Local Culture
Understand local culture when recruiting talent in a different country can be critical for companies. Be able to understand the culture value of a society help company to determine what kind of compensation and benefits would be most appealing to their prospective employees. For example, many Asia countries have a high power-distance society, such as China and Japan, job titles are much more important in Asia than in most other developed markets. (Michael Kirsten) Likewise, culture value will also determine what kind of corporate culture and management style will be more appealing. For example, working for a profitable, influential and socially responsible organization is a key goal of many employees globally (Michael Kirsten). If companies can leverage their corporate reputation, it will help them to attract more quality talent in their recruitment.
Local Laws
Recruitment or employment laws can be very different cross countries. Be able to knowing the employment laws in the host country can unsure the employment is lawful. Plus sometimes it can determine the overall cost of every recruitment. Take one example from our guest speakers, Mr. Peter Rowan form Hazelett Strip-Casting. He mentioned in his talk that they have recently hired an engineer for China who is so talented that they will be willing to pay for his lawyer for applying H1B visa. Countries like United States and many European countries with regulations on international recruiting, can increase