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Hire Your Best Employees by Breaking Down Geographic Barriers

The three-word answer you’re likely to get when looking to hire globally is “limitless talent pool”.

But you have your doubts. You think “talent pool” actually means “unemployed people and not specialists who can get the job done within your tight budget”.

Subsequently, you feel it’s better to stick with local employees. Even if they’re not entirely familiar with your specific requirements. At least they are local. And US workers always outshine employees from elsewhere.

That is where statistics and studies are begging to differ with your opinion. Sixty years ago the US left the competition far behind when it came to having top skilled workers. Today, international workers are as skilled as (and often more so than) their US counterparts. According to the World Economic Forum, the best workers are located in Europe.

You may have heard about the PISA survey. It’s a survey conducted every three years that evaluates worldwide education systems. According to it, the US ranked 30th in mathematics and 19th in science in 2015. The survey statistics have sadly become fodder for late night talk show hosts in the US. But it should be a wake-up call for businesses to consider where they can find the best workers for their money.

The recruitment process is tiresome at best. Small- and medium-sized businesses don’t often have the luxury of hiring by trial-and-error. They need their perfect match at a moderate cost.

In such cases, searching only locally will limit your choices. If you operate from a rural area, you may face a practical shortage of workers. In contrast, your business may require niche technical knowledge. That is when dipping into the “limitless talent pool” can be rewarding.

 

Why looking beyond your fence is more likely to get you better results when hiring employees?

To answer that question with any certainty we should take a closer look at what shapes this talent pool.

Workers from outside of the US are just as qualified. And skilled enough to carry out their duties at the same speed as their US colleagues. It is now up to US businesses to shake off the fables that exist about foreign workers. Because hiring from across the pool can be a lucrative decision.

But it needs to be executed correctly. For instance, having a foreign worker relocate to the US is expensive and full of legislative hassles. But hiring remote workers can mean a hefty cost cut for US businesses. Adding value without added costs is how businesses maintain their edge. And that’s why hiring remotely is definitely the wave of the future. It’s the effortless way to dip into the worldwide talent pool.

This is a guest post. Sharon Koifman believes every company, from the biggest enterprise to the newly-launched garage startup, should have access to world’s top talent. That’s why he used over 10 years of experience in tech industry recruitment & HR to create DistantJob. His unique recruitment model allows DistantJob’s clients to get high quality IT experts working remotely at a fraction of the usual cost – with no red tape and within two weeks.

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