Last Updated on September 16, 2022 by Natalie

According to CNBC in 2018, “70 percent of professionals work remotely at least one day a week, while 53 percent work remotely for at least half of the week.”

Then COVID happened and even more of the working world shifted to remote work.

I was working remotely for 6 years from 2013 until 2019 and I grew quite comfortable in that setup. I couldn’t see myself ever going to back to an office job.

Then I lost my job once my maternity leave was over.

Now that my little boy is in my life, I am definitely not open to working out of my home. With the support of my husband and freelance projects, I have been able to accomplish a dream I didn’t even know I had because I never thought it was possible for me: Being a stay at home mom.

How To Find Work from Home Jobs

It may not be obvious where to start when looking for work from home jobs.

The first thing you should do is sign up to get emails about remote jobs.

This way, they come to you and you don’t have to rely on your discipline to look on a regular basis.

Not all job listing emails are created equal. Especially when it comes to work from home jobs.

I tried and already unsubscribed from a couple of job listing emails.

Some job search engines are just not set up with remote jobs in mind, even if they feature them from time to time.

Email Lists That Are No Good for Remote Jobs

For the most part, Google and LinkedIn job alerts send me general job listings rather than the work at home jobs I set them up to send me.

They are great for office jobs, though.

Now let’s get into what does have some good work from home stuff.

Best Email Lists for Remote Jobs

1. Rat Race Rebellion

These are screened, legit jobs sent out multiple times a week. I love the conversational, straightforward tone of each email. You’ll find a lot of customer service type jobs but also, a lot of everything.

2. PowerToFly

This website is all about the work from home movement. Aside from job listings, they also send interesting articles related to working from home. Good stuff.

3. Remotive

I don’t know how I got on this list but they send some good remote job listings. They aren’t one of these websites that send cockamamie work from home jobs. It’s just a few good opportunities per email.

4. MediaBistro

This is a job search engine specifically for media jobs. The link I inserted above takes you directly to create a job alert. I like this one because it meshes with my professional experience of writing and digital marketing.

5. The Mom Project

I had to update this post to include the best option yet. It’s not exactly an email list but you create a profile on the website with your skills, experience and details about the kind of job you’re looking for. You can specify that you’re interested in remote positions. They’ll contact you when something that matches your skill set is posted. After I joined I was almost immediately scheduled for 3 interviews in the same week. This is by far the most promising list of professional and relevant source for remote opportunities I have used yet.

That wraps up the sites that I know of that I recommend if you’re looking for work from home jobs.

Do you know of any that I left off the list? Care and share.

As always, if you have any thoughts to share about this post or you enjoyed reading it, email me or post a comment below. I’d love to hear from you.