Listeners constantly write into Beach Commute with the question, "Are there specific organizational characteristics that make them more likely to hire digital nomads?" While there is no perfect model for a company that allows its employees to work from anywhere, there are some specific traits that make them more likely to be digital nomad-friendly. Jeff and Marisa discuss 5 specific traits within organizations that you should look for. The size of the company: While not an absolute rule, there is a specific range that puts organizations right in the sweet spot that lends itself well to digita ..read more

Rosie Bell is an amazing example of someone who felt trapped working in an office every day, but had the courage to take a leap of faith and realize her dream of travel and location independence. Rosie is now a freelance writer and location independence mentor & author of Escape to Self. Rosie has been featured on Forbes, National Geographic, Huffington Post and many others. Rosie started her journey working in an office at a soul crushing advertising agency in the early 2010s. She didn't understand why work had to be so "cutthroat, backstabbing and toxic." Many of you can relate! She's no ..read more

Natalie Thomas is a mindfulness coach and digital nomad with a deep interest in how geography and astrology are interrelated. Like most digital nomads, Natalie started her career in a typical corporate job and "followed the signs" that led her to a life of travel. In this episode Natalie talks about how she was able to shift her career path in a way that supported her dreams of travel. She also discusses astrocartography (travel astrology) and how it influences her understanding of living in different locations. You can reach Natalie at: thenowwithnat.com with a discount on readings and her eb ..read more

One thing that you never get from your standard two week travel vacation is a truly cultural experience. Typically you get stuck in the tourist loops - expensive hotels, overpriced restaurants, crowded attractions, and lots and lots of other vacationers. When you live life as a digital nomad you tend to get way outside the tourist bubble. In this episode Jeff and Marisa discuss 15 awesome events around the world that you can plan digital nomad trips around as anchor points. These events are best suited to a digital nomad lifestyle because typically they are a bit "out of the way", requiring qu ..read more

Beach Commute has launched a database of 300+ fully-remote companies that let you work from anywhere! This is the result of 3+ years of filtering through tens of thousands of companies from remote job boards, LinkedIn, and Beach Commute's personal and professional networks. Only about 1% of remote job listings you find on job boards ACTUALLY let you work from anywhere. Most companies come with a catch: Geographical location restrictions, hybrid requirements, or quarterly meetups. Not these companies! Each company goes through a rigorous review and rating criteria by Beach Commute experts to en ..read more

Most people assume that they can get a remote job by directly applying to job listings they find on job boards.  It’s VERY rare that people actually get jobs this way. The majority of the time these job applications get lost in the abyss of hundreds of applications.  As a matter of fact, if your application DOES get looked at, the average amount of time a recruiter will spend on it is 6 seconds. 6 seconds is all you get! You need to completely reframe the way you think about getting a job to maximize your odds of getting a job.  In this episode Jeff and Marisa walk you through a ..read more

Most people assume that being a digital nomad will cost similar to what they spend on a typical vacation. That CAN be the case, but typically it's not. Counterintuitively, most digital nomads spend LESS money when they are traveling than when they were stationary. In this episode Jeff and Marisa walk you through 7 surprising ways that they and other digital nomads manage to save more money while traveling than while being stationary. Make sure you get on the email list to get access to hundreds of fully remote companies so that you can start traveling the world while working wherever you want ..read more

For Beach Commute's anniversary, they are launching a new product called the Anywhere Atlas. It's an extensive database of the very best, full-remote companies that give you permission to work from anywhere. The database was curated over three years of manually investigating tens of thousands of companies' employee feedback, company culture, fully-remote hiring status, and employee perks. Each company is scored based on Beach Commute's proprietary weighting scale and stored in the database. It's the 1 list that’s worth more than 10,000 remote job postings It truly is a database of the very bes ..read more

The most significant questions about becoming a digital nomad revolve around whether or not you need to make significant career-related changes. Which types of careers will let me travel? Do I need to switch careers to travel? How much money do I need to earn in my career? One of the most significant life changes you can possibly make is changing jobs. Even more significant is changing careers. The idea of "starting over" is a terrifying idea to most people. In this episode, Marisa explains her decision tree that you can use to help determine which scenarios warrant a career change, and which ..read more

Why would someone want to become a digital nomad? Instinctively, you would think that most people become digital nomads because they want an excuse to travel more often. While that CAN be true, it seems that the truth has many more layers. Jeff and Marisa have been digital nomads themselves for 12+ years, and have interacted with hundreds of other digital nomads. Based on their personal experiences and the digital nomads in their community, they created and shared a list of the top 5 reasons people become digital nomads. If any of the items on this list sound like you, the digital nomad lifest ..read more