Remote On-Boarding We are also advising and helping with remote on boarding plans where necessary. We have been having conversations around how to get the best out of employees who work remotely once they take up their appointment with various assessments. Thomas International have a wealth of tools that we have utilised regularly to get the best out of employees, both within our own company and to guide clients. The Managing Remote Workers report is a new PPA report which identifies a person’s potential challenges when working remotely and how you can best support them in a remote working environment.⁵ Leading from the front As standard, MRG will now be adopting the use of Zoom/MS Teams for all our preliminary discussions with candidates. We will then only undertake face to face meetings with shortlisted candidates (and only when it is safe and practical to do so). All de-brief discussions and post offer negotiations will be done using technology. Regardless of whether Covid-19 is eradicated soon, we believe this is the future of candidate interaction for a number of reasons.
One of the benefits of remote working reported among our colleagues and candidates has been the elimination of travelling. Often time consuming and subject to delays and cancellations, we have become much more flexible with our working practices when time travelling between locations is removed from the equation. As a company we have been able to reinvest our time in search, testing, skill investigation and candidate engagement and will further enhance our success rates on behalf of our clients and our brand reputation. 62% of remote workers want employers to provide better technology that helps them stay connected with their colleagues. ⁶
We envision that employers will need to invest in technology such as MS Teams, Skype and Zoom in order to keep their teams engaged and connected.
⁵ https://www.thomas.co/resources ⁶ https://www.monster.co.uk/career-advice/article/Vision-of-uk-home-working
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