how to hire a virtual superstar for your business

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How to Hire a Virtual Superstar for Your Business

April 7, 2016

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Tricia HarrisLisette Sutherland

Creator, Work Together Anywhere Workshop

Product Evangelist at Lucid Meetings

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How to Hire a Virtual Superstar for Your Business

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What kind of remote team are you?

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What to look for

Where to start

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Where to start

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Great internet connection

Reliable Responsive

Proactive / self starters

Self motivated Self disciplined

Honest On time Self learners

Define who you’re looking for

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I want people that don’t need to be lead: self starters and accountable. I’d rather have the right kind of person than the right kind of resume. I’ll take people that aren’t a fit skill-wise if I know that they fit the culture and attack whatever problem I’m hiring them for. —Jeremy Stanton, CTO and Co-Founder at Kali, LLC

What characteristics do you value in a remote candidate?

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Where to look for virtual candidates

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Word of mouth

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What to look for

Where to start

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Skills to look for#VirtualSuperstar

Pro-active communicators

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Comfortable online

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Time zone literate

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People who are passionate, even if they have slightly less technical skills will be a better fit for your company than people who are brilliant technically but think of it as a 9 to 5 job. I would hire the former over the latter any day of the week. —David Horowitz, CEO at Retrium

Ask yourself “3 hours on a bus together?”

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How to interview#VirtualSuperstar

Use combination of technologies

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When I interview using video, I feel like I’m physically there in the same room. And I also get a sense of their professionalism. I’ve interviewed people before where they don’t realize there’s inappropriate stuff in the background, or they’re wearing yoga clothes, or there are kids screaming and running around, and they clearly don’t have an environment that’s conducive to work. These things make it clear that they don’t know what it takes to work virtually. —Carrie McKeegan, Director at Greenback Expat Tax Services

Have more than one conversation

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What combination of technologies do you (or would you) find useful for interviewing remote candidates?

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Questions to ask

Describe your remote working experience

What do you like about working remotely?

What does your virtual office look like?

What does a typical day look like for you?

What are your favorite online tools?

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What to look for

Where to start

Pro Tips

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Create a SMALL hurdle#VirtualSuperstar

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Check Google and social media#VirtualSuperstar

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More resources

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Collaboration Superpowers Podcast Episode 61

21st Century Work Life PodcastEpisode 9

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collaborationsuperpowers.com/supercards

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CollaborationSuperpowers.com @lightling

LucidMeetings.com @lucidmeetings

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