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?
Is this person a team player? Is he/she excited about joining a team and accomplishing goals together rather than looking to be an individual super…
Same traits as in conventional candidates. If a candidate is flighty—moving from job to job frequently, they may be a bad fit. Candidates who speak…
We do want people that are highly motivated and collaborative team members.
How do you conduct interviews for remote jobs?
It all begins with our rigorous recruiting process also defined in our High Caliber Personnel Model, that identifies top talent with strong language skills who…
All our interviews are on Zoom with video. From the first screening, through a project review, and to final interviews.
We interview by phone and have started introducing video interviewing in some cases.
How do you convey your remote culture in the recruiting process?
From the first call we explain to candidates that the organization is remote and the important role our values play in our culture.
Mostly through videos, advertising, and documentation that shows that the teacher will be online, teaching from home.
We’re transparent about our remote culture. For me, and for a lot of our employees, the workspace freedom we get at LiquidSpace is a huge…
What is your hiring process for remote workers?
The process for hiring remote workers if fairly formal. We follow a four-step screening process with multiple team members, filtering out and interviewing candidates at…
We only hire remote workers. We do most of our hiring by running online job ads. We post them a variety of places including FlexJobs…
Our process is fairly rigorous — and “standard” — but, we do really want to ensure that new staff can thrive well in a remote…
Do you use third party testing or evaluation services when hiring remote workers?
We do 100% of the testing and evaluation process of hiring in-house. That said, we do use Workable to manage our application processes from start…
We consider this one of our differentiators to our competitors, as we prefer to do this on our own rather than use a third-party service…
Yes, we conduct both reference checks and background checks.
How do you conduct onboarding for remote workers?
We use the onboarding feature from Bamboo HR to ensure that all the right forms and documents are read. We identify opportunities to further cement…
Onboarding is done through a series of online collaboration tools. We have a new hire orientation on the first day, just as we would if…
Our current process for local hires is done in our office, but the actual onboarding is processed online. We will have a virtual process in…