Unveil ways to recruit and hire right remote employees with minimal effort

Remote workforce emerged as a permanent business strategy of companies during the pandemic period. In 2020-21 most of the workforce will be forced to work remotely. But till now a huge number of business organizations are continuing this situation. Companies understood the financial and resource benefits of continuing remote employees. Without any geographical borders, they can avail the of talents from any part of the world. Even though hiring and retaining a remote workforce will put many challenges in front of you, including how to build your employer brand online or where to push your remote position, etc. Remote employee hiring is a strategic move from the employer. In this situation, the candidate is not only suitable for the position but also needs to be fit for the remote working environment.

So in this blog, we can discuss how you can select and hire a remote employee.

How to seek the attention of remote employees?

• Build a strong online employee brand

Local candidates may hear about your firm or they may get a chance to see your company or office building and its facilities. To attract qualified and efficient employees, having a good employer reputation will always help you. But while hiring remote developers, employees are not getting a chance in physical visits so they are depending on the digital presence of your company. Attractive social media pages and informative career pages are necessary for attracting efficient employees' attention. In digital spaces make sure to exhibit trustworthy information and clearly illustrate your culture. This helps the candidate visualize as a member of your team.

• Describe your style of working

You have to explain your organization's way of working, its obligations, and timing to be online. For more clarity, you can give a glimpse of the typical day of an employee, through video or photos. In addition to this, you can also explain the extent of flexibility in work schedules and hours.

• Include employee testimonials

On the online page, you can also add the experience of current employees, including their experience with this firm, what is their working culture, how are employee-management relations, etc. This real employee experience will create a real opinion among the candidates.

• Showcase in-person meetings

Share your annual company meetup photos and videos on social media. You can share the images of both all-hands meetups and team meets as well.

• Present values that exhibit your culture

Hiring employees with similar values and cultures will be easy for accommodating and understanding each other. You can share with potential employees about your culture and values possessed by your company.

• Select the apt place to advertise your

While deciding to post the remote job openings consider job boards and social networks dedicated to remote jobs. For eg. job boards like Flexjobs, We work remotely, Working Nomads, Remoteok, etc. Some social media sites are also dedicated to remote jobs for eg. Workfrom (slack), Nomad List (Slack), Digital Nomad Jobs (Facebook), Remote and travel jobs (Facebook), etc. You can also choose popular job sites like Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, Naukri, etc by clearly mentioning that you need remote workers.

How to hire remote workers?

Before starting the hiring process you should have a clear understanding of why you are hiring remote employees. To ensure you are recruiting the right candidate the process needs to optimize the hiring process.

Decide the locality of the search

You can decide the location of your search for employees. You need to restrict or widen your search within your nation or widen your talent pool around the world. Hiring remote employees within the nation is not a complicated process. But to be hired in an international pool you need to clarify international laws. As a company which helps to hire remote software developers, Nextbrain can help you to get the right talents.

Set the salary and benefits budget

You need to decide on a decent package for getting a successful candidate. It will depend on the experience, seniority, and type of role. Working location is also a determining factor in salary packages. In remote hiring, employee's living areas may be higher in cost of living or lower. So it is your decision how much to pay for the employees.

Create an attractive advertisement

Without an attractive advertisement, finding the right candidate for your chosen post will be a difficult task. Your advertisement must be concise and precise but it should include all the necessary details about the post. You also need to make sure that the language used for the advertisement is high in standard and culturally appropriate. Especially when you are advertising globally.

An attractive advertisement should include the following elements;

• Crispy and attractive intro about the company.
• An easily searchable job title.
• Mention what you mean by remote posting. For example, at any point in time will you demand to come into the office? or where is the rest of the team located etc?
• Comprehensive job description including qualification, skills set, experience, task the candidates expected to do, etc.
• Mention the compensation package.
• Steps of the interview process.

Use the appropriate channel for advertisement

After designing the advertisement, it should be posted on a relevant job site for it stands out from the competition. Use the right keywords and filters in job sites and social media platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. Use the specific platforms tailored specially for remote job postings. For eg. Weworkremotely, Flex Jobs, Just Remote, etc.

Optimize your interview process

Remote interview processes have some differences from traditional face-to-face interviews. It will be streamlined through virtual interviews and it not only helps the interviewer to understand whether the candidate is suitable for remote jobs but also it will create a better remote candidate experience.

• Assess the candidate's desire to work remotely: Even if mentioned in notifications of interview calls, you have to scrutinize the applications and assess if the candidate is willing to work remotely.
• Set an online task: You can set a role-specific online task to assess the candidate's skills. You can also mention a deadline for the completion of the task. If possible you can conduct the task before the interview. In this way, you can discuss the test topic during the interview. Moreover, during the interview, you have to assess the candidate's oral communication skills. In remote jobs, communication plays a vital role.
• Prioritize the virtual interviews: In remote interviews, candidates should be assessed through virtual interviews. You can understand how the candidate learns, understands, works, and communicates virtually.
• Follow virtual interview best practices: To assure the best practices in virtual interviews and give full attention to the candidate, get rid of all kinds of distractions. Conduct the online interview in a private room with an efficient laptop, microphone, and camera.
• Look out for remote-friendly qualities: Everyone may not exhibit their talents and work efficiency through remote jobs. So you need to find the appropriate talents who are fit for the non-traditional work environment. Autonomy, self-motivation, adaptability, collaboration, experience in tools and technologies, and communication skills, are necessary skills that have to be analyzed in virtual interviews.
• Cross-check the experiences and right to work: Cross-checking the experiences is the last stage in the hiring process, but it is not the least. As well as you need to verify the candidate's right to work in the respective nation.

How to accommodate the remote employees?

After finding the right candidate for your position who can derive your business success, start the onboarding process. If the candidate is from the same country you can do the normal onboarding formalities as you would do an office-based employee. Send an offer letter and employment contract to the candidate and check their right to work in the same country. Once they accept the job offer and contract you should add them into your payroll and HR system and welcome them virtually to your firm and team.

However, hiring a remote employee from abroad, especially in a country where you do not have an office, will be a more complicated process. You also need to understand the payment methods for remote workers according to local regulations.

Conclusion

As a globalization partner, Nextbrain Technologies can avail you of hiring remote employees from across the globe. We are efficient in managing all the hiring processes across the globe, including administrative tasks like creating compliant employment contracts, setting up local entities, and enrolling employees in the payroll role system. Through this remote hiring, we are able to help you focus on growing your business and getting ahead of the competition. Without worrying about the complexities of hiring our streamlined platforms and friendly team allows you to enjoy all the benefits of remote hiring.