Hi everyone and happy new year! My name is Jonathan Madden, I am the co Chapter lead for Loughrea Grow Remote alongside Helena Conlon. I am also creating Loughrea's first remote working hub, which we aim to have open this summer.

This will be a high quality professional space for our community. We have an amazing building, many of you will know it as the "old corrys unit". It is 7000 sq ft, lots of floor to ceiling glass and I know we can make this one of the finest hubs in the whole country. If you would like to work from here please please please complete the survey at comworks.ie/survey

Like most of you, I have been a remote worker for many years. It's been amazing and freeing but it's also been tough and lonely. I travelled to Galway from Tynagh twice a week, just to use The Portershed hub because after a decade of remote work I really just missed people but the commute was just too much in the end.

I never thought it would be possible to build a hub in rural Galway but the pandemic and widespread adoption of remote work has now given us an amazing opportunity to rebuild our lives to suit us better. We now have the large numbers of remote workers we need to build an amazing workspace in Loughrea and with a little help from all of you I know we can create a really special place.

If you would like to get involved, have any thoughts or questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks everyone and all the best. Jonathan

Living near Killimor and working from home ? Need a place to work from ... check out the newly created Community Hub, what a superb achievement by the locality and all involved:

To get in touch with the Data Hub please contact Jimmy McClearn (087) 254 8723, Marie Porter (086) 1706726 or Marina Moran (086) 826 1559.

A fantastic role from EmployFlex:

"We are hiring for a #fullyremote #practiceaccountant
Get your CV to us ASAP"

Practice Accountant - fully remote

Newly qualified team lead. At least 4 years practice experience. Good communicator.

For a confidential chat call Karen: 087 9722498
Email: [email protected]

Looking for support with your remote work application? Reach out to the Grow Remote community, our Slack group is particularly useful to find others already working in various remote roles, join via GrowRemote.ie

If you are successful in landing a job that Grow Remote has helped please do let us know!

This December 10th holds one of our favourite events, our monthly jobs club!

We'll help you with everything you need to know to find work no matter where you live, and you'll meet others on the same path.

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/grow-remote-jobs-club-december-meetup-special-edition-tickets-130272762339

We are coming up on our 3rd Grow Remote Jobs Club meetup this coming week welcoming Karen Kinsella from HubSpot and Frank O'Mahony

Signup via Eventbrite - event scheduled for Thursday November 12th, 6:30-8pm IST (i.e. Irish Time)

Skills for finding a remote job & insights from remote teams

Please share with anyone you know on the job hunt (insights are useful outside remote)

These are warm and friendly meetups, there is no such thing as a silly question and you get to hear from people already in these roles

#jobfairy

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grow-remote-jobs-club-november-meetup-tickets-128397196471