249 — Starting a career remotely

Back in mid-March we spoke to Emerald Works' CEO John Yates and Frontline Pedagogy Lead, Laura Watkin, about their experience of starting senior roles remotely. This week on the Mind Tools L&D podcast, Gemma talks to freshly recruited team members from the same organisations - Emerald Works team member, David Sharkey and People Coordinator at Front, Simi Manik - on their remote onboard experiences. We discuss:  what remote onboarding involves - the positives and negatives how it's different to joining a company "in person"  what organisations might consider doing to best support remote newbies Show notes Gemma's tomato-based factoids came from James Wong's book, How to eat better. Simi recommended the book Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala. David's nugget about door frame heights came from Bill Bryson's At Home: A Short History of Private Life  For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit emeraldworks.com. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers: Simi Manik - www.linkedin.com/in/simi-manik-b8a763123/ David Sharkey - www.linkedin.com/in/david-sharkey-117319135 Gemma Towersey - @GemmaTowersey