Planning to recruit an account executive, client services coordinator, or financial analyst? Maybe you’re in the market for an information security analyst, product manager, or statistician. If so, offering candidates a flexible schedule, remote work, or other nontraditional options can boost your recruiting efforts.
The rise of contingent workers means more options for employers and employees in a number of fields. Flexjobs, a job search site specializing in telecommuting, part-time, freelance, and flexible jobs, used lifestyles website Cheat Sheet’s “10 Jobs That Will Be Hiring Like Crazy in 2017” and Fast Company’s “Jobs with the Most Potential in 2017” to compile a list of 20 flexible jobs with the most potential in 2017.
The jobs on those lists were chosen or a variety of reasons, including:
- Previous faster-than-average growth rates between 2012 and 2016.
- Current “critical mass” of job openings.
- Predicted faster-than-average growth rates through 2024.
- Pay rates of $20 or more per hour.
By comparing the jobs on these lists to the Flexjobs database, the company could narrow the list to only those high-potential opportunities that offer flexible work options, such as:
- Remote work.
- Part-time schedules.
- Flexible or alternative schedules.
- Temporary short- or long-term projects.
- Freelancing (independent contractor).
Here’s the list of the 20 most high-potential flexible jobs for 2017 and the kind of flexibility they offer:
- Account executive (remote work).
- Account manager (full- and part-time schedules, temporary positions, freelance options, telecommuting).
- Business development (full- and part-time schedules, temporary positions, freelance options, telecommuting, flexible schedules).
- Business process analyst (telecommuting, freelance options).
- Client services coordinator (part-time schedules).
- Data scientist (telecommuting, freelance options, short-term projects, full-time schedules).
- Financial analyst (full- and part-time schedules, short-term projects, freelance options, temporary roles).
- Front-end developer (full- and part-time schedules, telecommuting, short- and long-term projects, freelance options, temporary roles).
- Genetic counselor (full- and part-time schedules, occasional jobs, flexible schedules, telecommuting, temporary roles).
- Information security analyst/manager (freelance options, telecommuting, full-time schedules).
- Medical director (full- and part-time schedules, telecommuting, short-term projects).
- Nurse-ICU (full- and part-time schedules, short-term roles, occasional work, alternative schedules).
- Nurse practitioner (full-time or part-time hours, flexible schedules, telecommuting, occasional and temporary options).
- Occupational therapy assistant (part-time schedules, occasional work, alternative schedule).
- Office manager (full-time and part-time schedules, short-term and temporary options).
- Operations analyst (full- and part-time schedules, short- and long-term projects, telecommuting, freelance options, temporary roles).
- Operations manager (telecommuting, temporary and short-term jobs, freelance options).
- Physical therapy assistant (full- and part-time schedules, occasional work, alternative schedules).
- Product manager (telecommuting, full-time schedules, short-term projects, freelance options, temporary roles, flexible schedules).
- Statistician (full- and part-time schedules, telecommuting, temporary roles, freelance options).