Are you looking for a new career adventure this year? It’s still not too late to attempt a career pivot or try your hand at something new. Sometimes, it’s good to switch things up in your job or career and attempt a new style of working, or a new job entirely, to keep things interesting and to ensure you continue to enjoy your work, while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This breaks up the monotony and enables you to have peace of mind because now, you have more time to focus on other things outside of work, and to take care of your wellbeing.
Flexible working models, which have become buzzwords these days, appear to be the perfect solution; but can you imagine what it would be like if you combined two or more modes of flexible working together? For example, there are some jobs that operate 100% remotely but allow you to also work part-time, have flexible hours, or permit you to work as a contractor rather than an employee. When you find these jobs, it’s almost like discovering pure gold, because such a combination can be rare to come by.
One easy way to find fully remote, part-time jobs that allow you to explore your passions and skills, is to use FlexJobs or a similar flexible job board such as WeWorkRemotely, or Remote.co. However, it should be mentioned that there is no specific filter (at the time of writing) for part-time jobs in the WeWorkRemotely website, although it does allow you to filter by contractor and full-time jobs only.
As an example of some of the variety that is available, here are three jobs currently hiring on FlexJobs’ remote job board, which are also available part-time:
1. Remote Mental Health Therapist
As a remote mental health therapist, your job involves the delivery of counseling and therapy services to clients through using online platforms such as video calls/meetings, phone conversations, or chat. On a day-to-day basis you would assess clients’ mental health and diagnose conditions, while also developing treatment plans to address issues such as anxiety, depression, and other emotional or psychological challenges. You can maintain confidentiality and build rapport with the client and their families—while making between $66,459 to $82,125 on average, right from the comfort of your home (as long as you have the right working environment at home, of course). And it’s convenient for clients who may have some difficulty accessing in-person therapy to achieve mental wellbeing. There are several therapist jobs being advertised on FlexJobs like this, which are part-time, remote, and state that they pay as much as up to $50 or even $90 in some cases, hourly.
2. Remote Interpreter
As a remote interpreter, your role would be to facilitate communication and ensure understanding and the removal of barriers between parties who speak different languages, accomplishing this through translating spoken or signed language in real-time, via online platforms or even on phone calls. You might be needed in various settings such as for legal proceedings, telehealth appointments, and other important meetings. Clarity and precision is essential for this role. There are several part-time remote interpreter jobs on FlexJobs now, at the time of writing, and this role pays up to $36 an hour on average.
3. Remote Offensive Security Engineer
In describing the role of an offensive security engineer and what the expectations for the role would be, one company advertising for the role on FlexJobs stated that the engineer would be conducting “penetration testing on web and mobile applications, APIs, and other company assets.” The role also includes analysis of source code and architecture and providing actionable recommendations and training to development teams, the employer said. Roles like this one typically command an average salary that ranges between $118,703 and $145,849, according to stats from Salary.com, or around $80 an hour according to Talent.com.
So whether you think mental health, wellbeing, and counseling is your forte, or translating or even engineering is for you, these part-time remote jobs are at your fingertips. Not only will they pay well, but at last, you can have peace of mind through being able to use the remainder of your working hours towards your own wellbeing, professional and personal development, and spending time with those who matter the most.
