• ‘many opportunities for hiring local employees’ (need a recruitment specialist on the
ground – local HR hire)
• ‘language/culture training’ (need language trainers potentially in country – eg for
offshored customer-service-centre employees)
• ‘implications around working harder to attract women (perhaps target female
students?)’ (need diversity expert to devise suitable policies to attract women)
• ‘may not be an attractive proposition salary-wise for some’ (need compensation
experts on the ground for local hires and an HQ-based expert for expatriate hires)
• ‘cache and brand image may be a plus’ (can capitalise on these for hiring strategy –
internal/external communications expert may be needed)
• ‘good catchment areas for potential recruits’ (as above – local recruitment specialist,
or could outsource locally)
• ‘social networking a good way to attract employees’ (recruitment specialist with IT
and social networking skills)
• ‘may need to work on succession and management development policies to get
around cultural norms around seniority based on age’ (career development specialist,
diversity expert)