Virtual Staffing Benefits Both Employers & Employees

by Nile Dame Daño, Guest Contributor
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Virtual staffing has been increasingly in demand and continuously becoming a trend as the concept of flexible workforce has gained its limelight in the flourishing outsourcing business. Philippines, the growing home of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry, is an ideal option for virtual staffing for practical reasons. Staff are willing to negotiate business operating hours in preference with their working time zones; And second, gap in communication is less to be focused on since English is used as the second language.​

The benefits of virtual staffing.

The dynamic context of virtual staffing attracted both employers and employees considering the benefits it can offer. Both camps similarly can experience a list of top advantages.

For Employers:

• Cost-Effective - Labor costs are comparatively cheaper if manpower is outsourced from Asian countries. Also, items such as infrastructure, office supplies, furniture, electricity, and other administrative costs are also reduced, if not totally abolished.
• Access to Global Talent - Multi-talented, skilled individuals can be outsourced outside from your geographical borders. Do not restrict recruitment within your own city or local area because you are limiting the opportunity of availing pool of quality talent.
• Lower Attrition Rates - Remote staffing is considered a perk to retain top talent and strengthen the relationship of the employees. Recognizing employees’ convenience can turn into a higher rate of loyalty. Aside that turnover can disrupt the flow of business culture, it will be a waste of money to undergo recruitment and training of new employees repetitively.
• Increase Employee Productivity - Employees who work from home are efficiently and effectively productive because of flexible working hours, traffic avoidance, distant from office distractions, and conducive working environment.
• Improve Employee Morale - Employees who own their time are healthier physically and emotionally. They have a work-life balance which lead to greater sense of work commitment and productivity.

For Employees:

• Time Convenience - Adjustment of operational hours based from an employees’ most productive hours can greatly attain effectivity and contentment. This allows employees to attend other personal needs which is impossible for them to do when they are confined in a regular corporate setting.
• Lowering Carbon Footprint - Commuting makes an employee’s life miserable especially when hassled from congested traffic.  It increases stress, physical pain, loneliness and life dissatisfaction which affects mood, focus and productivity. Working from home avoid employees from long commutes and does not waste their valuable time.
• Reduce Expenses - Not only employers can save money, but employees too. Employees decrease travel costs and can potentially save from outdoor expenses. The battery of the laptop might get drained, but at least not the earnings.
• Technologically-Connected - Working remotely means you are utilizing all the tools and software available online as means of communication between your employer and clients. You are making business, at the same time adapting the rapid evolution of technology.
• Work-Life Balance - Since remote employees are in full control of their own time management, they can be engaged with other priorities aside from work. This increase level of happiness, motivation and self-fulfillment.

The idea of virtual staffing is a win-win scenario for two camps---the employer and the employees. While many have thought that it has greater benefits for employers, the above list of advantages mirrors the equivalent employees’ takings. Both camps have mutual benefits to enjoy. With the emerging business approach because of technology advancement, investing in virtual staffing is a fundamental and empirical gesture to compete in the changing market world.
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About the Author

Nile Dame Daño has a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and is currently working as Content and Social Media Specialist and Remote Assistant of Blueprint Business Solutions, an innovative staffing solutions provider situated in the business district of Mactan Island, Philippines.
Company: Blueprint Business Solutions Corp