Three strategies for finding full-time remote work jobs

Three strategies for finding full-time remote work jobs

May 20, 2022 | Featured, IT Jobs, Remote team, Remote work, Teleworking, USA

Three strategies for finding full-time remote work jobs

There’s no doubt that remote work is here to stay. But, how do you combat the barriers to securing a job? Let’s look at three key strategies for finding remote work jobs in 2022.

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Update your LinkedIn profile

It’s important that your work and education experience is not only up-to-date but outlined in a way that would bring context for a hiring manager from overseas who may not be familiar with the university you attended or companies you’ve worked for. Is your university highly ranked or respected? Say so. Is your company a market leader in your country? Say so. And make sure to include any awards, accolades, or impressive results that will signal you’re a rockstar.

Highlight your remote work experience

Companies want to hire people that are even more productive at home than in the office. Talk about your productivity journey working from home during the pandemic. Emphasize your wins and accomplishments, such as launching a successful project virtually, implementing an asynchronous workflow, or onboarding new team members through Slack and Zoom.

Look further from home

An increasing number of remote positions are location agnostic – meaning you don’t need to live near the office in order to apply. Make sure you read the job description carefully. Some remote jobs are fully remote whereas others are hybrid positions, meaning you work remotely part of the time and on-site for the balance. While most remote-first companies have now implemented asynchronous workflows that make it easier to collaborate across timezones, always ensure that you clearly understand the expectations around working hours, especially if you’re not in the same timezone as your manager. Nobody likes a 2 am meeting!

Today there are few jobs that cannot be done remotely

You can even live in one country and work for a company from another. Do you want to know how? Contact us

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The Airbnb effect

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Airbnb told its 6,000 employees that they would have the option to permanently work remotely and also told its U.S. employees that they could move to anywhere in the country without a reduction to their compensation.

Although remote work grew remarkably, the announcement generated a lot to talk about in the world of work and led many companies to ask themselves if it is feasible to hire people from anywhere in the world.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced on Twitter “Five key features” of its new work policy, which goes further than several other tech giants in its flexibility for employees:

1. You can work from home or the office—whatever works best for you.

2. You can move anywhere in the country, like from San Francisco to Nashville, and your compensation won’t change

3. You have the flexibility to live and work in 170 countries for up to 90 days a year in each location.

4. We’ll meet up regularly for team gatherings. Most employees will connect in person every quarter for about a week at a time (some more frequently).

5. To pull this off, we’ll operate off of a multi-year roadmap with two major product releases a year, which will keep us working in a highly coordinated way.

start now with your remote work team

Many companies are already thinking of applying this model. In fact, there are many who have been applying for it for years. Did you know that it is possible to legally hire people anywhere in the world? Contact us

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Will companies follow the course of Airbnb?

Will companies follow the course of Airbnb?

May 6, 2022 | Featured, Global Business Expansion, Remote team, Remote work, USA

Will companies follow the course of Airbnb?

Most of their employees can now work remotely forever.

Airbnb promotes remote work

According to an email sent by CEO Brian Chesky, the international vacation rental company Airbnb will allow its employees to work from anywhere —be it from home or office indefinitely. The email read, “We have designed a way for you to live and work anywhere— while collaborating in a highly coordinated way and experiencing the in-person connection that makes Airbnb special.”

Majority of Airbnb employees will have the flexibility to work from either home or office. In contrast, people in some roles will be required to be in the office to perform their core responsibilities. However, employees’ compensation will not be impacted if they move anywhere in the country they work from, as the company will have single-pay tiers for salary and equity from June.

Chesky said that the move was part of a wider shift at the company to accommodate flexibility and remote work. “The world is becoming more flexible about where people can work,” Chesky wrote. “We see this in our own business. We wouldn’t have recovered so quickly from the pandemic had it not been for millions of people working from Airbnbs.

Do you agree with what Chesky thinks?

If you believe that your company could work better if you can have all the employees working where they want, what do you expect to do?

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How to grow your business with remote staff

How to grow your business with remote staff

Feb 25, 2022 | Featured, Remote team

How to grow your business with remote staff

Here we take a look at how you can make use of remote staff to grow your business.

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Expertise from anywhere in the world

Perhaps one of the most important advantages of working with remote staff is the fact that you are opening up the available talent pool to your organisation. Modern businesses depend on the talents and skills of individuals, and if you are only hiring in your vicinity, you are limiting your access to potential key staff members.

Allowing staff to work remotely means that you can hire anyone, as long as they are able to carry out the work. This gives you greater possibilities in terms of hiring the staff that you need in order to grow your company.

More affordable

Sometimes it is not just about getting the right staff for your business – it is about doing it at the right price. Once again, limiting the area in which you search for staff can mean a shortage of people with that kind of expertise in the area. And naturally, in this scenario, this means that you will need to pay more for their talent.

It is the case that the majority of the expenses for any business come in the form of staff costs. So, prohibitively expensive staff can be a real challenge for business. But hiring remote staff can help to make employees more affordable. Remember that business that want to operate with remote staff are still in a minority so remote workers are often happy to sacrifice slightly more money for the greater freedom of working with a company that allows them to do their job remotely.

