Given that we live in a world which is growing smaller by the second, there is no reason why there should be any shortage of talent, no matter where you live and run your business. Even if you can’t find the right person for the position you’re trying to fill, you can still find someone who might be living abroad.

The Popularity of Remote Workers

With the advent of the internet, remote workers are becoming more and more popular in many businesses. For example, you might be running a website which has viewers in the United States but your writers might live in India.

In the above example, the time difference even gives you an added advantage. Most people check their favorite websites first thing when they get in to work. And if these websites were updated throughout the night by people living in India, there’s going to be a lot of fresh new material for your viewers to read early in the morning.

So it’s possible to work around what might at first seem like obstacles to this system.

Task-Oriented vs. Interactive Jobs

There are a number of jobs where it’s possible to turn work in remotely, writing being one of them. Any job which is task-oriented can be performed remotely. This refers to the kind of job in which you assign a task to someone and give them a specific amount of time to finish what they need to do.

It’s not the kind of job which is constantly interactive i.e., in which two or more people need to work together to produce the desired result. It’s the kind of job which a person can do alone at home or out of a café.

A lot of freelance workers have started liking jobs like this. It helps them to save time because they don’t have to travel to work and back. Plus, they usually get to choose the volume of work they’re going to do. So there’s less pressure.

Advantages of Hiring Remote Workers

As an employer, there are many advantages for you to hire remote workers.

• You Don’t Have to Rent Office Space: The most important advantage is that you don’t have to pay for office space for everyone. Sure, you might still have an office for the workers that you need to interact with. However, the rest of your workers will be working from home, on their own computers. Needless to say, this can save you quite a bit of money.
• Many Workers Are Available: Another advantage is that there are a lot of people who are looking for jobs like this—women who need to stay home and look after the kids, seniors who can’t get around as well as they used to, students who need a gig that will pay them a little bit of cash without requiring too much of their time etc. So there won’t be any shortage of talent.
• Your Currency Can Be an Advantage: Another advantage is that if the currency of the country you’re hiring from is not as strong as your own currency, then your workers will end up earning quite a bit of money, which will give them an incentive to stay with you. For example, this would be the case when an American company hires remote workers in India. Each U.S. dollar is worth approximately 65 Indian rupees, which is quite a bit of money.

Disadvantages of Remote Workers

The disadvantage of this system is that your worker isn’t going to be right in front of you and you can’t make sure that the work is done exactly to your specifications in the time allotted. You might have to make some allowances and give the worker more time to complete the task, just in case something doesn’t turn out the way you liked.

The Network Editorial Team