Remote Readiness for Jobseekers book: Your guide to getting hired emotely
When I published Remote Readiness: A Practical Framework for Leading Remote Teams in 2025, I knew it was only half the story.
That book was for the managers, the founders, the people building and running distributed teams. It drew on everything I'd learned about what makes remote work actually work - the systems, the trust, the communication patterns that separate thriving remote teams from struggling ones.
My work with those teams remains as vital as ever, not least as it leads to more opportunities for jobseekers. But it was those people I kept hearing from, on the other side of the equation: people who desperately wanted remote work but didn't know how to get there.
"How do I find remote jobs that aren't scams?"
"What do I say in interviews when I've never worked remotely before?"
"I've been applying for months - what am I doing wrong?"
These weren't leaders of organisations who could make the choice for their team, although many already had impressive career histories. They were smart, capable professionals who simply hadn't cracked the code of getting hired for remote roles.
And I realised that the 5Cs framework I had developed for working with teams in transition could also be used as a framework through which to view and approach the jobseeking and application process - to benchmark and demonstrate the essential competencies for working remotely, even for people who had never done so before.
25 years of remote working - distilled
✨RELEASED 9th JANUARY 2026✨
I started working remotely in 2000, before most people had heard of it. Before Zoom, before Slack, before "digital nomad" was a phrase anyone used. In that time I've been a remote employee, a remote manager, a freelancer, and a founder. I've hired remote workers and been hired as one. I've watched the remote work landscape transform from a fringe perk to a mainstream expectation - and I've seen what actually gets people through the door.
Remote Readiness for Jobseekers is that knowledge distilled into a practical guide. Not theory. Not platitudes about "the future of work." Just concrete, actionable steps to help you land a sustainable remote career. A book is simply the most cost-effective, personal, and direct way for me to transfer everything I have learned, to the knowledgeworker who needs to get a remote job.
By looking at your skills and experiences through the lens of someone who might hire you remotely, you can learn to signal your remote readiness at every step of the application journey, so you stand out from the crowd - and it IS a crowd, because real remote jobs are extremely competitive.
You need every edge you can give yourself, to ensure success.
What’s inside?
The book covers everything from positioning yourself as a remote-ready candidate to preparing for each stage of the selection process, including the trial period. The book is structured around the 5Cs of Remote Readiness - the skills employers need confidence in when hiring for distributed roles:
Culture - How to research remote team cultures, demonstrate alignment, and show you'll belong before you've even joined
Communication - Mastering async clarity, for every medium, and the hidden cues hiring managers look for
Console - Your personal remote operating system: workspace setup, digital hygiene, tool confidence, and security awareness
Collaboration - Proving you can work together apart: ownership, accountability, and evidencing teamwork without proximity
Connection - Building trust and visibility from anywhere: networking, presence, and relationships in distributed work
Plus, the book goes beyond theory with practical guidance on using AI in your job search - how to leverage it effectively without losing your authentic voice (and how employers detect overuse). You'll learn how to tell your story across the 5Cs in applications and interviews, how to succeed in your first 90 days once you land the role, and how to maintain your remote readiness for long-term career growth.
Each section includes exercises, reflection prompts, and actionable checklists. Owning a book won’t get you a new job! But if you put in the time to apply what’s in there, you’ll increase your hireability and how you present yourself to people who need to recruit people to work for them at a distance.
Who is this book for?
This book is for anyone who wants to land a remote role - whether you're actively job hunting, employed but exploring more flexible options, returning to work after a career break, or a freelancer considering a move back into employment. You don't need existing remote experience; that's rather the point. So many competencies from traditional work life can be reframed and aligned with the needs of distributed working, and presented to reassure a potential hirer that you can work effectively for them from a remote location.
If you're completely new to the job market, you may find it harder to demonstrate remote readiness - though we do cover how to mine non-work examples from volunteering, education, and other contexts, many of which teach a great many valuable professional and personal skills.
And if you're a manager or leader looking to take your whole team remote or improve the ways you function as a distributed team, you'll find my other book, Remote Readiness for Leaders, more immediately useful - this one is specifically for the jobseeker side of the virtual desk.
Remote work isn't a perk anymore - it's a career path. But landing a remote role takes more than simply applying for jobs with "remote" in the title. You need to demonstrate that you can thrive in a distributed environment before anyone takes a chance on hiring you. This book gives you the framework, the practical tools, and the confidence to do exactly that. Twenty-five years of remote work experience, distilled into one actionable guide.
Get your copy, do the work, and build the remote career you deserve.