FlexJobs Database in 2016 Welcomes Hundreds of Jobs Across Diverse Industries
There are misconceptions that only certain career fields, for example, computer/IT, marketing, and writing, recruit flexible workers. However, FlexJobs reports that it added hundreds of new employers to its database this year. These companies are from various industries, and they have remote, part-time, flexible, and freelance job openings.
The FlexJobs Company Database
The FlexJobs company database now exceeds 47,000 companies, and these companies currently hire for flexible jobs. 80 percent of U.S. companies currently offer flexible work arrangements. Moreover, FlexJobs experienced a 74 percent increase in companies featured in its database since 2013.
The Flexible Job Movement
“The flexible job movement continues to grow, and it continues to diversify. For example, companies such as Cisco, CVS Health, and USDA join many other employers. They now recognize the benefits of incorporating flexible workers into their business model,” said Sara Sutton Fell, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “The movement supports win-win flexible work options. Furthermore, telecommuting, flexible schedules, and freelance work continued to grow stronger in 2017. FlexJobs is proud that it created a space that connects forward-thinking companies with qualified candidates.”
Flexible Job Industries and Career Categories
The highest number of new employers came from the Consulting, Computer/IT, Education, Finance, Marketing, Medical and Health, and Nonprofit industries. These employers offer a wide range of career categories, and they include Arts & Entertainment, Environmental, Government, HR, Insurance, Fashion, Travel, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Research, and Sports & Fitness.
Flexible Job Titles
Job titles that these companies recruited for are extremely diverse and surprising. Common assumptions led people to falsely believe that many jobs were not conducive to flexible options. However, jobs were flexible and came with job titles such as corporate development director, field marketing manager, network security engineer, senior business analyst, and technical lead, as well as project director, customer service advisor, and mortgage loan officer.
Companies in the Flexjobs Database
Companies across a variety of industries joined FlexJobs during 2016. For example, companies in the following career categories include:
Arts & Entertainment – Entertainment Cruises, Museum Hack, and A Noise Within;
Computer/IT – Cisco, Appirio, and Toptal;
Education – The New Teacher Project, Johns Hopkins University, and VIPKID;
Environmental – AirMD, Rainforest Trust, and Grid Energy;
Finance – Citizens Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo;
Government – USDA, FBI, and PAE;
Human Resources – Computer Futures, ExecuSearch, and Superside;
Insurance – New York Life, MetLife, and Asurion;
Legal – JuriLytics, DTI Global, and RecordTrak;
Marketing – Tempesta Media, 89 Degrees, and Group Twenty Seven;
Medical and Health – CVS Health, Cardinal Health, and Altegra Health;
Nonprofit – Wikimedia Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and Future Founders;
Research – Midwest Biomedical Research Foundation and Friends Research Institute Inc., 2020;
Sports & Fitness – Yoga Download, Great Technique Dance Academy, and Soccer Sparks; and
Travel – Hello Scout, Vantage Deluxe World Travel, and Latin Excursions.
About FlexJobs
FlexJobs is a leading online service for professionals that seek remote, part-time, flexible, and freelance job openings. It lists flexible job listings in over 50 career categories. In addition, it lists opportunities that range from entry-level to executive and from freelance to full-time. FlexJobs offers job seekers safe, easy, and efficient ways to find professional and legitimate flexible job listings.
Media Coverage
FlexJobs helped over two million people in their job searches. Moreover, it appeared on CNN and Marketplace Money. It also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, and Fast Company magazines. Lastly, it was available at hundreds of other trusted media outlets.
FlexJobs’s Founder and CEO
Sara Sutton Fell is FlexJobs’s Founder and CEO, and she launched two additional partner sites, Remote.co and 1 Million for Work Flexibility. These sites help provide education and awareness about the viability and benefits of remote working and work flexibility. Sutton Fell is also the creator of The TRaD* Works Conference (*Telecommuting, Remote, & Distributed). In addition, she helps companies leverage the benefits of telecommuting and having remote and distributed teams.
