Flexible Workers Provide Loads of Value
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Flexible workers are certainly a sought-after type of role for anyone who is looking to do work from home or have a certain amount of time spent between the home and office environments.
As a business, it’s important that you’re offering flexibility where you can, especially since the pandemic has proved flexible working is easy to do for most companies. With that in mind, here are some helpful tips for hiring flexible workers for your business in 2025.
Offer remote work
The best way to get flexible workers through those doors on interview days is to offer remote work. There are a lot of people out there right now who are looking for jobs that either provide a hybrid working environment, or they want the opportunity to work remotely. Whether that’s from home or a co-working space that they pay for themselves.
With remote work, you’re going to get a much better talent pool available than offering job posts that only want office-based employees.
Look at job-sharing opportunities
Job sharing is another way of adding flexibility when hiring for a role. The role you’re hiring for might be possible to split between two people and therefore, you could end up paying less for hiring two to share the job.
Some of those who job share may only be looking to get paid a certain amount or to take on fewer hours than a full-time job in order to make time for other life commitments.
Be flexible to accommodate individual preferences
Flexibility in accommodating individual preferences is important and it’s always good to ask during the interview stages, what that candidate would like when it comes to the job itself.
As an employer, you’re looking for the right employee but that’s the same for the employee. They’ll want to make sure the company they’re working for, is the right fit for them when it comes to flexibility of working hours, etc.
Set boundaries
While hiring for flexible jobs has become more popular amongst employees and employers alike, you want to be careful in setting boundaries.
That way, you won’t have them taking advantage of your flexibility as an employer and vice versa. Look at what boundaries need to be put in place whether it be for remote working, working hours, and the use of spaces to work in.
Ensure flexible working is possible with equipment and tools
Flexible working is a great way of working for many but as a business, you want to make sure you’re set up to offer this type of work. That means you want to ensure flexible working is possible by investing in the type of equipment and tools your employees will need to make it happen.
Whether you’re bringing new flexible workers in or changing the contracts of existing employees, you should ensure flexible working is possible by providing them with the right equipment to do it.
These tips are a great way of making more flexible hires in 2025, so be sure to follow them accordingly.