Whats your WFH job title?

[Oldlearner]

I'm wondering if you can share your jobs titles or any you may know that are work from home (employed).
I'm looking for a new job/career and ready to up skill for it if required but need some inspiration on what types of jobs are out there for working from home.

My story/reason for asking if it's relevant....
I'm having a really challenging time trying to get back to work properly.
I have two small kids (reception & nursery age) currently work as a bank HCA and don't really like it or the unguaranteed shifts.

Problem I have is within my town (SW) there isn't much in sense of job opportunities and public transport links to the city aren't great, commute takes too long approx 1.45-2hrs each way. Moving house isn't an option for several years and certainly not until I'm working a proper wage.

I've been looking at jobs for months and feel my best bet will be to WFH as then I can use breakfast/after school clubs etc and not be late for work/pick ups.

I don't think there are particular WFH jobs now, myself and my husband both WFH and work in very different roles. Obviously some jobs can't be done WFH but most desk based ones are. You need to look for companies that offer remote working there are a lot. I am currently looking for a new job and have 2 interviews with different companies that are both remote jobs.
Most are now flexible with school drop off and pick ups too.
Good luck

Most basic admin roles in my local council are WFH. I am an administrator in a SW council, WFH all but two days a month.

Thanks both.
@Monkeybutt1 I know there isn't particular WFH jobs as such I was just meaning more along the line what can be done at home or is likely to still be recruited for WFH, rather than a job that is purely WFH.

I've been searching job sites for remote and most state flexibility required between 8am-8pm mon-sun which I can't be as I have kids in the evenings and weekends. This is where I'm getting stuck and considering doing a course to find the role for me.

I agree with @Monkeybutt1 you need to look for companies that offer remote working then see what vacancies they have that match your skills.

It won't work just looking at job titles as for example a Marketing Manager at one company might be fully remote and another Marketing Manager at a different company office based.

I work In information Security, Risk and Compliance, all my colleagues are WFH as are most people I know in the industry.

Have you considered looking at apprenticeship/nvq assessor roles? They usually are more based on experience in the vocation rather than teaching experience. Sometimes they will allow qualification on the job that they pay for.

Software Specialist for NHS. My job role isn't advertised as WFH however and all my documents have an office listed. The entire department work from home. So you perhaps don't need to look specifically at work at home jobs.

I'm going to sound like an arsehole here. My organisation have people WFH and to be honest they are getting fed up with people who have no qualifications, experience or interest in the role applying for jobs purely because they are WFH and fit in around the school run. Unfortunately, they have ended up with people who were incompetent and quite frankly took the piss with never doing any work.

They don't advertise jobs as WFH anymore. Because they want people who want the job. Not someone who wants any old job just WFH.

Client Relationship Manager for an insurance company. I work from home in the SW but have to travel to London every week or every other week. I am lucky to have a DH who is quite flexible for the DC.

Agree it is based on company culture rather than job title. I moved jobs recently and moved from 100% in office to almost all at home (occasional travel and office days required, but I choose those and run my calendar). The job is essentially the same, but the industry different.

My job wasn't advertised as remote, although they did say there was opportunity for flexible working in the advert. It also helps that my boss and his boss is 100% at home and don't want that to change, so are allowing us flexibility.

I think you need to do the job applications and talk to them at the interview tbh.

Engagement manager for a software company

I also kind of agree with this. I was talking to the recruiter and she said they have removed remote working from the job adverts because it increased the numbers of blatantly unsuitable candidates massively.

Flexible working is their new code instead, to be discussed at the interview. And also, the candidate needs to be flexible to do the job from where it needs to be done best, which means the candidate being as flexible as the company. Give and take seems to be the new normal.

There are loads of WFH jobs out there. Get yourself onto linkedin jobs, have a look at the areas that interest you and the level. You'll find loads.

Have you tried Civil Service Jobs? i know there are fewer at the mo with the proposed cuts but the roles there are typically business critical.

I’m a project manager and work from home - I travel maybe 1 day a month, but that is a choice, I’ve got colleagues that never travel. Our department does not even offer office based contracts for new colleagues - unless required in the role. Its home based or hybrid only.

We’ve got a few EO grade administrative type posts at the moment being advertised. ( I won’t link as I am part of a small department and don’t want to be identified!)

What are your strengths op?

Tech jobs traditionally have more people remote working, and there are quite a range of jobs in that area including some 'non techy' tech roles

Getting involved with the tech industry often offers WFH opportunities - a lot of them are seeing the benefit of working from home since the pandemic. I'm in the tech sector and my job is fully remote, WFH indefinitely. The offices are open but most work hybrid, I'm only fully remote because I'm about 200 miles away from the office (and was hired on the proviso that the job was indefinitely WFH).

I can't put my job title as it's very niche and would give me away with my posting history, but I'm middle management, 40k a year. No specific qualifications, but have worked myself up in the last 5-8 years to this point from entry level and am mid 30's.

My dh works from home and he’s a process engineer.

Most jobs where you sit in front of a screen can be, unfortunately my fairly low paid admin job was so I left

I work for a local authority and we all WFH with occasional day in office, the only staff that don't are those that have public facing roles such as traffic wardens, museums staff etc

PR. But our whole org is now hybrid so finance. HR, events, legal, IT support, graphic design, website, admin, policy. Basically any "office" job.

Just go on LinkedIn to the jobs section, you can then filter the job search by those offering Remote work. You can't really say what jobs will be WFH these days, as ultimately it depends on whether the company decided to stay WFH post Covid.

I'm a lawyer and I mainly WFH. But I did before Covid too.

Senior Service Delivery Manager for an IT managed service provider

I've worked from home for over 10 years, most SDM roles are home based, but you do sometimes have to visit customers on site (so a little travel is involved)

Thanks everyone.
@Cocacolacazza I fully get what your saying, personally I don't want to go for any old job because its WFH. I want to start a new career and ready to study for the skills to do it. It's just right now I'm a little stuck on what I want to do all I know is it has to be WFH as the commute to the city is too long to get back in time for after school club to finish.

I'm just looking for an idea of jobs that can be done from home I can research into, see if anything suits me or whatever.

@PollyDarton1 I keep coming back to tech but I don't think I'm smart enough.

@Covidagainandagain I'm not sure what my strengths are any more. I took a few years out of working when I had my kids and only went back to work in social care in the last 8 months. admittedly my confidence has taken a huge knock.

Maybe strengths was the wrong word, transferrable skills might be a better word.

So for example if you are used to managing budgets, getting things done on time and being organised you could look at project management

If you are good with numbers, like working with figures etc you could look at data type roles

I ended up in my job because I specifically looked up remote jobs on linkedin (pre pandemic) saw there were lots in data, figured I was good at excel and the bits of data analysis I had done and did some training. But to be fair I didn't go into data because I loved data, I went into data because I wanted to wfh (disability related).

Anyone somehow cover the title of this thread in your mind to

What the fuck is your job title?

If this is your first role back from time out wfh and you want to develop yourself into a role wfh isn't a great solution.
My issue with wfh is new starters just don't get the support they need. People learn from their peers and not being in the office where you can ask questions readily makes a huge impact.
I know many companies are more hybrid that fully wfh so could you manage maybe 1 day a week in the office?