Saturday, 26 September 2015

These 25 Companies Want You to Work From Home


As professionals demand work flexibility, more and more U.S. companies are giving employees the opportunity to work from home.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 23% of  U.S. workers now do at least some of their work from home -- up from 19 percent in 2003. There are currently 3.3 million workers in the U.S. that work from home full time and many more interested in this type of work flexibility.

FlexJobs analyzed recent remote job listings to determine the companies that posted the most opportunities.

The list of companies actively hiring represents a variety of industries -- from health care to technology. Jobs being hired for include consultant, instructor, analyst, marketing manager, nurse practitioner, client service representative and software engineer.

The metro cities with the highest work-from-home rates currently are San Francisco, Atlanta, Phoenix, Seattle, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Miami, Dallas and Boston.

"From baby boomers to millennials, working from home is the most in-demand type of work flexibility job seekers are interested in, and companies need to recognize that or they're going to lose talent, " said Sara Sutton Fell, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs. "In fact, 68 percent of recent college graduates said of all company policies, the ability to work remotely has the most positive impact on their interest in an employer. It is a trend that is here to stay."

Between June 13-July 13, 2015, with data from over 30,000 companies, here is Flexjobs' list of the top 25 employers with the most available remote job positions.

1. Humana


Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Humana operates as a health and well-being company together with its subsidiaries. The company operates in retail, group, and healthcare services. Humana offers a competitive salary and benefits program including paid time off, tuition assistance, and full-time telecommuting positions.

2. BCD Travel


Founded in 2006, BCD is a global corporate travel management agency based in Utrecht, Netherlands. With over 11,000 employees, BCD has a global reach of 110 countries.

3. CACI International 


Based in Arlington, Virginia, CACI International is an information solutions and services company that works in both the private and public sector. The company has over 16,700 employees in over 120 offices worldwide.

4. SAP


Founded in 1972, SAP was a trailblazer in the corporate software industry and continues to be a leading software company. Based in Walldorf, Germany, their hundreds of thousands of customers span multiple continents and industries.

5. Dell SecureWorks

A subsidiary of Dell Inc, Secure Works is a security service provider that specializes in everything from malware protection to ensuring PCI compliance. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, the company has offices throughout Europe and Japan.

6. Nielsen


Active in over 100 countries worldwide, Nielsen is an information and Measurement Company based in New York, New York that provides data and analysis on consumer behavior. The company offers solutions to meet the needs of the changing consumer markets.

7. Haynes & Company

Haynes and Company is a research and analysis firm with representation in 90 urban, suburban and rural markets in the US, Western Europe and Asia. With headquarters in New York, New York, the company provides institutional investment data and insight to hedge funds and private equity firms.

8. Kaplan

Founded in 1938, Kaplan provides test preparation materials for all levels of education. The company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has grown to also offer services in online higher education and professional training.

9. Infor

Running in more than 200 countries and territories and employing almost 13,000 people, Infor is a software company headquartered in New York, New York. The company specializes in enterprise software, building business applications as a cloud service.

10. A Place for Mom


Despite its name, A Place for Mom is a senior living advisor service that focuses on both women and men. The company, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, has become the largest senior living referral service in the US and Canada since its inception in 2000.

11. ADP

Automatic Data Processing, based in Roseland, New Jersey, is a leader in its field of business outsourcing services. The company provides cloud-based Human Capital Management and employees over 52,000 people worldwide.

12. K12 Inc.

Founded in 2000, K12 was designed to offer alternative curriculum to students between kindergarten and 12th grade. The company, based in Herndon, Virginia, specializes in offering one-to-one learning solutions to students across the country.

13. Aon

Headquartered in London, England, Aon has employees in 120 countries and is the world’s largest insurance brokerage. Meaning “oneness” in Gaelic, Aon describes the numerous mergers and acquisitions the company has experienced as it has expanded.

14. First Data

First Data is a payment technology solutions company that handles credit and debit transactions and provides shopping metrics for national news networks. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, First Data, which works with companies across the world, is the largest company in the payments industry.

15. PAREXEL

PAREXEL, which is based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a global biopharmaceutical services organization for the development and commercialization of medical therapies throughout the world. The company provides expertise-based contract research, consulting, medical communications, and technology solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

16. CyberCoders

A division of On Assignment, CyberCoders matches professionals to job openings in many different areas, such as engineering, technology, sales, executive, financial, accounting, scientific, and legal. Headquartered in Irvine, California, this company is a recognized leader in staffing and recruiting services.

17. VMware 


VMware is a software company that offers cloud and virtualization software and services to unify a company’s private, managed, and public clouds. The company’s headquarters are in Palo Alto, California.

18. Overland Solutions, Inc.

Overland Solutions provides audit services, inspection surveys, high value residential surveys and loss control consulting solutions to companies across the nation. Based in Overland Park, Kansas, the company uses a transparent technology platform to help clients maximize their efficiency and productivity.

19. Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fischer Scientific is a multinational biotechnology product development company and member of the Fortune 500. The mission of the company, which is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, is to give people the products they need to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

20. Aetna

Aetna, based in Hartford, Connecticut and a member of the Fortune 100, is a health care company in the U.S. that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and services. The company aims to provide all Americans with improved access to quality health care services.

21. CACTUS Communications

CACTUS provides scientific and medical communication services to researchers, authors, scholarly journals, publishers, academic societies, and pharmaceutical and device companies. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India, and works to help science overcome geographic and language barriers.

22. Kelly Services


Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Kelly Services is a temporary staffing agency that also offers consulting and outsourcing services. In 2014, this Fortune 500 company provided employment to more than 550,000 employees around the world.

23. IBM


IBM, number 24 on the Fortune 500, is a corporation that manufactures and markets computers and related technology, and provides consulting, hosting, and infrastructure services. The corporation operates throughout the world, but is based in Armonk, New York.

24. Dell


Ranked the world’s third largest PC vendor in 2014, Dell is a privately owned computer technology company headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. The multinational company develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and accompanying technology and services.

25. UnitedHealth Group  


Number 14 on the Fortune 500, UnitedHealth Group is the most diversified health care company in the U.S. The company operates through UnitedHealthcare, the largest single provider of health care coverage and benefits services in the country, and Optum, which supplies information and technology-enabled health services. UnitedHealth Group Inc. is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.

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