The Morrison & O'Hara partners have extensive experience of working in developing countries, having extensive experience of living and working in the Caribbean, Africa, and south-east Asia. They are very aware of the unusually broad range of highly developed skills possessed by professional staff returning from assignments in the developing world and of the problems typically encountered by employers and returning expatriate employees. In consequence, the Morrison & O'Hara partnership provides a service structured towards the needs of this sector, taking advantage of the international presence of our network partners in MRI Worldwide: with over 1100 offices spread across five continents, we are able to source good candidates on a global basis.

International Recruitment

• companies need new employees capable of adapting comfortably to a new environment

• companies need new employees able to hit the ground running

We can help.

Expatriate employers frequently encounter difficulties in recruitment, not simply because of the problems associated with recruiting professional staff at a distance but also because of frequently challenging domestic circumstances. It takes special skills and adaptability to succeed in new and alien environments. Unhappy personnel are no use to anyone, yet many expatriate employees arrive at their destination with little effective knowledge of the working environment they will be expected to slot into. If the match isn't right, staff morale can become a problem, deadlines suffer and core business becomes threatened.

We build up our knowledge of the company and the demands of the particular position through in depth discussion with the client company. Years of overseas work experience enable us to ask the right questions to determine the conditions that our candidates for any position can expect. Not only do we ensure that our candidates are well-qualified and experienced for a particular position, through our interview process and the use of SelecSys behaviour profiling techniques, we can match the character of potential employees with the character traits demanded by the job and lifestyle, thereby minimising likely problems associated with re-location and making sure that both sides are right for each other.

We can arrange Video Conferencing link ups worldwide to facilitate preliminary discussions and reduce interview costs.

Managing Contract Personnel

• Contracts come to an end

• Managing the process sensibly, effectively and economically can be difficult

We can help.

Expatriate employees are employed on contract. Often, continuation of employment is not an option, perhaps because the project is approaching its end, or for other reasons such as problems renewing work permits. Uncertainties associated with future employment can cause serious operational difficulties. Morrison & O'Hara can help to bridge this gap by working with both sides to manage the relocation and, where necessary, the replacement process. By working with the employer we reduce insecurity for both sides. A satisfied employer is the best tribute we can use when looking to find new employment opportunities whilst knowledge of contract deadlines helps us to manage the repatriation process effectively, efficiently and economically. We build upon goodwill to bring benefits to both sides at the critical stages in contract employment.