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title: Home-based Jobs Remain Attractive in an Aggressive Hiring Landscape
description: A study by Everise on their employees' work-life balance tells the importance of remote jobs and how work-from-home jobs increase workforce productivity.
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# [Home-based Jobs Remain Attractive in an Aggressive Hiring Landscape](https://insights.weareeverise.com/home-based-jobs-attractive-in-aggressive-hiring-landscape)

 Written by [Judd Bagley](https://insights.weareeverise.com/author/judd-bagley) | May 3, 2019

The US Department of Labor reported that American companies added 263,000 new jobs in April this year that dropped the unemployment rate to 3.6%. In a market like this, competition is high to attract the best candidate for employment.

In a study conducted by Everise, a global customer experience company, candidates name work/life balance as one of the key factors for staying in a company, and in a competitive hiring landscape, most of them will hold out until they find the job flexibility they are looking for.

This is a national phenomenon where 66% of American workers say they are unsatisfied with their work/life balance and 43% are occasionally working remotely for a flexible work environment. 72% of US workers seek job flexibility and most say they are only willing to drive 10 miles to work.

Employees would find a zero-mile commute to work as a differentiator when they are comparing job options and is likely to weigh more than the compensation and other benefits offered by a company. This leads to [low attrition from home-based employees](https://medium.com/everise/the-truth-about-attrition-and-absenteeism-in-home-based-cx-workers-d7097d106202), gaining vital experiences in the process.

At Everise, [home-based workforce](https://weareeverise.com/careers/work-at-home) is part of the solutions the company offers, and it might be the best setup for your business. Even at home, our [customer experience experts](https://weareeverise.com/why-everise) provide high-quality customer experience solutions in a time of historic low unemployment.

**Related Posts:**

- [Case study:  Home Based Digital Workforce](https://info.weareeverise.com/resources/case-study/home-based-digital-workforce)
- [Case Study: Multilingual Hub](https://info.weareeverise.com/resources/case-study/multilingual-hub)
- [Effect of Home-Based CX to Attrition and Absenteeism](https://insights.weareeverise.com/effect-home-based-cx-to-attrition-absenteeism)

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