Keep your business costs down

Of course, it’s not just the cost of the employee that is expensive to your business. Having staff work at your premises necessities having that premises in the first place – another major cost to companies is their property. It may be the case that you need (or want) to have a small office presence, but that growth and hiring more staff would mean moving to a larger, more expensive premises.

In this example, growing your business with remote staff means that you can bring in the personnel that you need without having to invest in the other major expenses.

EOR: the best way to hire remote staff

The COVID-19 pandemic has been truly devastating for businesses of all sizes. Organisations are facing challenges that are completely unforeseen and unprecedented – so perhaps it is not surprising that many are struggling. But the truth is that just as with any else, businesses must go on, and must continue to look for solutions and one of the solutions is to hire remote employees anywhere in the world. Did you know that you can do it in a legal way? You don’t know how to do it? We can do it for you: Contact Us

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What is an Employer of Record?

The solution to hire people from all over the world. Do not miss this article!

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What is a Employer of Record (EOR)?

A Employer of Record is a company that takes on all employer-related responsibilities for small to large enterprise-sized businesses. The Employer of Record handles state-specific onboarding, payroll, taxes, payroll compliance, benefits administration, unemployment claim reporting, and other HR-related tasks.

Some important things to have in mind…

1. Full legal employer: An Employer of Record is liable for all employer-related responsibilities—from benefits and payroll to insurance and taxes. Working with an Employer of Record allows you to focus strictly on day-to-day oversight of your workforce.

2. State registration not required: With an Employer of Record partner, your company can expand its talent pool and compliantly recruit talent in any state—without going through the time-consuming business registration process.

3. Compliant, cost-effective benefits: When you bring on talent in new markets, your Employer of Record partner ensures you provide benefits that adhere to local regulations. An Employer of Record pools your talent with workforces from other companies, so you get access to lower-priced group rates from insurance providers.

 

What is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO)?

A PEO is a company that partners with small and medium-sized businesses to provide comprehensive HR services, including payroll processing, benefits administration, regulatory compliance, tax filings, and more. A PEO acts as a company’s outsourced HR department so internal teams can focus on their core responsibilities.

Some important things to have in mind…

1. Co-employment: When your company partners with a PEO, you are both legal employers of your workforce. However, you remain responsible for the day-to-day oversight of your talent.

2. State registration typically required: Working with a PEO usually means you must register your business in every state in which you hire.  As a result, it makes the most sense to partner with a PEO when you plan to hire in states where you’ve already registered your business.

3. Boosted benefits packages: A PEO helps small and medium-sized businesses provide the same robust employee benefits plans offered by larger companies. Like an Employer of Record, a PEO partner pools your employees with those from other organizations to qualify for more favorable group rates from insurance companies.

The critical difference between an Employer of Record and a PEO: An Employer of Record is the full legal employer of a company’s distributed workforce, while a PEO remains a co-employer.

If your goal is to quickly and compliantly hire top talent no matter where they’re located, partnering with an Employer of Record gives you the flexibility to easily enter to any country.

Working with an Employer of Record also gives you peace of mind knowing that experts compliantly handle every HR and employer-related responsibility, so your teams can focus on their core responsibilities. As a result, Employer of Record providers reduce the time, hassle, and cost required to build a distributed workforce across the world.

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Americans quit jobs at a record pace during the second half of 2021, and more plan to resign in the new year. How can companies take advantage of this situation and seduce employees?

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Although specialists predict that quitting will continue steadily at similar, elevated rates we’ve seen over the past year, they are not confident that we’ll see another big quitting wave in 2022.
That’s because the tight labor market has pushed companies to offer better benefits and higher salaries, that will keep employee turnover from being “completely rampant” in the months ahead.
What are companies doing to seduce employees?

 

Flexible work arrangements will be the norm, not the exception

The freedom to work from anywhere has become the most sought-after benefit during the pandemic – so much so that people value flexibility as much as a 10% pay raise, according to new research from the WFH Research Project.

More companies will embrace this change to attract and retain talent. Leaders are starting to ask: “How can we give people more power over their schedules? How can we be more flexible?”

Managers that blame external factors for turnover – whether it be government leadership, the pandemic, unemployment benefits or other reasons – and refuse to offer flexible work arrangements will be the “losers who struggle in the wake of the Great Resignation”.

Flexible working culture will lead to better work-life balance and improved mental health for employees. HR leaders know that work will fit around our personal lives rather than our personal lives fitting around work.

 

Remote jobs will become more competitive

As companies struggle to hire in the United States, a growing number of managers could turn to automation and international candidates to fill open roles.

The pandemic accelerated the trend toward automation as companies embraced digital waiters, concierges and other technologies amid social distancing rules and virus fears. In 2020, the World Economic Forum surveyed about 300 global companies and found that 43% of businesses expect to reduce their workforces with new technology.

Economist predicts that companies will make larger investments in robots and artificial intelligence to reduce hiring times and costs even after the pandemic subsides.

 

Those same benefits could push companies to hire more international candidates for remote roles and create even more competition for remote jobs, he adds. In the United States, employees tend to be paid higher wages than people in many other countries. If you’re a remote organization, you can recruit workers from all over the world who can do the same job for a cheaper rate.

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