5 Factors To Look At For Hiring A Remote Employee
Hiring a remote employee is a very critical activity and very rewarding too. Remote employee hiring has recently emerged as a necessity for companies and its recruiters in the wake of the global pandemic. While the professionals were confined to homes, remote hiring became the only way for companies to reach out to them. Gradually, we all are seeing the benefits of it as a company. Remote Working has made employees more comfortable, less pressurized and thus, more productive However, finding the right remote employee or remote workforce demands a very different approach.
We are here today with the 5 ultimate ways to find out the right remote employee among the remote working candidates:
1. Scan The Resumes With Utmost Care: Remote Working Employee needs to present you with
job-winning and impressive resume
A resume is the window to a candidate’s past, present and future. It is like a free astrology material which can help you decode a candidate’s personality and his capability. Apart from the match to the job description, look at factors like:
a) Experience
b) Roles and Responsibilities
c) Educational Background
d) Upskilling through the timeline of the candidate’s work experience
e) Strengths and Weaknesses
f) Hobbies
2. Roles and Responsibilities: A remote employee needs to be very accountable!
Remote working might be the coolest and cost saving way of working for many companies but finding a candidate who will take accountability very seriously is necessary. A remote employee has to be responsible, understand his job role and adhere to it. Communicate the roles and responsibilities clearly and gaze through the discussion if she/he/they give you positive signs.
3. Environment of work: It is a very important factor for Remote Hiring
An office is a space where an environment is created in which it is easy to focus, conduct or become part of meetings, share workload and delegate work. It might get challenging to do it from our home when we are surrounded by other members. Thus, it becomes very important for us as recruiters or companies to very respectfully check with them if they can manage to have meetings on video calls, have seamless internet connection, a good working system (Laptop or desktop) and have a separate space to work without disturbance. If their answer is “no” to the separate space of wifi please ask them if it is still manageable. It is very important to have a separate home office but since the pandemic and the entire change of mode of work was so sudden, employees are yet to devise a bulletproof strategy for working from home and thus, we can accept if they say, “I can manage with my work without the separate space”. While we have to make sure we find the perfect candidate, our compassion is very important in these hard times of COVID19 global pandemic.
4.Some top skills for Remote Hiring: Do not miss these!
A good gaze at the resume of the remote working candidate should have all the valued skills mentioned below. However, if these skills are not in the resume mentioned in the remote working candidate’s resume, you need to know during the telephonic interview and the video call interview.
Here are some top skills for remote working:
a. Self-management
b. Communication (written and verbal)
c. Technology confidence and troubleshooting
d. Cross-cultural awareness and respect
e. Teamwork
f. Problem-solving
5. Intangible Skills: The X factors of Remote Hiring!
One of the vital areas of remote hiring still remains the grounds of being human. These X factors in a remote employee is going to play a very important role in the future. You should consider some factors of remote hiring that are beyond work experience, qualifications and hard or soft skills. Evaluate your candidate on the following factors too:
a. Kindness
b. Open-mindedness
c. Ability to follow through and up
d. Optimism
e. Integrity
f. Grit
g. Resourcefulness
h. Accountability
If you follow these, you are sure to get some very well fit candidates for the position you are looking for. We can provide you the expert support in hiring and recruitment for your company.
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