Why Hire International Employees?

The exponential rise in talent access and talent base reach

Business-critical industries are suffering from skills shortages and a lack of talent across the globe and the destabilizing effects of the pandemic are still being felt in industries such as tech, logistics and healthcare.

As expectations change around what a healthy, supportive and sustainable work culture is, so too changes the attitudes and behaviors of domestic workforces.

The question on the lips of every recruiter is how do we develop better talent pathways and open up new talent pools to guarantee productive, efficient service now and in the future?

The answer lies in diversifying your talent outreach and sourcing staff from international talent pools.

• The most immediate and obvious benefit of hiring international staff is it exponentially increases your access to talent and, with social media and professional networks as they are, it’s never been easier to connect with said talent.
• Plus, by opening your doors to international staff you expand your talent pool into emerging markets - ones that haven’t been stripped of available talent and are eager to work and relocate to established career markets.

De-cloning your team and increasing the diversity of company culture

The business and ethical case for diversifying your workforce is well established. Reports from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business Review indicate that diverse staffing improves virtually every measurable metric, from staff productivity to revenue.

• Hiring international staff “de-clones” and diversifies your work culture in real-time, providing new ideas, new creativity and new inputs on processes and service provision.
• Being able to hire from diverse talent pools then becomes central to ensuring businesses can remain competitive and sustainable in 2023 and beyond. To that end, hiring international staff is becoming absolutely critical to sustainable business success.

Opportunity for expansion into international markets

One of the oft-forgotten positive aspects of diversifying staffing approaches is how international talent pools provide access to new markets, especially when hiring senior or c-suite executives, or when your product or service needs a multi-lingual team.

When it comes to expansion into new foreign markets, the benefits of hiring international staff are clear:

• International workers provide native language confidence.
• They have cultural and customer perception proximity to the market.
• They guarantee a reduction in product/market launch teething issues.

Opening up new markets is never easy, but being able to call on the advocacy and market knowledge of native workers could be the difference between product launch and product failure.

Recruitment cost saving

The rise of digital collaboration tools, off- and near-shoring networks and the “global village” has brought around a new era of cost-effective talent connection.

• Hiring international staff can be one of the most cost-effective ways to bring new staff onboard, especially when combining remote onboarding (and the opportunity for staff to start work remotely immediately) with an affordable, personalized relocation package.

The bottom line

On the surface of it, hiring international staff can seem daunting.

Taking advantage of the hiring reach and talent potential of international staff markets requires an in-depth knowledge of everything from legal processes to visa specifics, and needs to be full spectrum in regards to both pastoral and professional talent care.

But hiring international staff is one of the most business-positive things you could do. The benefits are immediate and tangible - from cultural diversification and talent pool expansion to business improvements and increased productivity and creative ideation.