No Office We Hire People We've Never Met - Remote Recruitment Explained
Jun 20, 2025
01:04:41
How do you hire for a fully remote team without making costly mistakes? What surprises people who switch from office life to remote work? And how can you trust someone you've never met in person? Find out all about recruitment and onboarding in a remote-first company!
🎙️ Topics:
- Advantages and disadvantages of recruiting for a distributed team
- What we pay attention to when selecting candidates – key qualities and skills for working in a remote company
- Our recruitment process step by step
- Evaluating work and building trust with new remote team members
- "Culture shock" – how people with traditional office experience adapt to our remote team
- Trial period and onboarding of new employees
- Integration and building relationships in a remote team
📝 Show notes
- Chapter 23 of the book "No Office" by Michael about recruitment in a no-office company
- Why Nozbe has no office and how we work
- Nozbe team retreats
- A Glance at the Nozbe Work Culture: Yes, We Are Unicorns
Creators & Guests
- Michael Sliwinski - Host
- Magda - Host
🟣 Find Us
- No Office website: nooffice.fm
- Tweet us @nozbe
- Follow us on Instagram @nozbe
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:58) - Advantages and disadvantages of recruiting for a distributed team
- (12:38) - What we pay attention to when selecting candidates – key qualities and skills for working in a remote company
- (18:08) - Our recruitment process step by step
- (47:04) - Evaluating work and building trust with new remote team members
- (50:24) - "Culture shock" – how people with traditional office experience adapt to our remote team
- (52:08) - Trial period and onboarding of new employees
- (54:28) - Integration and building relationships in a remote team
- (55:44) - Summary and BONUS for listeners