With regard to international recruitment, we wanted to know to what extent companies are already looking for candidates abroad. Some studies in this field have been conducted recently, so let\u2019s have a look. The following questions are of special interest for us:<\/p>\n
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To what extent are companies already recruiting applicants outside of Germany? What are the typical difficulties when it comes to international recruitment? What are best practices in international recruitment? Nevertheless, currently 3% of those companies stated that they select personnel from abroad \u201cfrequently\u201d and 19% said \u201cregularly\u201d.<\/p>\n Even though many companies are aware of the many advantages of an international workforce, there are still only a few who actually recruit internationally; 50% of the companies who participated in a recent study called \u2018Recruiting Trends 2013\u2019, said that international recruitment will play an \u201cimportant\u201d or \u201cvery important\u201d role in 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n Most applicants seem to be enthusiastic about working abroad; on global average, 68% of the international participants would be willing to work abroad. European workers are particularly mobile. The majority of the European respondents (42%) considered their global mobility to be \u201cvery strong\u201d. They especially hope to improve their career opportunities (49%). The least frequently named motivation (average of 10%) was to work abroad for personal or family reasons.<\/p>\n International recruiting is challenging for companies, hiring departments and operating departments alike. Top challenges are the complexity of processes, coordination issues like scheduling conflicts and the risk of high costs.<\/p>\n In its study in 2013, The Jeitosa International Group examined , what Top Employers, which are especially successful in recruiting on a global level, do better than others. The three key findings are:<\/p>\n Still, the question of how to successfully overcome the challenges still remains.<\/p>\n We think that many of those challenges can be solved using innovative solutions such as video technology, not only because Forbes declared that in 2014 \u201c… an explosion in the use of video has created a need to continuously invest in HR technology<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Some smart software solutions can help considerably in making selection processes better and faster – a huge advantage for companies and candidates alike. Especially on-demand video interviewing can take international talent acquisition to the next level, more specifically recorded video interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nHow many applicants are effectively willing to work outside their native country?<\/em><\/p>\nEuropean candidates are particularly mobile<\/span><\/h2>\n
Learn from the best \u2013 What do top employers do better?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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