Holly Cardew at Founder of Pixc (right) and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of Femgineer (left)
Remember our fun live pilot episode back in January 2015? In case you forgot about it or missed it, it was on with Ben Congleton the CEO and Co-Founder of Olark. In it, we debunked a number of remote working myths such as:
It was great for teams, but then we got questions from individuals who wanted to know how they could get started. So last December, we revisited remote working and focused the conversation around with Femgineer’s very own Community Manager: Meghan Burgain.
And it seems like we have only scratched the surface because we still get a lot of questions and concerns on the topic from startup founders and hiring managers.
Most recently, we’ve received questions and concerns are around the hiring process like:
So this month we decided to revisit the theme and created three more episodes on the topic, focused on recruiting, training, retaining, and managing remote workers.
To help us out, I’ve invited a pro on the topic: Holly Cardew the CEO and Founder of Pixc. Holly has grown and scaled her team across Australia and Asia. And has done so in a number of job functions spanning both the business side with roles such as virtual assistants and marketers, to the technical side hiring software developers and designers to build the product.
As you watch today’s episode you’ll learn:
Have put a remote team in place? If so, what was your process for recruiting? Let us know in the comments below!
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