How to hire in a country where you have no company: contractor, Employer of Record, payroll registration or your own entity, with misclassification and PE risks explained.
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Sourcing Channels & Methods
Choosing the right hiring channel: agencies and headhunters, referrals, passive sourcing and hiring abroad without an entity.
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Passive Candidate Sourcing: Boolean Search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub and Communities
A practical guide to sourcing people who are not looking: Boolean strings, LinkedIn products, GitHub and communities, outreach that gets replies, and data-protection limits.
Employee Referral Programmes That Actually Find the Right Person
How to design a referral programme that employees use: bonus amount and timing, tax rules by country, avoiding homogeneity, process, communication and tracking.
Recruitment Agencies and Headhunters: Fees, Contracts and How to Choose, Country by Country
Typical agency and headhunter fees in 13 markets, where agencies must be licensed, the contract clauses that cost more than the percentage, and how to brief an agency well.
Which Hiring Channel for Which Role: A Decision Matrix
A decision matrix that maps seven role types against ten hiring channels, with cost, speed and quality compared, a channel-selection question set and a source-of-hire scorecard.
Talent Pipelines and Talent Pools: How to Build, Nurture and Use Them
Build and nurture talent pools that shorten time to hire, cut costs and improve quality.
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How Do You Source Candidates Effectively?
A practical guide to sourcing candidates — the main sourcing channels, reaching active and passive candidates, the power of referrals, and building a talent pipeline for the roles you will need.