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Why should a company hire foreign talent?

  Aditi Banerjee, Co-Founder, Magic Billion Typically, clients who use Magic Billion’s services to hire foreign talent , do it with one overt objective – their cities/countries are short of the kind of talent they are looking for but business needs demand talent for those roles, so they are looking to close the deficit from other countries. In my opinion, this is a bit short sighted. Our truly “favourite” companies are those who hire foreign talent with the following three aspects in mind (in addition to the point above) – I don’t have scientific evidence for these points but these are basis my discussions with clients and my own experience having worked in four multicultural organisations: 1.      New perspectives to grow existing business lines – this can help jumpstart a business line which is plateauing or worse, declining. Hiring foreign talent will definitely enable a fresh outlook – given their experiences – which are most often unique especially for a traditional domes

Why should a company hire foreign talent?

 Aditi Banerjee, Co-Founder, Magic Billion Typically, clients who use Magic Billion’s services to hire foreign talent , do it with one overt objective – their cities/countries are short of the kind of talent they are looking for but business needs demand talent for those roles, so they are looking to close the deficit from other countries. In my opinion, this is a bit short sighted. Our truly “favourite” companies are those who hire foreign talent with the following three aspects in mind (in addition to the point above) – I don’t have scientific evidence for these points but these are basis my discussions with clients and my own experience having worked in four multicultural organisations: 1.      New perspectives to grow existing business lines – this can help jumpstart a business line which is plateauing or worse, declining. Hiring foreign talent will definitely enable a fresh outlook – given their experiences – which are most often unique especially for a traditional domestic

India- The Global Talent Powerhouse of Software Engineers and Developers

My first connect with the world of software developers and the engineers was a decade ago, when as Head of Standards of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), I worked with NASSCOM to create the NASSCOM IT Skill Council. It was then that I interacted with Heads of numerous IT Companies, both Indian and Global, and came up with the design of the Skill Council, which today is the Nodal Agency for technical certification, and development of software developers and the engineers in India. Since then, we have been closely tracking the growth in quality and scale, of Indian software developers and the engineers .   Today's world as we know it, is driven by technology. Technology is the enabler for all industries whether it is manufacturing, services or agriculture. New hardware and software technologies enable us to use our mobiles better, devices in the kitchen better,and industrial appliances better. Galloping technology has permeated our very lives, and every day, there