The UK talent war is on - is outsourcing your secret weapon?

Summary: With a high number of job vacancies in the UK market that employers are seemingly struggling to fill the war for getting the best talent is on. But what if that best talent can be found further afield? Talkr believes outsourcing can be the secret weapon.

With a reported 1.1Million job vacancies in the UK and 45% of HR directors saying they are “struggling to fill vacancies” (Deadline News) means it is a candidate's market and employers therefore need to do a bit extra to attract the best talent.

Extras such as Amazon offering a £3k joining fee, companies increasing their offers to candidates and throwing free plants and home office cleaning into the mix.

This is all well and good, and probably works, but not every Startup, SME or fast growth business can afford £3k joining fees and delivery of a new Monstera Deliciosa to their employees house every week…

However, help is on hand as the "best talent" may be a little further away then you thought... sounds odd but with a shift to businesses allowing and promoting remote work for their employees your talent pool becomes much larger as it opens the door to outsourcing. Outsourcing enables Startups, SMEs and fast growth businesses to hire highly skilled and motivated remote employees that fill this clear gap in the market without the need to squeeze every last bit of your budget.

At Talkr we have an office based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Here we have a team of people that work for some of the fastest growing companies in the UK and Europe including Learnerbly and Kandidate. This team is full of sales support specialists, customer success executives and recruitment research experts to name a few of their roles. They are dedicated to their employers and are simply an extension of their core business just based here in Skopje. 

There is often a concern (myth) with outsourcing whereby the remote team is seen as not as “engaged” as a local team but this is easily dispelled. Our recent employee satisfaction survey gave Talkr and the clients we work with both a satisfaction rating of +95%. The reason for this is primarily the culture of the clients we work with and Talkr's approach to outsourcing. We work with our clients and employees to ensure that their relationship is the right fit, we use our experience working with remote teams to make sure the best communication channels are in place and are consistently evolving to keep up to date with the best practices and tools in remote employee management.

The talent war is on, let Talkr be your secret weapon.