As more tech companies embrace nearshoring recruiting, there’s a growing utilization of LatAm talent. Discover the perks of expanding your team by using Howdy as an employer of record instead of tackling recruiting yourself.
Howdy as EOR
As an employer of record (EOR), Howdy locates, interviews, hires, and onboards team members for your business. Our EOR status allows us to take care of payroll, benefits, and legal compliance in nearshore countries of operation. When hiring talent through an EOR, partner companies direct day-to-day functions and responsibilities for team members, but the EOR is the official employer for compliance reasons.
Howdy’s handling of EOR capabilities allows partners to focus on their businesses' management and specialized growth without worrying about the intricacies of international legal compliance.
Simplified Hiring
We source candidates in seven major LatAm cities, each with its own strengths and challenges regarding types of talent, English proficiency, and logistical interactions. One of the advantages of working with us is our familiarity with local talent pools. Howdy’s extensive recruiting network draws from a massive (and steadily growing) talent pool of tech specialists in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, and Brazil. With a finger on the pulse of each country’s digital frontier, we can rapidly source, interview, and onboard the top 1% of talent in a few short days.
Onboarding international hires can take a significant chunk of time if you try to hire them yourself, as supplying equipment and resources to team members isn’t as easy as the one-click purchasing and two-day shipping we rely on domestically. Laptops, monitors, and other essential operational equipment can get hung up in customs for those unfamiliar with the legal terrain. Our streamlined hiring and onboarding process connects you with the talent you need and supplies your team with everything they need to start collaborating as soon as possible. Plus, should you ever need to replace hardware or equipment for your team, you won’t have to wait long periods and incur costly delays.
Compliance and Legal Assurance
Having teams in every host country allows us to stay current on legal and economic shifts. Staying compliant is less of a strict methodology and more of an ongoing understanding of the legal landscape as policies get updated and amended. Our localized infrastructure plays a crucial role in keeping up-to-date with these policies, making it a much more streamlined process to stay compliant in every location. Legal fees, administrative expenses, and ongoing compliance management can add up very quickly without an EOR to help lift that burden.
In the case of the Austin-based real estate tech company OJO, there was initial apprehension when it came to hiring tech talent in LatAm. Understanding and running a DIY operation that stays within the legal parameters of another country while running a domestic business can be tricky. OJO trusted Howdy to get the job done. This delegation helped alleviate woes about learning a new set of legal guidelines, allowing OJO to focus on training their new hires and integrating them into the team.
Access to High Quality Talent
A recent wave of investment into LatAm has helped revolutionize the region into a future tech powerhouse. Increasingly, local governments are funding STEM education programs and expanding their workforce in these areas. Our talent location and recruitment process looks at people from all walks of life and experience levels and determines who fits best into what role.
A major part of the selection process naturally involves assessing a candidate’s skills to ensure a fit for the role. But our talent pipeline works more efficiently than a standard pass/fail interview process because we understand some people just need a little more training or experience in the field before becoming a part of an international team. When candidates need more fluency in speaking English, writing programming languages, or any other professional development, we give them appropriate feedback. Our thorough assessments allow candidates to improve their skills before the next opportunity arises.
Time and Place
As many of our partners have discovered, there are talented people all over the globe. Still, snags in communication can delay projects, inflate budgets, and entirely turn people off to the concept of international collaboration. Having LatAm in such time zone harmony with the US is a complete game-changer for companies looking to expand their teams internationally. The synchronicity allows for a wide window of real-time communication between the US and LatAm instead of playing email/Slack tag with a team that’s waking up as you’re going to sleep.
Let Howdy Help Your Growth
When it comes to growing your team of IT specialists, customer support, software engineers, and many other tech professionals, the endeavor becomes a lot less daunting with the help of Howdy. Our EOR classification allows for hassle-free international recruiting and onboarding. As such, you can focus on operations and growth as we get you set up with the most talented experts available.
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