The number of people looking for jobs in remote and isolated locations has soared this year, according to Google Trends. Remote working, usually associated with being at home rather than the office, has been taken to a new level as many jobseekers crave a completely new experience.
According to Google Trends figures, comparing January 2022 to January 2023, searches for the following working situations have all risen by 50 per cent and over. They include searches for ‘rural careers,' 'jobs in isolated locations,' 'Antarctica jobs,' lighthouse jobs,' and 'Offshore jobs.'
If you’re looking to leave the watercooler chat behind and never have to sit in rush hour traffic again, a new study has revealed the world’s most remote working locations and the jobs that have redefined ‘remote working’ And the results are varied, from puffin watching and penguin counting, to outer space research right here on earth.