Widening the candidate pool. What do you do when you run out of the right talent in your home market?

09-Oct-2007: Although relocating candidates has been a rarely used tactic over the last few years, we have recently noticed a significant shift in attitude from both clients and candidates, particularly in the recruitment of skilled technical personnel. With a shortage of talent in your home market and an increasing demand for niche skills, more companies are now willing to consider relocating candidates to fill key positions. In a period of rapid growth, widening the pool of talent can be extremely cost-effective and time-efficient. But most importantly, it allows you to select the best candidate over the available candidate.

We have found countries new to the EU such as Poland, Romania and Bulgaria a great source of well educated and motivated talent who are excited by the opportunity to relocate.

There are challenges involved with relocating new employees; the interview process needs to be rigorous to minimise the risk on the behalf of both the candidate and client.

We recommend that clients mitigate their risk by re-designing the recruitment process to utilise tools such as on-line technical testing and video conferencing. These will support the creation of a reliable short-list of candidates before international travel costs are incurred. But most importantly, carefully choose a Recruitment Partner that you can trust to protect and enhance your employer brand and reputation in new markets.

It is often said that moving house and starting a new job are two of the most stressful events in life. Relocating candidates experience both at the same time; For candidates to mitigate their risk, it is vital for them to work with a trusted broker, someone who knows and understands the employer, their culture and the region.
Although it is advisable to be cautious, offering a degree of commitment up-front to your selected candidate, such as paying for the cost of travel to the interview and reasonably supporting relocation costs, underlines your commitment and further differentiates you in a competitive market. If you are interested in understanding our relocation experience further, or you are a candidate interested in relocating, please contact us.

About Allan|Carter:
Allan|Carter is a niche recruitment partner for high-growth businesses in the Communications Technology sector, across EMEA. Our clients include the software, hardware, services and service provider communities. Allan|Carter has successfully delivered for many of the industry’s leading companies, including HP, Juniper Networks, Thus, Intel, Fujitsu, BlackBerry and IBM. Our fast, cost-effective recruitment solutions, as well as our focus on this market, has established us as a leading company in our field.

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