can download a PDF called “BBB Job Scams.”

The link is “Read the full study. Download the PDF.”

https://www.bbb.org/content/dam/0734-st-louis/job-scams/JOB%20SCAMS%20STUDY%20v5.pdf

Better Business Bureau has a scam center to look for known scams:

Called BBB Scam Tracker

https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker

You can also go to Better Business Bureau and search to see if the organization is in their database and find out the organization’s rating at

www.bbb.org

You can do a keyword search – type in the name and location of the organization if you know.

YouTube Video

YouTube Title: How to Spot a Work-From-Home Scam

YouTube Channel: Clark Howard: Save More, Spend Less

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAJ5SC_5lqk

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I am celebrating Thanksgiving; I will create a new post for next week.

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone.

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The Guides section gives you information for specific industries;

Some of the guides were:

• Telecommute Pharmacist Jobs
• Telecommute Accounting Jobs
• Telecommute Transcription Jobs
• Telecommute Jobs of Legal Professionals
• Telecommute Jobs for Bilingual Jobseekers
• Telecommute Jobs or Administrative Assistants
• Remote Jobs in Virtual Marketing
• Remote Sales Career Guide
• Telecommute Jobs for Education Professionals
• Remote Jobs in Project Management
• Remote Non-Profit Career Guide
• Remote Information Technology Career Guide
• Remote Human Service Career Guide
• Remote Healthcare Career Guide
• Remote Customer Service Career Guide
• Remote Jobs in Virtual Consulting
• Remote Account Management Career Guide

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Here are the different job position totals for the different Browsing categories for Remote.io

when did this approximately October 28, - October 29, 20222

• Remote Admin and Assistants jobs–3 jobs found

• Remote Blockchain and Crypto jobs–0 jobs found

• Remote Business Development jobs–19 jobs found

• Remote Customer Service jobs–23 jobs found

• Remote Data jobs–19 jobs found

• Remote Design jobs–11 jobs found

• Remote DevOps and SysAdmin jobs–14 jobs found

• Remote Education and Coaching jobs–0 jobs found

• Remote Finance jobs–23 jobs found

• Remote Human Resources jobs–24 jobs found

• Remote Legal jobs–4 jobs found

• Remote Marketing jobs–28 jobs found

• Remote Media and Communication jobs–3 jobs found

• Remote Operations jobs–5 jobs found

• Remote Product jobs–42 jobs found

• Remote Quality Assurance jobs–1 job found

• Remote Sales and Partnerships jobs–25 jobs found

• Remote Software Development jobs–52 jobs found

• Remote Other jobs–0 jobs found

• All Remote jobs–298 jobs found

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Looking for feedback to help improve the Live Your Life Learning Channel; Keywords can help find Remote Job Positions; here are some ideas.

I would enjoy hearing your opinion and ideas.

Live Your Life Learning does topics related to remote work.

You can give your opinions (and ideas) on improving the Live Your Life Learning channel. What type of content would you like?

You can write an email at

I.like.to.get.your.thoughts@outlook.com.

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An Internet Job Board called Indeed.com allows people to search by Title Field. Below is the Internet address to access the Advance Search Screen for Indeed.com.

https://www.indeed.com/advanced_search

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(August 2022) If you know someone interested in digital marketing training. A good marketing program I came through was called JobPrepped Digital Training. The web page for the program is at: https://jobprepped.com/. I am not being paid for this review; I just wanted to communicate a good digital program that worked for me, and I think it would also work for anyone interested in digital marketing. Thank you.

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YouTube Title: How to add ROWS OF VIDEOS: My YouTube channel page BOOST! 2022

YouTube Channel: Neil Mossey

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YouTube Title: How to Make a Playlist on YouTube (and get MORE YouTube Playlist Views!)

YouTube Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video

YouTube Publication: Feb 23, 2020

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Filmmaker Ken Burns Benjamin Franklin Series

Filmmaker Ken Burns had a recent film documentary about Benjamin Franklin this past week on PBS.

The show series is two episodes for those interested in watching the show.  

You can watch the episodes online at the following address:

Web site Address: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/benjamin-franklin/#watch

The two episodes are:

(1) Episode 1 | “Join or Die” (1706-1774)

(2) Episode 2 | “An American” (1775-1790)

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YouTube Title: Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Traveling - Speed of Light

YouTube Channel: carlsagandotcom 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPoGVP-wZv8

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If you want to support the channel through books, here is an Amazon author channel.

