Employers are increasingly offering their employees remote work, particularly for specific roles that do not require an office presence (such as virtual assistants). The term “remote work” refers to an arrangement that allows your team or employee can work from a place other than the company’s headquarters. This could be at home or in coworking spaces.
Remote employees can work wherever they have access to internet. This can include the comfort of their home, a coworking or shared office space or even the local cafe just down the street. Remote jobs rely on online tools, such as cloud-based software, collaborative software, and conference apps, file management and video calling.
A well-planned process for onboarding is essential to the success of remote workers, whether you are onboarding as a remote team member for the first time or returning remote worker. This process of onboarding should include both the technical and soft skills your remote worker requires to be successful.
Remote workers bring many advantages to your company, aside from the obvious benefit of decreasing expenses for overhead. The benefits include a more flexible schedule, improved productivity, and an active team. These benefits are driven by the fact that your employees spend less time commuting, and more time working on the actual tasks they were hired to do.