{"id":7502,"date":"2021-03-03T10:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2023-02-10T05:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:57:22","slug":"the-home-working-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/the-home-working-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Working Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||5px|||&#8221;]<p>6-minute read<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>The advantages to your business of moving to a flexible home workforce\u2014and the mid-term challenges facing talent leaders in 2021<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-32px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<h2 style=\"margin: 48.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">How a Pandemic Changed the World of Work<o:p><\/o:p><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-9px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;19px|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>COVID-19 proved to be an unstoppable juggernaut in 2020 and the lock-down measures it created have transformed the world of work. A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2020\/06\/29\/snapshot-new-working-home-economy\/#:~:text=We%20see%20an%20incredible%2042,working%20on%20their%20business%20premises.\"><span>study<\/span><\/a> by Stanford University reported that more than one in every three workers (42 percent) in the U.S. labor force are now working from home full-time. To put that into numbers, that\u2019s in the order of 13 to 27 million people working from home.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>Is this behavior going to continue into perpetuity? Most would agree it\u2019s too difficult to say, although Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics suggests, based on their own <a href=\"https:\/\/globalworkplaceanalytics.com\/work-at-home-after-covid-19-our-forecast\"><span>independent research<\/span><\/a>, their best estimate is that 25-30% of the workforce will be working-from-home multiple days a week by the end of 2021.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>If we consider the growing proportion of overseas contingent and project workers that contribute to a modern workforce, the reality that lands at our feet is that most companies in 2021 will be largely virtual in their workforce make-up.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-44px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||8px|||&#8221; min_height=&#8221;24px&#8221;]<h2 style=\"margin: 48.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">Establishing the Next New<o:p><\/o:p><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px||0px|false|true&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>But that\u2019s not the end of the story. To bake in these changes, leading corporations like Amazon, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Twitter and IBM have gone on record to say they don\u2019t expect their workers to EVER go back to the old ways of regular office commutes. Some companies are already cashing in the economies found by not operating big office complexes, once necessary to house the workforce every day.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_5&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/modern-empty-office-interior-E8Q7G8N-1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; alt=&#8221;home working&#8221; title_text=&#8221;modern-empty-office-interior-E8Q7G8N (1)&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-48px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||8px|||&#8221;]<h2 style=\"margin: 48.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">Advantages to Employers<o:p><\/o:p><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-22px||-3px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;8px|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>The obvious benefits for employers of having their people work from home include savings made from downsizing premises, cuts in the size of employee car schemes, travel costs, etc. The benefits go deeper than that though.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<ul>\n<li>Telecommunications infrastructure is simplified because workers all move on to the same virtual desktop and tools. No longer do they all need physical phone extensions, mobile phones, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Office equipment no longer needs to be provided to equip every worker.<\/li>\n<li>The cost of insurances are largely born by the workers, not employer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||4px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>The acceptance of home working as being a practical alternative to on-premise working has caused some organizations to open their recruitment up to overseas candidates. As Meghna Bhattacharya, Senior Vice President of HR for <a href=\"https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\"><span>USTECH SOLUTIONS<\/span><\/a> explains, \u201cAs soon as businesses unburden themselves and escape the age old assumption that everyone should commute to an office every day, it opens doors to a global workforce equipped with the talents they need to fill vacancies faster. Partnering with Workforce companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\"><span>USTECH SOLUTIONS<\/span><\/a> means businesses can rapidly tap into this rich source of qualified people.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p class=\"BlockQuote\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 21.6pt 12.0pt 21.6pt;\">For organizations already struggling to operate profitably with their current business models even before COVID-19 struck, some saw the \u2018excuse\u2019 of COVID-19 as an opportunity to downsize their workforce and physical assets.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;21px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>A small number of progressive organizations see the home working revolution as being an opportunity to re-configure their business operations in a positive way, encouraging workforce empowerment to \u2018work where they choose\u2019 and embrace flexible working. To make it easier living with this new normal, new technology tools and methods can be adopted to embrace new styles of communication and interaction needed for home working to succeed.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;26px||-11px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>An even smaller number of businesses were already virtual prior to the Pandemic. Companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evoludata.com\/\"><span>EvoluData<\/span><\/a>, a technology company in Canada with a global footprint of clients has always run a virtual business operation. As Marc Laporte, CEO of EvoluData puts it, \u201cIt\u2019s been some time since a client said they wanted to visit our offices. We\u2019ve always embraced the idea of workforce empowerment and our technology ecosystem and policies were framed around virtual working from the outset. We see home working as the modern operating model for tech companies. It benefits our workforce through the flexible working rewards it brings, while helping us to run at lower costs. This allows us to pass on these operational savings on to our clients in the form of lower rates.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_5&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/business-woman-hands-typing-on-laptop-computer-wit-AW4MWRW.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; alt=&#8221;home working&#8221; title_text=&#8221;business-woman-hands-typing-on-laptop-computer-wit-AW4MWRW&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-70px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6px||0px|||&#8221;]<h2 style=\"margin: 48.