It was a phenomenon rarely utilised a few years ago, but now hiring a remote professional is becoming a viable choice for many businesses. If you don’t need someone to be physically present, then looking further afield for the best talent opens up a world of opportunities.

If you’ve never considered hiring a remote professional before, or you’re on the fence about whether it’s right for you or not, here are our top 10 reasons why you should just go for it.

What is a Remote Professional?

Just before we dive in to our top 10, let’s just clarify first what we mean by remote professional. We work with highly trained and experienced professionals in the Philippines. This isn’t about getting cheaper labour from overseas. In our modern society, the skills gap is prominent, with many businesses being unable to find the skilled workforce that they need. We have found a wealth of very skilled people in the Philippines who want to work for UK and US based businesses, and all we do is connect the two together.

You get exceptional talent, and all of the benefits mentioned below, and they get the job they are looking for. It’s win win for everyone.

Top 10 Reasons

1. Cost effective

Because of the exchange rate, a reasonable salary in the UK is a great salary in the Philippines. That means you can get very talented individuals with all sorts of niche skills for a far more competitive salary than you would if you were hiring locally.

At Resource Worldwide, we pride ourselves on offering a slightly higher wage than many of our competitors because we believe in being fair to the professionals, but we also want to ensure we are attracting the best talent so they choose to work with you.

2. Specialist skills

One of the key reasons why people approach us is that they simply can’t find skilled people locally. From simple things such as SEO or digital marketing, through to more niche jobs in construction, we have helped a great number of businesses, and we’ve always been able to find talented candidates, no matter how specialist. There is no reason why any business should lack the skilled workforce they need today.

3. Flexible working

We are living in very unpredictable times. Sometimes we find that businesses need a skill set, but they’re concerned about the huge commitment that hiring someone can bring with it. With a remote professional, you have no long term commitment. You can have far more flexibility. The person could grow with your business, or you can decide that you only want them for a short term to dip your toes in the water. The choice is yours.

4. Lighten workloads

One of the burdens that many businesses face from not being able to find the right staff is that team members in house end up having much bigger workloads. Even if they can cope with the amount of work, tasks won’t be given the right level of attention because people are just so busy.

Having cost effective and trained staff is a simple way to lighten the load for your existing employees, leaving them free to get on with what they do best. This, in turn, is likely to make vast improvements to your business across the board.

5. Employee retention

There are two elements to this point. Firstly, following point 4, when you lighten the workloads of staff and allow them to get on with what they enjoy more, they’re less likely to leave. You will have a much lower staff turnover rate.

Another element here is that many businesses have shared with us the difficulties they’ve experienced in getting new members of staff to stay. With some new employees having unrealistic expectations, they end up leaving within months, and this can be something that businesses find happen again and again.

The remote professionals we work with are all chosen because they want to be committed to a company and get into a job. They want to be working with you. It’s a very different outlook, and it means you can rest easy that you can finally get off that recruitment hamster wheel.

6. Sustainability

In our modern world, there isn’t the need for many employees to get in their car and drive the office anymore. If you can hire remotely, then it could be the more responsible choice. Isn’t it better to find the right talent rather than feel you must just hire locally?

7. Cultural contribution

One of the reasons that some people are deterred from looking at hiring remote professionals is a fear that they might not fit into the business culture. But that is actually rarely the case.

Firstly, all of our recruiters are trained psychologists, so we match on culture as well as skills. But more than that, having a diverse workforce and people from a different background normally enhances a team. You will get a varied viewpoint and it can also boost a team dynamic. We’ve seen it as a positive time and time again.

8. 24 Hour Business

Working with remote professionals opens up the option for you to have staff working in different time zones, which then could give you a 24 hour business – a business that never sleeps. This could be hugely beneficial if you want to expand internationally as well.

But even if this isn’t right for you, the time difference won’t affect you. If it’s better for you, then your remote professional will work to your time zone and work to your business hours. In fact, many remote professionals actually prefer this as they sleep when their children are at school meaning they get far more quality family time.

9. Boost Business

We have been told by many clients that after hiring their remote professional, it’s actually boosted their business. This is sometimes because more time has been freed up for them to focus on running the business. It’s also often because of the new skills that have been introduced in house. But whatever the reason, the fact that this choice could actually help to grow your business is a huge advantage and shouldn’t be overlooked.

10. Changing Lives

Hiring a remote professional could change the life of someone across the world. It’s a good thing to do. It will give them a great opportunity to utilise their skills, learn more and earn a better income. It gives them access to a different part of the world that they may never see first hand. You will be making a huge difference to someone’s life as they make a difference to your business.

Convinced yet?

Whether you’re now ready to push that button and go for it, or you have a few more questions that need answering, if you feel a remote professional may be right for you, then we’d love to have a chat. Get in touch and we’ll take care of the rest.