Grow Remote - Career Resources Newsletter: September ‘24

Helping you land a remote job in Ireland

We are on a mission to help you land a fully distributed job in Ireland with our career resources, talent programs, training courses and community 🚀

When a remote job lands in a local community, it unlocks positive social, economic and environmental benefits - and that is a (very) good thing 🎉

Before you jump in - we are impact led as an organisation so please let us know here if you land a remote job thanks to any of the work we do. It will make us all smile & we can send you some Grow Remote SWAG plus a €50 voucher for your local SuperValu as a little “well done you” 👏

Remote Employers Spotlight x5

1) HubSpot is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies. Tens of thousands of customers all over the world use their marketing, sales, and customer success software to grow their businesses. It's their mission to not just help them grow, but to help them grow better.

Example remote jobs at HubSpot in September ‘24👇

- Account Executive - Small Business UK & Ireland
- Staff Software Engineer - Forms Frontend
- German Customer Support Specialist

Click here to visit the Hubspot careers page 🚀

What do we 💚 about HubSpot?

The HubSpot Culture Code is a benchmark for remote employers on how to be intentional about building and maintaining culture in a remote team. Check it out here for some great insights & guidance before you apply.

2) Revolut is a financial technology company that offers banking services such as currency exchange, debit cards, and cryptocurrency trading through a mobile app - disrupting the banking sector.

Example remote jobs at Revolut in September ‘24 👇

- New Business Account Executive
- Tax Manager
- Acquiring Product Sales Executive (SMB)

Click here to visit the Revolut careers page 🚀

What do we 💚 about Revolut?

It has to be the sheer volume of remote jobs open today! At the start of September there are +50 remote jobs across 10 different teams open in Ireland!

3) Globalization Partners - As a global employment platform, Globalization Partners simplifies international hiring by acting as an Employer of Record, handling payroll, taxes, and compliance.

Example remote jobs at Globalization Partners in September ‘24 👇

- Director of Product Management - AI & Data
- Associate Salesforce Developer
- Sr. Manager, Product Management

Click here to visit the G-P careers page 🚀

What do we 💚 about Globalization Partners ?

G-P are “Globally remote — from the start” and have a great team presence in Ireland. They also did a Career Club event with us that you can watch on demand for an insight to their remote-first culture and hiring process!

4) Workvivo - an Irish success story specialising in employee engagement and internal communication, Workvivo offers a platform that connects teams and enhances workplace culture.

Example remote jobs at Workvivo in September ‘24 👇

- Paid Social Media Strategist
- Junior QA Engineer
- Software Engineer (PHP and React)

Click here to visit the Workvivo careers page 🚀

What do we 💚 about Workvivo ?

From a Career Club you can watch on demand here it was clear Workvivo have a very positive and inclusive remote culture. Their recent acquisition by Zoom is sure to extend their mega growth and create even more remote jobs in IE!

5) WP Engine specialises in managed WordPress hosting, offering optimised web hosting environments for businesses and developers to build and scale their WordPress websites.

Example remote jobs at WP Engine in September ‘24 👇

- Lead Product Developer
- Director of GTM Business Analytics
- Technical Account Manager

Click here to visit the WP Engine careers page 🚀

What do we 💚 about WP Engine ?

Their commitment to diversity & inclusion as well as this statement on their careers page “We embrace a virtual-first way of working and believe you should have the freedom to do your best work from wherever you're most productive.”

Remote Jobs Board Spotlight

EU Remote Jobs was one of the first and is now a leading jobs board DEDICATED to curating 000’s of high-quality job listings from reputable companies that embrace the benefits of remote work. It has helped 000’s of remote job seekers across Europe and beyond land remote jobs 👏

Rachel Craig, Founder of EU Remote Jobs is also an Irish success story who through her work can now be considered as a founding member of the wider EU remote work ecosystem👏

Useful features on EU Remote Jobs and why we 💚 it:

  • Sign up for remote job alerts (pick your location / sector)

  • Regional and sector filters for your job search

  • A brilliant weekly “Remote Jobs Newsletter” (sign up now)

  • AI Job Copilot to support & automate remote job applications

  • A blog with top tips on finding remote jobs

  • A great remote employers list to help you find remote jobs

Top Tip - Follow EU Remote Jobs on LinkedIn where they share remote jobs daily.

Remote Work Skills & Tools

A key skill required to thrive as a remote worker (and meet the needs of a remote employer) is the mastery of asynchronous communication - lets have a look at what its all about and how you can develop your skills.

Async (asynchronous) communication refers to the exchange of information where responses are not expected immediately. Unlike real-time communication methods such as video calls or instant messaging, async communication allows participants to engage and respond at their convenience. This approach is particularly well-suited to remote work environments, where team members may be spread across flexible schedules or even different time zones.

Here are x3 great resources from remote ecosystem experts to help you learn more about this important skill ahead of that remote job interview 💡

Twist - The Art of Async: The Remote Guide to Team Communication

GitLab - How to embrace asynchronous communication for remote work

Asana - Asynchronous communication isn’t what you think it is

To make remote work more accessible in Ireland and go deeper on topics like async communication - we offer a variety of training courses for individuals and employers 👇

- Leading Remote Teams
- Thrive Remotely
- Remote Work Ready

+ we are launching a new fully online course this month 🎉🚀👇

The Impact of Remote

When a remote job lands in a local community (rural or urban) it unlocks positive social, economic and environmental benefits.

This month we would like to share the story of Joe Whelan from County Mayo who landed a remote job with remote employer Concentrix 👏

Reminder - we are impact led as an organisation so please do let us know if you get a remote job thanks to any of the work we do. It will make us all smile & we can send you some Grow Remote SWAG plus a €50 voucher for your local SuperValu as a little “well done you” 👏

Or if you have a story of how remote work work has impacted you or your local community socially, economically or environmentally - we would love to hear it.

The State of Remote IE

A recent RTE article and research from the jobs and professional networking social media platform LinkedIn has ranked Ireland as second in Europe for remote work opportunities 🎉

So, where are all these fully remote jobs on LinkedIn then 👇

It was also quoted that “remote positions in Ireland attracting two and half times the share of applications compared to the amount of positions available”.

Top Tip - it is now more important than ever that you have access to remote work career resources that empower your job search and take all opportunities to up-skill & differentiate yourself when applying for a remote job.

If you liked all of that you might like to know a little bit more about us? At Grow Remote our work is focused around x3 impact pillars 👇

  1. Landing Remote Jobs

  2. Building Local Communities

  3. Transitioning Companies to Remote

    One example of the work that we do to drive impact is running local events for remote employees (fully remote & hybrid) across the country.

    These are designed to be fun, help people connect with their local community and the remote eco-system in Ireland 🎉

    Check out the video below to get a flavor of the amazing work being done by local volunteers who support our mission and their local community👏

    You can also check out all our upcoming local events for remote workers here.

Next month we go again and will be back with different remote employers and jobs boards spotlighted - between now and then do let us know if anything above helps you take the next step in your career - it’s why we do what we do 🙏