\u2018teleworking\u2019 has grown by a astonishing 173% since 2005<\/a> \u2013 presumably something to do with improvements in technology, innovation and communication. As a result, more than half of employees (56%) now have a job where at least some of what they do can be done from home.<\/p>\nOn the whole, people welcome it \u2013 in fact a 2019 Owl Labs\u00a0report\u00a0found that as many as 80% of employees wanted to work from home at least some of the time, before the crisis. In fact, flexibility is one of the top-ranked work benefits amongst the millennial workforce. Pre-crisis,\u00a0more than a third\u00a0of employees (35%) would go so far as to change jobs if they had the chance to work from home, whilst\u00a0over a third\u00a0would take a pay cut of up to 5% in order to work at home some of the time.<\/p>\n
For prospective employees, the chance to balance their work and home lives can be a big draw. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, many organisations faced the challenge of embracing the benefits of regular remote and flexible working without disrupting or undermining established ways of working. Now we\u2019ve been forced to work from home in a productive way, we could see this being the \u2018new normal\u2019 going forward.<\/p>\n
It is therefore quite feasible that the previously held fears and concerns of employers have now been overtaken by necessity. In fact, we are already hearing (and seeing in our own teams) reports of the positive impact that more frequent, structured and focused communication is resulting in increased collaboration, teamwork and support.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n
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Post COVID-19, will we hire remotely, more often?<\/h2>\n The way we hire individuals has also changed. Today, the default way of interviewing potential candidates is by video call \u2013 only a few months ago the default was face-to-face.<\/p>\n
For the roles we\u2019ve been asked to hire during the crisis so far, all parties are quite comfortable to take this crucial first meeting online, even though it\u2019s a first time for many. Here at HAYS Talent Solutions, we\u2019ve even built a group assessment process which is entirely online, yet enables group interaction and offers the hiring team a chance to evaluate candidates in a group setting. Ensuring inclusivity is critical in those processes \u2013 everyone must be given equal access and opportunity.<\/p>\n
In this new reality, we are all learning as we go<\/h2>\n As we work through this crisis, things to be changing daily, so, most of us are evolving our approach as we go. As we become more adept, we\u2019ll be building in the elements we identify as missing along the way \u2013 because we are all looking out for those learnings. It might be that we see a need to devise ways to replace the water cooler conversations, things you pick up in the corridors \u2013 this is hard to do when everyone is remote. We\u2019re having to find new ways of having fun together over our video conferencing tool of choice and explore new ways to build and evolve our cultures in different ways than we\u2019re used to.<\/p>\n
So, having achieved all that it\u2019s important to use this precious time to think about which parts of the \u2018old normal\u2019 you will take forward into the post-crisis era and why, and which you will happily wave goodbye to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the world of work, the effects of social measures that governments are being forced to take have proven to be incredibly challenging for businesses and employees. However, for many business leaders around the world, they are now starting to turn their attention to the potential long-term implications of the pandemic on the next era […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[3822],"tags":[13949],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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