70 tools without which no employee can do on a remote basis

In this compilation, we decided to collect 70 of the most popular tools used by remote specialists around the world. These resources will allow you to organize the work, check the customer and assess the future prospects of cooperation.

Selection and verification of the employer

So, you have received an offer. It doesn't matter how you got it or what resource a potential employer refers to - you just need to check it carefully. To make sure that the employer is in good faith, you can start by reading reviews on specialized portals. Here are some of the most famous:

getsalsa.com
www.glassdoor.com
www.kununu.com
www.yelp.com
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After verification, it will be advisable to examine the activity of your employer on freelancing exchanges. It makes sense to contact here:

www.upwork.com
www.freelance.com
www.projectlance.com
www.proz.com

Determining the level of wages

Before you negotiate terms of cooperation and wages, you need to do a little exploration to find out how much your profile specialists receive in the customer's region. To monitor the level of wages, you can use the sites with ads for hiring on the "remote".

weworkremotely.com
www.flexjobs.com
careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/remote
www.virtualvocations.com
authenticjobs.com
angel.co
www.staff.com
www.skipthedrive.com
dribbble.com/jobs
jobs jobsbynow.com
www.skillbridge.co
www.guru.com
www.themuse.com/jobs
indeed.com
www.monster.com

Preparation of contract

Currently, companies from the United States and a number of other countries are increasingly using paperless documents. Accordingly, documents with electronic signatures are in priority with employers and partners. If you want to get down to business extremely seriously and protect yourself at all stages, you can use the following tools:

www.hellosign.com
www.pandadoc.com

Workflow organization

Independence from the place of work creates a lot of temptations, therefore, in order to maintain efficiency, it is necessary to optimize all processes as much as possible. Below is a list of tools that will help you with this.

www.wunderlist.com/ru is an excellent task scheduler.
trello.com is a service that helps you organize your to-do list.
justgetflux.com is a resource with which you can adapt the monitor screen to the time of day.
slack.com is a group chat that allows you to communicate more effectively in a team and share the necessary files.
hipchat.com is another group chat.
agilebits.com/onepassword - password manager.
idonethis.com is an excellent group task scheduler.
everytimezone.com is a website with which you can easily determine the time in a different time zone.
hackpad.com is a great tool to post collective notes.
workfrom.co is a resource for finding the best coffee houses for work.
www.getcloudapp.com is a good way to share data from your desktop.
www.spottedbylocals.com - practical advice from locals for travelers.
www.sqwiggle.com is a convenient service for organizing conferences in a remote group.
hangouts.google.com - you can use this tool to stay in touch with your remote team.
nozbe.com/ru - task scheduler for teams.
www.pivotaltracker.com - a resource that helps to maintain customer feedback at the proper level.
basecamp.com - using this site, the remote team is able to solve 1000 tasks in one place.
www.glasscubes.com is a service that allows you to manage a remote team in the most efficient way possible.
www.box.com - file sharing.
www.dropbox.com is one of the most popular file management tools.
docs.google.com - a site with which you can organize the sharing of documents in a team.
www.deekit.com is a service for convenient interaction of remote teams.

Money management

Freedom implies responsibility, at least for oneself. Traveling around the world, you must think in advance how and where you will receive cash. Equally important is correct cost control, otherwise one day you may find yourself in an extremely uncomfortable position, while being thousands of kilometers from home.

www.paypal.com is one of the most popular ways to get paid.
www.skrill.com/ru - another tool for receiving payments.
payable.com is a service that allows you to simplify payment methods.
www.spendeeapp.com is an excellent personal finance management resource.
jettymoney.com is another money management tool.

Travels

Year-round summer, and perhaps the fresh wind of the arctic fields - now everything is within your reach, so long as the Internet is at hand. Go to the organization of your movement more competently.

www.airbnb.ru - choose the best accommodation worldwide.
www.uber.com/ru - catching a taxi is now much easier.
www.lyft.com is another way to book a taxi.
www.couchsurfing.com - find a free apartment for the night anywhere in the world.
taylorbot.com is a personal travel guide.
pana.com is a virtual travel agent.
www.tripomatic.com is a convenient way to plan your trip.
www.remoteyear.com - travel with other remote sites.
www.skyscanner.ru - choose the best tickets.
www.blablacar.ru - travel cheaper with fellow travelers.
www.booking.com - book hotels worldwide.
nomadlist.com - choose the best place to live and work.
www.tripadvisor.ru is another tool for booking hotels worldwide.
startupretreats.com - find people to share housing in any corner of the globe.
teleport.org is another way to find the best place to work and live.

We get maximum cooperation

One of the most pleasant bonuses in cooperation with foreign employers is the possibility of obtaining an official invitation to work and a work visa. If you pursue this goal from the very beginning, it will be very useful to you first to find out if your employer participates in the program at the invitation of foreign candidates and how often he does it. It will also be useful to study the resources for visa.

blog.sourcing.io/visa-guide is a visa visa guide for engineers.
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration - you can learn more about working visas to England.
www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2013-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx - a list of companies that issue visas in the United States.

All the variety of tools presented for a specialist working remotely will allow you not only to increase personal effectiveness, but also to expand your horizons. Use, develop, improve the quality of your life and work.

Very soon we will register our organization in Delaware, which will allow us to enter into direct contracts with companies from the United States. In this regard, I would like to know your opinion on the following issue:

Would you like us to act as intermediaries in concluding contracts of employment between you and potential employers for an additional commission from your salary? You could conclude a contract with LLC from Russia and conduct a “white” activity, and companies from the USA will be more willing to hire employees on a remote basis from Russia.

Respectfully, the founder of Talentboard.me is Arty Smooth.