The International Office: How Remote Working is Empowering Startups

Running a startup has changed a lot in the last few years, in no small part thanks to remote working. There’s no denying the benefits of work from home, both for companies and employees.

Remote working gets rid of the need for a commute, not only giving people more free time but allowing them to live where they want, without the restraints of the office. From a business perspective, remote working can be a great way to save money, cutting the costs of running an office entirely.

But there’s one benefit that doesn’t get talked about enough but is, nonetheless, slowly changing the way that businesses operate – startups in particular. In this article, we’ll be discussing the rise of the international office and how remote working allows companies to build teams from all around the world.

The Right Team for the Right Job

It’s no secret that putting together a team is difficult. You don’t just need the right people – all skilled in their individual fields. You also need people who’ll be able to work together and can share the common goals and interests of the company.

In a traditional startup, building that team can take months as people meet and get to know each other, fitting into their respective roles. With remote working startups, finding qualified employees who are passionate about the goals of your company is easier than ever before.

Instead of being restricted to your local area, as a remote startup you can hire people from anywhere in the world. Instead of advertising for a role in the hopes that someone appropriate applies, a remote startup can go online and search through CVs and portfolios to find someone with relevant knowledge and experience to be a perfect asset to the team.

International Opportunities

One of the most useful/practical remote working benefits that comes with an international office, is the chance to hire skilled people from outside your nation.

For example, let’s say you’ve just started a new social media company. You want to encourage signups from all around the world. The only problem is that your team is largely European. If you want to encourage traffic from Asia then you’ll need to hire some first-rate translators for the site. That might be easy enough for commonly spoken languages such as Mandarin or Hindi but for more obscure languages you may struggle to find a native speaker in your local area.

With remote working you can hire native speakers from any country in the world, allowing your company to access more people and creating a better overall product.

And it’s not just translation! Many countries are more specialised in some industries and disciplines than others. With remote working you can be sure that you’re hiring the best person for the job, even if their skill set would usually be hard to find.

Empowering Workers

We’ve talked a lot about how remote working benefits startups but how about the people who work there?

Well, sure enough, being able to find jobs all over the world, massively increases your pool of potential hirers. This means that you can shop around for a job that’s right for you and a project that really fits your personal interests.

All too often, finding the right job comes down to finding one that will pay you well. The job market becomes a ‘take what you’re given’ situation where even highly skilled people are reluctant to pick and choose the work that’s right for them. With opportunities from all over the world comes the chance to explore projects you might never even have considered.

Furthermore, with social media platforms such as LinkedIn, promoting yourself to potential employers has never been easier, meaning that much of the hard work of finding these roles is taken out of your hands. All you have to do is make sure that you have a profile your future employers can find.

Alternative Career Opportunities

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