211: This is How You Land a REMOTE Data Job!

There was a study done in 2023 that showed that 98% of workers want to work from home.

They want to work remotely.

And I get it.

Working remotely is awesome.

I love working from home.

It's the best.

But that means when you're applying to a remote data job, you're not only competing with the people inside of your local city or inside of your county or your state or even the country, you're competing with people from all over the place.

And so the odds of you being the best candidate just kind of go down with the number of applicants that are actually applying.

And even if you are a great applicant, the odds of your resume and you actually getting noticed through the applicant tracking system is so low, so it virtually feels impossible.

Now, you might be thinking, well, if everyone's applying to these remote jobs, and I can actually apply to any remote job, then I have lots of jobs that I could apply for, right? Well, and the unfortunate truth is there's not a lot of remote data analyst jobs.

Despite what the courses tell you, despite what the influencers tell you, here is the raw number from my job board that I've been running for 18 months.

17%.

That means about two out of every 10 data analyst jobs are remote.

The remaining eight out of ten are not remote.

So if 98% of us want to work remotely, but only 20% of the jobs are remote, this is a huge supply versus demand issue.

And basically, what it means is those remote jobs are incredibly competitive.

They get five to ten times more applicants than its normal counterpart, and it feels impossible to land these roles.

And actually, in my corporate life, my W2 data jobs, I never had a remote role.

In fact, I barely had a hybrid role, if I'm being honest.

Now, obviously, since becoming more of a consultant educator, I get to work from home.