{"id":7335,"date":"2020-03-15T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/millsrecruitment\/?p=110"},"modified":"2025-10-17T01:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:40:32","slug":"winning-the-remote-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/news\/winning-the-remote-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting your business up for remote working success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>With the current global pandemic, more and more businesses are temporarily closing their offices and giving people laptops and told to work from home.<\/p>\n<p>However, the decision to work remotely requires planning and time to implement.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, for most companies this will lead to a dramatic drop in productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Mills Resources has been developing and implementing a cloud-based business over the last ten years and can advise companies on how to set their business up for remote working success.<\/p>\n<p>I have outlined 4 key points below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Define your company core value<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To succeed as a cloud-based business, you need to\u00a0<strong><em>trust<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0your team, and in turn, they need to\u00a0<strong>trust<\/strong>\u00a0you.<\/li>\n<li>From day 1, Mills Resources was set up as a cloud-based business and is built on\u00a0<strong><em>trust<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Trust<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is our core value and encompasses everything we do in our business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Hiring the right people<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Most people would like the flexibility of working remotely however, in our experience not everyone can work this way.<\/li>\n<li>We hire people who are highly motivated, self-disciplined and align with our core value of\u00a0<strong><em>trust.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>People who are grateful and appreciate the\u00a0<strong><em>trust<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0given to them thrive in a cloud-based business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Utilising the latest in cloud technologies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cloud based solutions are extensive and varied and can be tailored to suit most businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Performance based KPIs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Working remotely does not require extensive KPI\u2019s. Quite the opposite.<\/li>\n<li>Performance based KPI\u2019s can be successfully implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For business owners and HR teams the current business climate is a wake-up call.\u00a0 Implementing remote working policies and to engage with a new generation of workforce is the future and requires careful planning and time to implement.<\/p>\n<p>Remote working does require a change in mindset and a period of adjustment.\u00a0 However, the benefits for everyone far outweigh the downside.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like more information you can call\/facetime me anytime on 0448 941 832.\u00a0 In the meantime, stay healthy, and good luck with keeping your businesses moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the current global pandemic, more and more businesses are temporarily closing their offices and giving people laptops and told to work from home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9886,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335\/revisions\/9886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millsrecruitment.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}