It’s time to think beyond your own borders
If your goal is to bring together the best consulting team, then why limit yourself to recruiting talent within your own city, state - or borders?
After all, most consultants are well-used to the nomadic life of working remotely, travelling between client sites and otherwise not being tethered to an office.
This frees you up to focus not on geographical proximity, but on attracting the absolute best talent – period.
Guess what? You don’t need to look that far afield – a sizeable chunk of today’s up-and-coming tech and business talent can be found in Canada. And borderless hiring with an employer of record (EOR) is what gives you the means to access this deep, Canadian talent pool.
What’s more – you can create a consulting workforce with all the unique skill sets and experience you require, and one that’s quickly scalable.
Borderless hiring broadens your talent horizons
With borderless hiring, worrying about where your talent lives becomes a thing of the past. Now, you can recruit the necessary skills and expertise you need to win contracts or deliver on timelines for your growing consultancy business – all without the headaches and constraints that come with arranging work visas and employee relocation.
What’s the best way to pull off a borderless hire in Canada? The most straightforward and stress-free avenue is by partnering with a Canadian employer of record (EOR).
With an EOR partnership, you can add remote hires in less than a day if you’ve already identified the perfect candidate!
Now, let’s dig into how that’s possible.
EORs act as the legal employer of your Canadian workforce and ensure you’re in compliance with all federal and provincial employment, tax and health and safety regulations. That means no visas or setting up legal or financial entities in another country.
From a division-of-work standpoint, EORs take on non-strategic (but still-important) HR admin tasks, like payroll processing and employee onboarding and benefits administration. You, on the other hand, manage and direct employees’ day-to-day work.
Another massive benefit is speed to market.
Working with an EOR enables you to onboard Canadian consulting talent in a matter of days. This gives you a key competitive advantage in terms of scaling to meet tight deadlines or deliverables.
And while you’re off and running, your peers may still be finding their way through red tape and other administrative hassles.
Provide true flexibility for business and remote workforce
Now, let’s look at how else working with an EOR can help you attract and build a flexible workforce.
First – let’s talk salary.
The truth is hard-to-find talent value far more than just money. An EOR allows you to offer a number of key perks, like competitive benefits and work location flexibility – all of which can help you win talent away from big firms or competitors.
With a Canadian EOR, you also gain the flexibility to identify gaps in your consulting organization and quickly fill them. For example, you may end up needing French-language consultants for Québec, or additional staff to keep up with your business’ growth in western Canada.
From a cost perspective, EORs charge a percentage of each remote employee’s salary, but that’s usually cheaper than navigating the long timeline and costly process of setting up a fully-fledged Canadian business entity.
And if you look at capital expenses and working locations, your remote consulting team isn’t tied to a brick-and-mortar home office – and neither are you.
Bridgewater TI: Let us help you build out your ideal consulting team
As a Canadian EOR, we’re experts in navigating the ever-changing Canadian employment law landscape and helping consulting businesses like yours quickly and seamlessly scale up teams with Canadian talent.
Talk to one of our experts today to get started!
