Hiring Remotely
140 companies answer 6 questions
In our Hiring Remotely section you'll learn how best in class remote companies use their remote status to recruit the top candidates in the world. Discover how you can increase your applicant pool and find and interview the best candidates remotely.
What traits do you look for in candidates for a remote job?
Yes; there are some traits we look for in remotees that are even more important in remote employees. We are looking for people who can…
When we hire, we look specifically for people who share the same fundamental values as us. That’s not to say we look for people who…
All teachers must be from the U.S. or Canada, have a bachelor’s degree, and have one year of teaching experience. Aside from that, we like to…
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
Our entire talent acquisition process is handled remotely. Interviews are all conducted via telephone or video, and then employees are prepared for their role in…
The process goes like this: a) we make an engaging job post that requires the applicant to answer specific questions, along with sending over a…
Interviews are conducted over UberConference. We ask a lot of detailed questions during the application process that allows us to narrow down the applicants pretty quickly…
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
Our interviews are broken up into several steps. We first start out with a peer interview, which includes team members from the department of interest.…
We try to be as open and honest about the pros and cons of a remote workforce. We have each candidate speak with several team…
The people we hire all understand that Hubstaff is a completely remote company, so there is no question of whether they’ll have to come into…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
Our approach to hiring remote workers has to be different from hiring on-site workers because not everyone is cut out to be a remote worker.…
We hire remote workers from different channels – through our Jobs form on our site, conferences around the world, recommendations from other team members, using…
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The process to become a full-time [A]gent has multiple stages and takes a long time. Our process weeds out people who are looking to quickly…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We use a third-party software that offers skill assessment evaluations to identify the required skills and attributes for this position. We do background screening internally.
We do background checks and some of our locations and business units use third-party assessments—for example, in our sales organization.
No, all of our screening/evaluation processes are proprietary.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
Everyone has Trello boards with information, tasks and suggestions to work through. Team members spend a bunch of time on line with their manager, have…
Very deliberately. A big component is daily one-on-ones with a different team member to talk about the job, but more importantly, about the culture and…
For every new employee at Mavens, they are given a two-week hands-on training and orientation session where they are taught about the healthcare industry, Mavens’…