Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?
Given most remote jobs assume or prerequisite US soil, how do you find a job/niche which hires worldwide? UPD. It's not about legal side, but rather how to identify those HRs and hiring managers who open to hire a US citizen living in another country.
Think of it this way - if they’d hire you, why wouldn’t they hire someone much cheaper.
You can’t identify them from the outside, but your network can. If you want to try, try companies with heavy worldwide presence.
You don't, you find a US company with a local entity that hires you on a local contract in that country. That way you're compliant with taxes, and the company is compliant with employment law in your country.
The alternative to that is starting a sole-trader company in the country you're in, and contracting directly with the US company through it (or a remote-employees-as-a-service company that basically does this on the company's behalf for a fat fee).
sorry, my question is not that much of a legal side, there's plenty of info around - it's rather about identifying jobs which are open to this. Most HRs and hiring managers just ignore the applications which openly state - "I'm not on US soil".
ah right - personal network helps a lot here. if you're applying through the job board you're starting at a disadvantage.
Go on Linkedin and search for small companies with less than 50 employees that have been in business for 3-5 years minimum. Figure out what they do, what they sell and if you would be interested in their company. Don't worry about whether they have a job listing or not.
Approach their founder(s) directly and sell yourself.
Is this the new version of "just walk in and ask for a job" of our parent's time?
I imagine it's a very crowded and competitive market to work remotely for US companies (and not through a sweat shop agency). The fact that a candidate has emigrated from US shouldn't typically be a big factor.