10 Part-Time Remote Jobs To Consider In 2024

Part-time jobs may be elusive, but the idea of working part-time and undertaking such work remotely might seem even more far-fetched to most people.

But fortunately, undertaking a flexible working arrangement such as working a part-time job remotely is not uncommon and is actually easier to achieve than you think.

Here are some simple strategies you can use to easily find remote part-time jobs:

How To Find Part-Time Remote Jobs

First, you need to ensure that you’re looking in the right places. Search the databases of flexible job boards such as We Work Remotely, Remote.co, and FlexJobs. learn-jobs-careers.com is another fantastic resource. It has filters for almost every flexible working preference you can think of, such as how many days you would like to work from home each week, remote-first companies, part-time jobs, flexi hours, and even job sharing.

Another way to find part-time remote jobs is to look for work in unconventional ways, such as through freelancing opportunities via freelance platforms. Think Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer, for example. As a freelancer, you are able to set your own rates and hours for the projects you deliver.

How To Negotiate With Your Employer For A Part-Time Job

There are situations in which it is preferable to stay with your current employer and attempt to negotiate flexible working arrangements with them, before venturing to look elsewhere.

To do this effectively, follow these steps:

1. Calculate and estimate what your ideal part-time remote working schedule would look like, and why you need those specific hours. You will need to back this when approaching your employer with such a request.
2. Highlight the value you have already brought to the organization, and share examples of how a similar working arrangement, executed temporarily at least, has benefited the team/company in the past, and not reduced your performance or output.
3. Remember to place the emphasis on what you can do for them in achieving, even exceeding, business objectives, not the other way around. For instance, while stating that you need specific part-time hours to accommodate your caring responsibilities, make it clear what’s in it for them if they agree to your suggestion. What added value can you deliver?
4. Be flexible and open to negotiation and compromise on both sides. At the end of the day, you want to leave the conversation knowing that both parties have clear expectations so as to eliminate confusion later on, and that both are mutually satisfied with the final solution. Consider all possible alternatives.
5. Last but not least (this can sometimes be overlooked) the final decision should be made in writing so that you have a hard copy with which you can protect yourself should your manager change, or should the company unreasonably decide otherwise.

This is the smartest career: CEO says: ‘Allow yourself to be a bit untethered

Chances are, you’re not going to find your dream job in your 20s.

But trying new things — and refusing to settle for just any job — could benefit your career in the long run, says Diane Hoskins, co-CEO and global co-chair of the architecture and design firm Gensler.

Hoskins spent her 20s working in different cities and industries after graduating with a degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She lived in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, earned a master of business administration from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and spent two years working in real estate.

“I did a lot of moving, tried a lot of different jobs and let my decisions mainly be guided by my passions … it was phenomenal,” Hoskins, who declined to share her age, tells learn-jobs-careers.com. “So by the time I turned 30, I felt like I had this diverse, 360-degree experience that set me up for success in the next phase of my career.”

Experimenting with different careers in your 20s can help you develop your skills, discover new passions, or, in Hoskins’ case, return to old ones.

Hoskins rejoined Gensler in 1995 as a managing director of their Washington, D.C. office in her 30s after having worked there between 1983 and 1985 as an architect designer at their New York office.

That decision was influenced

That decision was influenced, in part, by one of Hoskins’ favorite childhood hobbies: flipping through architecture magazines and doodling designs based on the spreads. A native of Chicago, Hoskins says she grew up with plenty of exposure to the striking buildings that make up the city’s downtown and pages of Architectural Record, a magazine her mother often brought home.

Although she liked all the jobs she held in her 20s, Hoskins says she quickly realized that the career that would bring her the most fulfillment would be one in architecture and design. “It came full circle,” Hoskins says of her career. She’s worked at Gensler for nearly 30 years.

“Ultimately, I decided to come back into architecture and design because I missed being part of the creative process — helping clients bring their vision to life, and designing spaces that help organizations solve their challenges and meet their goals,” she explains.

When you’re just starting your career, it’s normal to feel a lot of pressure to make all the “right” decisions, she says — it might feel like those decisions are high-stakes or permanent, but, as Hoskins stresses, “they’re not.”

Younger professionals might get a bad reputation for job-hopping, but if your work doesn’t align with your skills, passions or professional goals, “don’t be afraid to try something different,” Hoskins says. “You can allow yourself to be a bit untethered.”