How to Find Remote IT Jobs (Entry Level) | Strategies and Sample Resume Inside!

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This video is going to go over tips for looking for and landing remote tech jobs. We're going to cover what I would personally do if I was looking for a 100% remote job, such as where I would search and how I would conduct the searches. Equally as important, I'm going to talk about what to put on your resume, especially if you are new-ish to the IT field and lacking experience and some things you can do to increase your chances of getting hired.

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0:00 Intro
1:12 Searching on indeed
2:10 Consider applying to Shift, 3rd Shift, Night Shift Support jobs (less competition)
3:30 Consider accepting less pay initially just for your first job
3:55 Consider Applying/Searching for "SOC night shift" or "NOC Night shift"
6:30 IF you want to break into a field, do things that other people don't want to do.
6:40 Generate some experience for yourself if you don't have it
7:25 Videos containing tech to put on your resume\
7:30 Closing thoughts
8:45 Outro

How to Find Remote Entry Level Tech Jobs | Strategies and Sample Resume Inside!
This request actually came from a couple different viewers, so thank you for the idea!

The last 2 jobs I've had ended up being remote. They didn't start out that way, but due to a certain global crisis that's going on, the jobs quickly became remote.
New people ended up joining both the teams I was on and I never ended up meeting them before parting ways with the company.
Obviously remote work is becoming more prevalent, but that was a real "wow" moment for me.

But honestly I would just start with Indeed and follow some tips that we're about to talk about in a sec. (simplyhired is also an OK alternative)

Indeed is massive and they have added the "remote" location to filter for only remote jobs. I would just start out by going to indeed and searching the "remote" location with a single relevant keyword such as "support", depending on your level.

If you want to find jobs where there is possibly less competition--or you are brand new and you really want to get a job for experience, I would search for jobs with the following key words:
"fully remote"
"fully remote" shift
support shift
support night shift
3rd shift support
third shift:
Help Desk Agent (Third Shift)

How to increase your chances of getting hired--this is particularly useful if you're brand new to IT and you just want to get some experience for yourself.
Make your resume as GOOD as possible and fill out Indeeds online profile/resume thing. This shouldn't take you more than a couple days to do. You don't need to do very much to prepare, especially for entry-level jobs, but you do want to prepare a little bit
If you don't have a resume, use the resume templates in the description.

In closing
When you first start out job hunting, experience is paramount and accelerates your career more than almost anything else. I personally tend to sacrifice a lot when I want to break into a new space. Once you're in, it's much easier to get better jobs in the future. This seems obvious, but a lot of people tend to "hold out" and be picky, which is a valid thing to do I suppose, especially if you can afford it, but if you're new-ish, I'd recommend trying to start working ASAP.

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[JoshMadakor]

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[andrewjones_fitness]

Solid advice. Just started my first IT related job as a NOC analyst. Got lucky and it pays 55k which is more than I've ever made in my life. Should get a lot of SPLUNK hands-on experience at this job it looks like so hopefully I can leverage that once I make my next move.

[JunkFood]

As someone working retail, $18/hr remotely sounds great

[kalMHe]

I watched this video, i think one month ago, you say one can apply for an overnight job if they are looking for an entry job in IT, i hate overnight jobs but i was desperate to get in IT. So i went on and applied to an overnight NOC technician position. I had already applied to nearly one hundred jobs, from Help Desk to entry level Network analyst or related entry jobs since i recently got my CCNA, i landed the NOC technician job with an hourly pay of $30. Thank you so much !!!!

[ILLThef]

You should do a video on the different positions in the cybersecurity job hierarchy, the salary range for each, what they do, and how to get either the education or certifications for each. I feel like that would give people more inspiration to go after specific ones.

[alexh]

Hey Josh just found your channel yesterday. You have quickly become one of my favorite IT channels. Thank you for all the info!!

[cheezynick]

This is the second time I’ve come across your videos, and they haven’t done me wrong so far. I love your advice. I will make another comment after the video.

[notahacker]

Super exciting news Josh! I recently accepted a paid internship, they help me obtain my OSCP. I’m super excited about this opportunity, and I’m going to work hard to obtain it!

[shahzebkhan]

Oh dude you confirm my thoughts on the whole 18/HR thing. Here in Northeast PA people think thats amazing pay and on here like thats pennies. Even some of these IT remote jobs pay like 15hr which is insane

[roamingdesk-remotejobs]

Amazing content again thank you for sharing

[zzizzrtheartist]

New Subscriber here and right now I'm almost finishing an A+ BootCamp with Generation USA, and have an interest in Cyber Security as a path. This video couldn't have come at a better time for me! I'm so sharing this on all my platforms! Thank you for these tips I'm looking forward to checking out your other videos!

[sirtipsalot]

Thanks for this video. I have pretty good couple years of IT experience, however it was in person, and I feel as if a lot of it being in person is coming across by looking at my resume (when applying for remote jobs), so the sample resume helped. Certain skills/IT experience needs to be emphasized more so than others for a remote gig, and it could honestly be "less impressive" stuff from an in depth technical perspective, but recruiters aren't even that technical a lot of the time, so they're looking at best fits and what not. The time to show off technical chops is during interviews.

[GanNing]

I'll definitely keep my options open, but I have read about the negative impacts of working night shifts or rotating shifts. The dramatic change of schedule to your sleep and other external factors interfering with your sleep such as daytime noise (cars/traffic, neighbors, dog barks, whatever that is awake in daytime) that could negatively affect your health (risk of heart attack, depression, workplace injury, metabolism changes, gastrointestinal problems, melatonin suppression, other effects). Certainly, these are just some things to keep in mind when considering these night and/or rotating jobs.

[Eyasu-dibp]

It is very clear and accurate information thanks. Personally it is very helpful for me. Thanks again.

[MD-trsh]

Sweet video! Beware of scam job postings. Last year we discovered a 'work from home' scam in which you get an offer to start a job from home, you get a check on the mail to pay for equipment and software from a specific vendor, but the check never clears and the scammers run away with your 'equipment and software' paid fees.

[Femititi]

New Subie here. Thank you very much for these great tips

[niinarku]

How come I didn't find your earlier? You are a tech angel . Keep looking out.

[seetsamolapo]

Thanks Josh. Yes this is for the desperate of us outchea. At this point I'll take anything just to get a foot in although I'm almost done studying material on AWS SAA CO3 exam. I'm going through Comptia A+ material on Prof Messer and the Google Support cert and realise I know almost everything on the network and security part, even deeper

Notes (Indeed)
- support (night shift, 3rd shift)
- remote helpdesk specialist
- SOC/NOC analyst

[Alpha_ACE_]

I don’t have IT experience but I have an MBA. Currently taking classes at this technical college to gain some general knowledge of it. Trying to get my foot in the door to gain sone experience

[anikweokechukwu]

Thank you Josh I’ve been lost and scared since I started a bootcamp in cybersecurity I keep asking myself if I made the right choice but it’s what I want to do I love it but sometimes I feel like I don’t understand everything they’re teaching some topics I enjoy too. But every time I look at your videos it gives me hope of possibilities I listen to one of your videos driving to work almost every morning it makes me feel like I can do it.