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Stay Flexible: How to Hire Globally in a Post-Pandemic World

Velocity Global

Then, economic growth can resume and HR departments can return to their strategic plans, including global hiring. Growth strategies must now include safety protocols, real-time local knowledge, and contingency plans that account for immediate global shutdowns. As a result, businesses’ global hiring plans need to stay flexible.

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Webinar: COVID-19 Update—How to Keep Global Hiring Initiatives Running During Uncertain Times

Velocity Global

These obstacles make running global businesses challenging or nearly impossible, as millions of companies around the world shut down in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. However, for some companies, the outbreak has not stopped business entirely, and many of these firms need ways to keep their global hiring initiatives moving.

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How to Attract Today’s Top Talent: 5 Perks Employees Expect

Globalization Partners

In recent years, particularly since 2020, many companies have started leaning on perks and fringe benefits to retain workers. The pandemic’s global economic disruption caused many employers to shift their focus from salary increases to employee perks. Remote work and flexibility . The evolution of employee perks.

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HR Outsourcing Service Providers Rising to Meet New Demands for Digital Transformation

Avasant

To address these challenges, enterprises are increasingly relying on service providers for flexible HR operations and digital transformation. This has led to a seven percent growth in HR outsourcing adoption between June 2020 and June 2021.

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How Global Remote Hiring Addresses New Zealand Tech Talent Woes

Globalization Partners

In fact, this trend reached its peak in March 2020 just before the pandemic hit, with a net migration of 91,000 people. This had started to occur even before 2020 and has gained massive traction since then. For instance, two-thirds of New Zealand workers say they want flexibility in their work life.

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Three Things Employees Want Amidst Record-Setting Turnover

Velocity Global

in April of 2020, and the highest rate of turnover since 2000. . Flexible Work Arrangements. 88% of respondents said they would prioritize a job that offered complete flexibility in where and when they worked. These stats point to a clear takeaway: employees want flexibility beyond the 9-to-5, brick-and-mortar office structure.

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COVID 19: Going Global During Travel Bans and Immigration Restrictions

Velocity Global

In late March, Singapore, the world’s top market for growing tech firms, according to Velocity Global’s 2020 Global Expansion Tech Index , closed its borders to tourists and short-term visitors. Stay Home and Go Global. A Solution for International Business Barriers.