Penna: Firms struggling to apply cross-cultural recruitment

29/07/2008

Human resources advisory group Penna has claimed many firms are struggling to apply cross-cultural recruitment methods.

Its research found 57 per cent do not have adequate cross-border assessments and only 19 per cent have adopted a multilingual online approach to recruitment, onrec.com has reported.

Companies need to have the correct processes in place "otherwise they are at real risk of eliminating top talent from joining their organisations," said managing director Diana Haddad.

Penna found that 71 per cent of companies had difficulty implementing standardised international recruitment and retention strategies, worrying as increasing numbers of workers are looking to find work in the UK.

It has been reported that Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates would fail the government's new immigration standards, as he had no university education.

In the UK, thanks to its diverse population, firms can recruit workers into legal jobs from a variety of backgrounds.

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