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Strategies for maximizing a remote workforce
1. Strategies for maximizing a remote
workforce
Kristina Jokinen, Direct Placement Director at Adecco Staffing
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Adecco Staffing US
Adecco Staffing US is the nation’s leading provider of recruitment and
workforce solutions.
We are the pre-eminent workforce management partner for Fortune 500 companies
and career advisement expert for American workers, serving all of the key industries
and professions that drive our economy forward. Adecco has over 900 career
centers and, on any given day, connects 70,000 talented workers to the best job
opportunities across the country, making us one of America’s largest employers.
Please visit us at adeccousa.com.
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About our presenter
Kristina Jokinen
Direct Placement Director at Adecco Staffing
• Works closely with direct hire recruiters
and Adecco's extensive branch network
to ensure successful matches between
companies and candidates for full-time roles
• More than 15 years of experience in the
recruiting and staffing industry
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What we’ll cover today
• Why virtual workforces are becoming more common
• Common challenges of virtual work teams
• Strategies for making a virtual workforce successful
• Tools and technologies that can assist your virtual work
teams
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Benefit #1: Cost reduction
• Save on office space rent
• Ability to hire employees in areas with a lower cost of living
• Decreased pay in exchange in exchange for fewer work expenses
• Reduced turnover
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Benefit #2: Increased productivity
• Uninterrupted work time
• Reduced sick time
• Time is not lost due to inclement weather or traffic
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Additional benefits
Able to hire talent outside of the organization’s geographical boundaries
without the cost of relocation, expanded viewpoints
Opens up
new labor
sources
Retention Can be offered as a type of “bonus” to employees
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Additional benefits
Time spent on commuting can be spent on personal life
Customized workspace, no dress code, fewer illnesses
Work/life
balance
Increased
quality of
working life
10. Common challenges of virtual work teams
• More difficult for managers to know what employees are working on
• Employees can feel isolated
• Time zone differences are not as conducive for team meetings
• Employees may feel under-valued/recognized
• Employees don’t understand or feel part of the company culture
• Cultural differences in communication styles
• Trust is harder to build
12. Hire the right person!
• Not all people were created to work remotely!
• What you want to look for:
- A driven self-starter
- The ability to create a work/life balance without strict guidelines
- Skilled at technology
- Knowledge of the position and its demands
• Psychometric testing helps uncover the personality traits needed
13. Key traits of an effective remote manager
- Highly effective communicator and listener
- Supports autonomy
- Collaborative
- Ability to build trust quickly and sustain it
- Good delegator
- Flexible
- Open to and supportive of a remote workforce
- Macro-manager
- Excellent memory
14. Leadership style
- Not a control “freak”
- Participative
- Focused on results versus time/activities
- Strong vision
- The glue that holds the team together
- Deliberate about their interactions
- Demonstrates confidence in team/workers
15. Making connections
• Set expectations
- Provide vision of company
- Give clear and measurable objectives and goals
• Promote self-leadership
• Encourage social engagement amongst peers
• Recognize achievements
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HRCI program approval
This program,ORG-PROGRAM-119708, has been
approved for 1 (General ) recertification credit hours
toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through
the HR Certification Institute. Please be sure to note the
program ID number on your recertification application
form. For more information about certification or
recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute
website at www.hrci.org.
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Well, that’s about all the time we have for today. For those of you who asked a question using the BrightTalk player, we will be sure to respond to your questions individually. Before we conclude, I’d like to note that you can find several more resources that will aid you in your job search by visiting the knowledge center in the career services section of adeccousa.com. Or you could always visit us on Facebook, where we offer frequent job search tips and employment resources. The url is listed on your screen. Thanks everyone for attending our program this afternoon and have a great rest of the day!