ABC Recruiting Inc. Blog

Onboarding new hires is challenging enough, but doing so for a remote team in a different country adds extra layers of complexity. How do you successfully onboard remote offshore new hires when you can't meet them in person? How do you convey your company culture and values? How do you properly train them on your systems and processes?

Once you've successfully onboarded your new offshore hires, the real journey is just beginning. Engaging remote employees, particularly those spanning different time zones and cultures, demands a dedicated effort and the implementation of targeted strategies. In this article, we delve into the best practices that can help maintain the motivation and productivity of your offshore team members.

In this guide, we'll share strategies for boosting your candidate experience and turning more candidates into hires. From the first point of contact through the final offer stage, there are many opportunities to engage candidates and strengthen their connection to your company. If you follow these best practices, you'll not only land more of your top candidates but also build goodwill and spread positive reviews of your hiring process. The rewards of an enhanced candidate experience are well worth the effort.

We know how challenging it can be to fill technical roles. As recruiters in the IT space, we are constantly searching for those elusive unicorns - candidates with the perfect combination of technical skills, soft skills, and culture fit. Once we find them, providing an amazing candidate experience is critical to closing them and ensuring they join our team. If we mess up that experience, all our hard work sourcing and screening goes right down the drain as the candidate accepts another offer or decides the role isn’t right for them after all.

IT talent is in high demand. Finding qualified candidates for technical roles is challenging, especially as more companies embrace digital transformation. Employers need to get creative to attract the best and brightest. An employer value proposition, or EVP, is key. Your EVP communicates what makes us unique and why candidates should work for your company. If done right, a compelling EVP will make you an employer of choice for IT talent.

The truth is, retention starts from the very beginning. It requires an intentional strategy and consistent effort. As leaders in IT recruitment, we’ve learned through trial and error what really motivates offshore teams in the long run. Here are our tried-and-true tips for keeping your all-star hires happy, challenged, and committed for the long haul. Follow these, and you’ll turn “see ya later” into “see you tomorrow!”

How do you know if all the time and money invested in recruitment is actually paying off? As a tech recruiter, maximizing your ROI is key. If you can’t prove the value of your efforts, your budget and headcount may be on the chopping block.

Working with an IT staffing agency streamlines your hiring process. They do the heavy lifting like attracting and vetting applicants so you can focus on interviewing only the most qualified candidates. An agency will get to know your company culture and the details of the role so they can find you someone who is the perfect fit. Why go through hundreds of resumes and waste time on multiple interviews when an IT staffing agency can handle it for you? Let the experts do what they do best so you can hire the right person and get back to what you do best—running your business.

Still, the renewable revolution depends on innovative IT solutions and experts to build them. So, what’s the solution to this paradox? How can companies attract the best and brightest to the companies driving the future of energy? The answers aren’t simple, but the goal is clear: we need technology and talent to accelerate the transition to clean power. And we need them now.

As tech companies continue to dominate headlines and capture imaginations with their innovations, banks find themselves struggling in an all-too-familiar battle: the war for talent. Like many industries today, banking is facing an IT skills shortage that threatens to slow digital transformation and hamper growth.