It's
3am and I'm currently sat in my car as we traverse Europe. (I've done my stint
but I can't sleep in cars... I'm not blogging while driving, don't worry). Any
way where was I? Right we're currently crossing Europe, somewhere in Germany.
I've not seen the sign for Düsseldorf but we can't be far off. Nearly half way!
Back
to the point. I've just filled up at the petrol station and it confused the
hell out of me. Nothing to do with being up nigh on 24 hours. This led me to
think, how well do you (me) really know your markets? I mean if something as
simple as filling up your car (on much cheaper diesel) is significantly
different then what else is?
There
certainly must be a number of factors in sourcing and recruiting candidates
that differ from home. So if you are recruiting outside of your own nation, how
much do you really know about the factors that will impact your ability to
attract candidates... There's two ways to find out I guess, research and
immersion. I'm all for immersion myself but I guess the boss isn't going to
send me out to Indonesia next time I have a role there..
I'm
lucky in that I'm able to do the in depth research for my clients and have
access to a fantastic team of insight consultants who are the best around at
finding this info (and lots more) out. I'd be interested to learn how you find
out that petrol stations are different?
