Location is increasingly playing a less important role in recruitment, especially when it comes to top talent. Talent without borders is becoming the norm as location-agnostic employers embrace the benefits of their hiring strategy, and most are raving about the following:
More Focus on Skills Rather Than Fit
Location-agnostic recruitment allows you to broaden your talent pool and target the skill sets you need more seamlessly. In this respect, recruitment becomes more about finding the right talent with the right skills rather than hiring for fit and hoping that the right skills will follow. When the right skills are present in the team, then executing on the vision and mission becomes easier to accomplish.
Less HR Hassles
Location-agnostic team members tend to be more independent. They recognize that they have the luxury of working from anywhere, which comes with the responsibility to deliver from anywhere. This leads to less internal politics, push-back and competition, which tend to lead to ongoing HR hassles that diminish productivity. Location-agnostic teams lean toward solving their own problems more readily. They know that they are being reviewed on their output and deliverables, not on their in-person presence in the office.
More Productive Employees
Employees who can choose their location are motivated by delivering well and on time so that they can get on with the rest of their lives. Employees who must show their faces in an office for a certain number of hours use face-time as an output. Face-time becomes part of the output rather than just what is produced. Employees are not incentivized to produce more efficiently because no matter what happens, they still have to show up in the office and “give away” their time.
Happier Employees
Employees who can flexibly devote time and energy to all aspects of their lives are happier and more fulfilled. It doesn’t mean that all challenges in managing remote teams disappear though. You can check out our tips to help you supervise remote teams more successfully here.
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