Best Certificates to Kickstart Your Remote Career

Why These Certificates?

• Suitable for students, graduates, professionals, and career changers.
• Useful for various career stages: entry-level, advancement, or change.

1. Digital Marketing

• Responsibilities: Promote products, services, brands in digital space.
  • Example tasks: Instagram posts, Facebook ads, email marketing.
• Duration: 6 months (10 hours/week).
• Platform: Coursera (Free).
• Salary: $40,000 to $60,000/year (entry-level).
• Perks: High demand, potential for higher earnings, flexible remote work.

2. Human Resources (HR)

• Responsibilities: Employee recruitment, onboarding, payroll.
• Duration: 15 hours.
• Platform: BernieU or BerniePortal (Free).
• Salary: $56,000 to $92,000/year (entry-level).
• Perks: Flexible remote work, growing demand.

3. Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)

• Responsibilities: Help desk support, technical coordination, troubleshooting for Mac users.
• Duration: 14-112 hours.
• Platform: Apple (Free).
• Salary: $66,000/year.
• Perks: Solid entry-level IT support job.

4. Management Consulting

• Responsibilities: Improve organizational efficiency, productivity, and performance.
• Platform: Allison.com (Free).
• Salary: $42/hour.
• Perks: High-paying, flexible roles.

5. Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)

• Responsibilities: Medical coding, billing, insurance claims.
• Platform: MedicalBillingAndCoding.org (Free).
• Salary: $47,000/year ($24.3/hour).
• Perks: Popular remote job, flexible for stay-at-home parents.

6. Sales

• Avenues: Inside sales, B2B sales, SaaS sales.
• Duration: 3 months (10 hours/week).
• Platform: Coursera (Free).
• Salary: $67,000 to $112,000/year.
• Perks: Performance-based compensation, increasing remote opportunities.

7. Certified Customer Service Professional

• Responsibilities: Customer support, issue resolution via phone, email, chat.
• Platform: ServiceStrategies.com (Free, access for 90 consecutive days).
• Salary: $32,000 to $43,000/year.
• Perks: Popular remote job with ongoing openings.

8. QuickBooks Bookkeeping

• Responsibilities: Manage financial records including income, expenses, and payroll.
• Platform: Intuit QuickBooks (Free, self-paced).
• Salary: $59,000/year ($28/hour).
• Perks: High flexibility, ability to work from home, not strictly 9-5.