4 Steps to Hiring Full-time Offshore Talent with Eris Verne of Alfinder

Are you considering hiring a team of experts offshore? 

We all know that this option can give you a lot more bang for your buck. But does it really? The communication challenges, cultural differences and time variations may prove too much to manage for some entrepreneurs. 

It’s important to consider this as an option only when the organization has the tools & structure to support successful communication of expectations. When aligned with company values, these hires can bring the added diversity that is needed to fuel innovation.

Our guest today: Eris Verne, Founder of AIfinder.

Eris started programming at the age of 14. While in college he started an algorithm based company which solved the problem of internet filtering called APKN. The company was acquired two years later. 

After the exit of APKN, Eris discovered a flaw within a multidisciplinary field which intersects marketing, data, and behavioral analysis. So he founded Alfinder to be the most flexible behavioral data analysis solution, enabling industry leaders to predict market behaviors and learn audiences.  He currently leads a team of 11 talented offshore employees who have been extraordinary since day one.

Today we discuss:

Why to hire offshore talent
How to effectively acquire the right teams for your company

Challenge today? 

Big risk to hire local
Costs
Commitments, legal issues

Locating people for technical roles very difficult
Taking a big gamble 
Problems faced:
Knowing what to do with the offshore team
Cultural alignment 

 Quality
Need a technical person to manage

Why is this important to the company?

Frees your time to hand off work
Offshore are in their own habitat - only need one person here to project manage
Must be a technical founder! 

Rick’s Nuggets

Communication is the biggest hurdle
Contracting makes sense

How do we hire offshore talent effectively?

First Determine what you need 
It’s best to find a technical person to assist you with this
 Do not hire individuals! Hire through an agency

Identify an agency
 They might not be technical people themselves so make sure they understand your needs.
Agencies usually have a way of tracking their candidates, ask as many questions as needed to understand the details of how the do so
 The agency you choose should be ok with you changing, adding and removing candidates from your team regularly
Don’t fall into the trap of letting them handle your team and get your own project manager

Interview & Hire
 Feel free to set up your interview as you would normally
Understand candidates backgrounds and challenge them with technical questions
Make sure there is NOT a language barrier or move on
Do not spend days on hiring and going through 5 interviews with a candidate
Hire Fast, Fire Faster!

Set everything straight
Try not to share internal news with them
And don’t expect them to learn a new technology while working for you
After you find fit candidates for your needs, try to work with them on a technical level only
Monitor their everyday work
Set the bar as you would normally

Key Takeaways -Value:

If you’re not a technical founder make sure you to have a technical person on your team
Focus on the people who benefit from your software/solution rather than the people who are making it
Hire Fast, Fire Faster

Guest Links:

Eris Verne: LinkedIn 

Company: Alfinder  Facebook  Instagram

 

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