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• How to Follow Up on a Job Application (Phone and E-mail Samples)

By Jennifer Parris (Could not find publication date)

Article address: https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/how-to-follow-up-on-job-applications/

·  How to Follow Up on a Job Application (with E-mail Sample)

By Michael Tomaszewski (Updated January 18, 2022)

Article Address: https://zety.com/blog/how-to-follow-up-on-a-job-application

·  When, Why, and How to Follow Up on a Job Application

By Hannah Craig (Published June 11, 2018)

Article Address:

https://www.jobscan.co/blog/how-to-follow-up-on-a-job-application/

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The following YouTube video can give information about different video-editing software choices.

First YouTube Video

YouTube Title: Best Video Editing Software for Windows PC - 2022 Review

YouTube Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video

YouTube Publication: Jan 16, 2022

Web Address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk-bLwKMxv

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YouTube Title: DaVinci Resolve - [UPDATED] Complete Tutorial for Beginners!

YouTube Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video

Published On; Jun 20, 2021

Web Address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-b1sXYnqq8

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YouTube Title: RESOLVE 17 CRASH COURSE - Davinci Resolve 17 Walkthrough [BEGINNER]

YouTube Chanel: Casey Faris

Published On: Dec 17, 2020

Web Address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozj-aQH0kiE&t=1s

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Here an article about "junk" in e-mail systems

 Article: “Junk mail folder”

Updated last time: 4/12/2021

From https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/j/junk-mail-folder.htm

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.Statistics on the Remote Industry for work at home

The following article explains some statistics that describe the remote work industry:

         Article Title: The Ultimate List of Remote Work Statistics for 2021

         Author: Jack Steward

         Updated: Oct 27, 2021

         https://findstack.com/remote-work-statistics/

         (One statistic describes that since 2009, the number of people who work remotely has grown 159%).

YouTube Video on Work at Home Real Time with Bill Maher

Remote work is here to stay and growing; a video that describes how the work area has changed can be found in the following video:

         YouTube Title: Kevin O'Leary: They're Never Coming Back | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

         YouTube Publisher: Real Time with Bill Maher

         Published: Nov 12, 2021

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5nQwF4EJA

         (Talked about how people want to have arrangements where people can work remotely or at least sometimes).

Industry Reports/Annual Reports

Article Title: State of Remote Work

Published: Owl Labs

Collection of Annual Reports on Remote work from 2020 to 2017

https://resources.owllabs.com/state-of-remote-work

Article Title: The 2021 State of Remote Work:

Top insights and data from one of the largest remote work reports.

Published: Buffer.com

https://buffer.com/2021-state-of-remote-work

Article Title: What next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries

Published: McKinsey & Company

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/whats-next-for-remote-work-an-analysis-of-2000-tasks-800-jobs-and-nine-countries

Article Title: PwC’s US Remote Work Survey:

It’s time to reimagine where and how work will get done

Published: PWC

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/us-remote-work-survey.html

Article Title: Remote Work Guide

A comprehensive guide to the world of remote work.

Published: Wrike

https://www.wrike.com/remote-work-guide/

Remote work is here to stay and will probably continue to grow with time.

I plan to focus on future articles on remote work and ways people can earn an income from home. If people want to express their thoughts about remote work or making an income from home, e-mail me at helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com. Thanks for reading. Thank you.

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Explore some places on the Internet to find salary information. Look at indeed.com (www.indeed.com), glassdoor, com (www.glassdoor.com), and Occupational Outlook Handbook (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/).

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YouTube Video that describes Calendly is:

YouTube Title: How to use Calendly - Tutorial for Beginners (2020)

YouTube Publication When: June 11, 2020

YouTube Channel: Simpletivity

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What does your voice sound like? Please give me your thoughts at helpfulfeedback@yahoo.com.

YouTube Title: Why does your voice sound different on a recording? Greg Foot Answers Your Questions | Head Squeeze.

YouTube Channel: BBC Earth Lab

Published: September 9, 2013

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The grammar you use to compose your writing can reflect on you when you write. You can create a positive impression for a reader by writing materials free of grammar mistakes. Conversely, writing with many grammar mistakes can form a negative opinion about the author.

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The grammar you use to compose your writing can reflect on you when you write. You can create a positive impression for a reader by writing materials free of grammar mistakes. Conversely, writing with many grammar mistakes can form a negative opinion about the author.

Here are some ideas to improve your writing.

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