Author: Your Tech HR

Hiring internationally can be complex and time consuming, so many companies opt to onboard talent as contractors, either as a short-term solution, or a long-term team-building strategy. Is this the best solution for your clients? As their partner, you should help them understand the pros and cons of all their hiring options.

Are your teams remote or flexing to a hybrid workspace? From onboarding, through global team integration, and even employee offboarding, our HR experts laid out a strategy for companies to create an engaging, rewarding work environment for their team members, wherever they may be located.

For new managers who are building or inheriting teams in today’s turbo-charged, digitally-enabled business environment, things are far more complicated than they were thirty years ago. They are also far more interesting, far more productive, and far more creative. But that doesn’t make managing a modern global team easy. Far from it. Yet with the challenges come extraordinary joys.

Hybrid work models, work-life balance, and AI-augmented workforces are foreseeable trends for 2022. Preparing for the unexpected and pivoting at a moment’s notice were valuable lessons many global companies learned in 2020 and 2021. As we move through 2022, companies are eager to retain a competitive advantage and continue on the path of success and adaptability.

Behind the rose-tinted view of global expansion, lie more ghastly tales, involving a multitude of country- specific laws and regulations. Fail to abide, and you’re risking drawn-out litigation processes, high penalties and monetary costs, permanent reputational damage, and even jail time.

SonicWall has seen a number of organizational changes throughout its 30-year history, from its early days as an innovator in SMB network security to its decade as a public company, its five years as a part of Dell and the past five years of private ownership following divestiture.

When a company needs to meet the demands of industry leaders in different sectors and countries, having the right employees is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. So, when DevonWay was tasked with relocating a valued employee from the U.S. to the UAE, a country where DevonWay did not have an entity, they had to find a cost-effective, efficient solution.

A diverse, distributed team adds efficiency, improves the overall chances of success for a business, and most importantly, adds another measure of resilience. And in times of crisis and uncertainty, it’s resilience that helps businesses come out stronger on the other side.

According to the Future Forum research, 72 percent of employees said they never want to go back to the traditional way of working and expect a hybrid-remote office model going forward. Research has shown that when executed correctly, hybrid working models can allow companies to recruit better talent, achieve innovation, and build a flexible, productive future.

Staying compliant is critical for long-term success. Companies that grow internationally without prioritizing compliance are sure to run into problems. From entity setup, to hiring, financial reporting, and staying on top of changing regulations, compliance plays a key role every step of the way.