Three ways Facet5 Supports Remote Employee Recruitment and Management

The last five years since the Covid pandemic has changed forever the way we work. Certainly there is a move to bring employees back to the office, but working remotely, or in a hybrid arrangement, is now a normal working arrangement. Recruiting and then managing employees, often without meeting in person, and in the absence of traditional ways of building rapport, trust and understanding, can be a challenge for leaders.

Facet5 can support managers to first recruit successfully for a remote role, and then help to onboard and manage employees by giving managers a better understanding of employee’s work preferences based on their personality traits.

Here are three benefits of using Facet5 to support your recruitment process for remote teams.

1. Ensuring the Right Personality Fit for Remote Roles

Not all people are suited for remote work. Some need more structure, others thrive in autonomy, while others need more social interaction. By assessing traits like discipline and sociability, Facet5 helps identify candidates whose personality traits are suited to a remote role and identify those who may not thrive in an environment away from the office.  

2. Understanding how individuals perform in an isolated physical environment

Working remotely can be a dream scenario for some and a nightmare for others.  One of the five factors in a Facet5 profile is energy which measures individuals on their sociability, adaptability and vitality. Individuals with a high score on these sub-factors may struggle with the isolation of remote working unless opportunities are provided to work closely with others on a regular basis. Individuals with a low energy score but a high score in discipline will prefer to get on with the work without the need for a lot of interaction with people.

3. Guiding managers to individualise their management plan for their team

A remote working model can mean that the off-the-cuff water cooler discussions and informal relationship development opportunities are not as readily available. Having an in depth understanding of an individual’s personality and their work preferences from a Facet5 report,  can guide managers in tailoring their relationship with staff on a one-to-one basis.  This tailored approach is highly effective as part of an on-boarding process and assists ongoing relationship development or coaching in both a remote working and traditional environment.

If you're interested in what Facet5 can do to support your recruitment process and leadership of your teams, get in touch for a chat.