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Many people think that getting a remote job is hard. However, most don’t talk about the employer’s perspective and how hard it is to hire a competitive and right candidate for a particular job.
Hiring a virtual employee is full of doubts. Since the candidate is not present on the site, it might be hard for you to analyze them fully. You have to ensure that the candidate is a good fit for the job and possesses relevant skills and abilities. You have to make sure that the candidate has the potential to work in a remote work environment.
Therefore, hiring the right remote worker who has the right set of unique skills can be quite challenging. So, what are the skills and points you should pay attention to when you hire remote candidates, and how can you determine whether a particular candidate is suitable for your firm or not?
This blog post highlights all the points that might help you hire a great remote worker.
Check Their Self Motivation And Resilience
Many remote employers emphasize checking their experience, communication skills, and soft skills to determine whether a particular candidate is a good fit for the company or not. However, if you have shortlisted 2 to 3 candidates and have to select only one as a final candidate, how would you determine which one is the best? The answer is by checking their self-motivation and resilience.
Self-motivation and resilience can be checked by asking questions about their ability to deal with failure. For example, during an interview, you can ask behavioral-based questions like ‘how did you push through challenges?’ or ‘Give me an example of when you were going through a failure and overcame it.’ Such questions will give you a clear picture of candidates’ resilience and motivation and how they overcome stress.
Punctuality
Punctuality is another important factor that helps determine whether a particular candidate is a right fit or not. For example, suppose you have given a certain time for an interview to your candidate, and they are not available on time, or they have not joined your Zoom meeting. In that case, this could indicate that they are not serious about the job and are not punctual enough to even present themselves for the initial stage of the job.
Hiring a candidate who is punctual enough to make themselves available for the job is necessary. The interview is the most basic and initial stage for any recruitment process, and if they are not available at that time, it means that they might not be able to carry on remote work efficiently in the future.
Check If They Have Worked Remotely Before
Candidates who already have remote work experience will find it easy to be present at their meetings and do their work from home. However, this is not true for all, as many new remote work candidates might not be experienced enough to handle online software for meetings and learn them quickly. You should check their motivation to work remotely and how well they can manage it. Ask about the expectations of their work-life to get an idea about their thoughts and work capability.
Check If They Have A Distraction-Free Environment
Working from home is not without disturbances. There might be kids in their home or they might have noisy neighbors. Also, many people might not have access to a separate room where they can work without any disturbance.
As a result, such candidates might not meet deadlines and complete their work on time. They might make excuses about the disturbance in their home, poor internet connection, so on and so forth.
Therefore, you must make sure that the candidate has a separate room where they can work with full focus. Moreover, their internet connection must be strong and available at all times.
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