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">Impacts of Virtual Working Talent Leaders Have to Think About<o:p><\/o:p><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-7px||2px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>Having dealt with the short-term panics and short-falls in resources, talent leaders are now turning their attention to a new set of mid-term challenges.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-22px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<h3 style=\"margin: 36.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">#1 Changes to Employment Contracts for Home Workers<o:p><\/o:p><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;123px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||17px|-1px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; border_color_left=&#8221;#8497b0&#8243;]<p>Employment contracts that were created for an office workforce, with many individuals commuting or visiting third party office locations are now being put under the magnifying lens. Does it make sense to pay for company cars if people are working from home? Are holiday and benefits plans still appropriate? For many employees, living and working circumstances in 2021 will be very different. As it dawns on employers that this current virtual operating model REALLY IS the new normal, employment contracts are due for an overhaul.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h3>#2 Productivity Fluctuations<o:p><\/o:p><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessnewsdaily.com\/15259-working-from-home-more-productive.html#:~:text=The%20study%20found%20that%20working,of%20their%20work%2Dlife%20balance.\"><span>some reports<\/span><\/a> suggest home working has not diminished productivity, and may in fact have improved it, the performance of some individuals is clearly being impacted, now the honeymoon period is over and workers settle in to the permanency of working remotely, often isolated for hours. Not every worker has an ideal home working setup either. Many young people find themselves still working from home and forced to retire to their bedrooms to work. Other workers find themselves having to accommodate their workplace into homes that were never purchased or rented with a view to accommodating this new activity. Some mums and dads know only too well how difficult it is to concentrate with children and pets around their ankles while on conference calls.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_5&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-girl-trying-to-get-mother-39-s-attention-wh-N2JTHCE-1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; alt=&#8221;home working&#8221; title_text=&#8221;little-girl-trying-to-get-mother-39-s-attention-wh-N2JTHCE (1)&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h2>#3 Oversight and Measuring Productivity<o:p><\/o:p><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>One of the new challenges facing bosses is how to check on their remote workforce to make sure people are doing their work and using work time appropriately. It\u2019s created a new industry for tech tools to monitor the work behaviors of workers, with some capturing keyboard clicks and allowing supervisors to monitor the apps workers are using. Some even let supervisors share screens and see precisely what a worker is doing. (More enlightened employers might argue if you create the right work culture and motivate workers in the right way, they will \u2018do the right thing\u2019 anyway and get on with the job without all of this technology-powered monitoring infrastructure!)<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h3>#4 Overcoming Gaps in Teamwork\/Collaboration <o:p><\/o:p><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>While modern technology means that home workers can always jump on to a web conference call and share files, the experience of home working lacks the finesse of collaborating in the same physical space. It lacks the spontaneity of dialog often described as the \u2018watercooler moments,\u2019 and workshops are gone too. The way people collaborate and share problems, ideas, etc. is having to be re-calibrated to alternative means. Workers today need \u2018a reason\u2019 to book a web conference call, that they didn\u2019t need back int he day when they bumped into a colleague from a different department in a corridor and started fixing a problem in that classically organic way that happens in conversations.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_5&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ustechsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/colleagues-talking-at-office-U9KXSCX-1.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; alt=&#8221;home working&#8221; title_text=&#8221;colleagues-talking-at-office-U9KXSCX (1)&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_5&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h3>#5 Re-enforcing Policies and Brand Standards<o:p><\/o:p><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>In an era when customer experience means so much to companies, executive teams know full well that it tends to be people that make the difference. It\u2019s not easy to re-enforce operating policies and brand behaviors when your people are remote, and an increasing number of them are not directly employed.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h3>#6 Adopting New Processes and Technologies for Recruitment and Remote Workforce Management <o:p><\/o:p><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Operating a remote workforce requires businesses to re-think recruitment and adopt a virtual model. 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But this small compromise appears to be something many HR practitioners are willing to sacrifice for the broader rewards that come from tapping into a global workforce.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>As Paige Brach, Talent Acquisition Executive for USTECH SOLUTIONS explains, \u201cFor businesses facing talent shortfalls in their workforce, sometimes with open vacancies sitting in excess of 15% of their workforce, relaxing \u2018must work in the office\u2019 rules opens doors to a broader audience of talent.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6-minute readThe advantages to your business of moving to a flexible home workforce\u2014and the mid-term challenges facing talent leaders in 2021How a Pandemic Changed the World of WorkCOVID-19 proved to be an unstoppable juggernaut in 2020 and the lock-down measures it created have transformed the world of work. A recent study by Stanford University reported that more than one in every three workers (42 percent) in the U.S. labor force are now working from home full-time. To put that into numbers, that\u2019s in the order of 13 to 27 million people working from home.Is this behavior going to continue into perpetuity? Most would agree it\u2019s too difficult to say, although Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics suggests, based on their own independent research, their best estimate is that 25-30% of the workforce will be working-from-home multiple days a week by the end of 2021.If we consider the growing proportion of overseas contingent and project workers that contribute to a modern workforce, the reality that lands at our feet is that most companies in 2021 will be largely virtual in their workforce make-up.Establishing the Next NewBut that\u2019s not the end of the story. 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