International Hiring Strategy: How to Find, Contract & Onboard Your First Employee Abroad

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for hiring employees abroad, featuring insights from executive search expert Andriy Strekhaliuk.

Hiring employees abroad is one of the biggest operational challenges in international expansion, and most companies get it wrong from day one. In this episode, executive search expert Andriy Strekhaliuk shares a full international hiring strategy. Andriy is the founder of Astra Plus and brings 14+ years of experience in global recruitment, including senior roles at DuPont EMEA and Mondelez International across 11 countries. What you'll learn: The #1 mistake companies make when hiring in a foreign country How to build your employer value proposition when no one knows your brand EOR (Employer of Record) vs. freelancer vs. legal entity, which model to use The €45,000 legal trap when misclassifying foreign employees How to benchmark international salaries (Mercer, Hays, Glassdoor, local boards) How to localise, not just translate, your job descriptions 90-day onboarding goals and exit strategy planning Chapters: 00:00 Intro. The cost of a wrong international hire 00:57 Andriy's background: Executive search, DuPont, Mondelez, & Astra+ 04:13 Mistake #1: Copying your domestic hiring playbook abroad 05:57 Sales psychology: Treating recruitment as a partnership value proposition 07:31…

People in this episode

Host: Dmytro Shvets

Guest: Andriy Strekhaliuk

Topics covered

• international hiring
• employee onboarding
• global recruitment
• employment law
• business expansion

Keywords

• international hiring strategy
• Employer of Record
• freelancer
• legal entity
• onboarding
• salary benchmarking
• job descriptions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astra Plus, DuPont, Mondelez International

Places: EMEA

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