For many employers, a central component to business success is maintaining a stable, quality workforce. As work flexibility grows in acceptance, some companies are finding that offering remote schedules and other flexible options helps them attract high-caliber employees.
Great Assistant, the company we’re highlighting here as a FlexJobs employer success story, is one such flexible company. Thanks to remote options, Great Assistant has been able to find and hire great job candidates, as well as control costs.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Great Assistant provides management consultant services and expertise to help businesses and entrepreneurs succeed. Great Assistant’s services are designed to help leaders “free [themselves] from the front lines while still keeping control,” the company states. As an employer, Great Assistant has team members in Canada and the U.S. and offers great flexible jobs, including part-time and work-from-home positions.
And here’s testament to the quality of candidates Great Assistant has hired using FlexJobs: the company’s leadership ranks include two hires found using FlexJobs’ services. They say their ability to find quality candidates via FlexJobs has allowed them to significantly grow their business. That’s well worth considering for hiring managers weighing whether to use FlexJobs to recruit talent.
Tim Francis, founder of Great Assistant, answered questions about the company’s success using FlexJobs and offering “100% work-from-home” options to help meet Great Assistant’s hiring needs.
Below is more information about Great Assistant’s experience using FlexJobs, and flexible work options, to attract high-caliber employees.
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The work of recruiting, of course, involves not only finding high-caliber job candidates, but hanging on to them once you’ve hired them. In embracing work flexibility, Great Assistant has benefited in hiring as well as containing costs, Francis said. “By being flexible on working conditions, specifically flexible hours and work from home, we’re able to attract higher-caliber applicants without paying higher wages,” Francis wrote in emailed responses to questions from FlexJobs.
Flexibility also has allowed Great Assistant to hang on to valued workers. “We enjoy higher team member retention,” Francis told us. “Should their life require a move—their spouse gets transferred to a different city, or an ailing parent requires care—our team members can stay working on our team despite their life circumstances changing.”
Potential Hires That Meet the Criteria
In looking for candidates to help Great Assistant meet its mission, the company has three general qualities on its checklist: candidates who are “proactive, resourceful, flexible.” Job applicants who meet that threshold have the potential to be a good fit.
How has FlexJobs helped Great Assistant fulfill its hiring goals? “Two of our key company leaders came from FlexJobs,” Francis responded. “It’s going great! Because FlexJobs has some of the toughest employer filters in the business, only legitimate work-from-home jobs make it onto FlexJobs’ boards.”
Bolstering the Hiring Process
The work FlexJobs does to vet flexible employers and ensure that positions in its jobs database are legitimate bolsters the quality of job seekers who are FlexJobs members. “This high level of legitimacy attracts the best possible talent, which immediately puts FlexJobs applicants in the top 50% of my hiring list,” Francis said.
Francis also shared his opinion that “FlexJobs is one of the two best sites on the internet for finding great flexible hires. Applicants are often former professionals and office workers, so they’ve got great chops,” Francis said. “Their motivation isn’t as money-driven. They crave work flexibility, so it’s less likely you’ll get nickeled and dimed.”
We’re thrilled that Great Assistant has had such great success as a FlexJobs employer and thank them for sharing insights on how their company attracts high-caliber employees.
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