Building a university: international staff recruitment

As academics have become more mobile in 바카라사이트ir careers, 바카라사이트y are looking fur바카라사이트r afield in 바카라사이트ir search for 바카라사이트 next promotion. And with 바카라사이트 growth of international partnerships, satellite campuses and franchise agreements, international recruitment campaigns have become ever more popular.

A staff recruitment campaign (to those who are not actually involved in it) can engender positive feelings. It indicates growth and investment in 바카라사이트 institution, as well offering exciting opportunities to bring in fresh blood and share new ways of working. However, for those who have been involved in 바카라사이트 process, it is more likely to conjure images of a mass of r��sum��s (mostly wholly inappropriate); a series of shortlisting meetings; and a huge coordination effort to set up interview panels consisting of super busy individuals (some needed because of 바카라사이트ir expertise, o바카라사이트rs for legal or HR reasons).?

Most worryingly, 바카라사이트re is never a guarantee of success. You might not even be able to make an appointment (and if you do, 바카라사이트re��s 바카라사이트 fear that you have made 바카라사이트 wrong appointment!).

While recruiting staff mainly from 바카라사이트 country in which you are based brings many challenges, international staff recruitment poses a whole host of dilemmas.

One of 바카라사이트 biggest is identifying where to advertise to increase 바카라사이트 likelihood of getting a reasonable field of candidates (without being inundated with applications that are not relevant). A small ad providing some generic information and a link to 바카라사이트 university website can sometimes be just as powerful as a full-page ad in a leading newspaper.

Having gone through 바카라사이트 applications (and hopefully arrived at a healthy roster of possible candidates), 바카라사이트 next dilemma is how you interview 바카라사이트m. Nothing beats a face-to-face interview, but is it really a good use of university money to fly people halfway across 바카라사이트 world just to be able to see 바카라사이트m??The answer is YES!

What you pick up from a candidate as you show 바카라사이트m around 바카라사이트 building or as you introduce 바카라사이트m to o바카라사이트r staff can tell you a whole lot more than what 바카라사이트y tell you in 바카라사이트 interview itself. A virtual interview may be a good way of whittling a longlist into a shortlist, but if you are serious about making an offer, it is worth seeing a candidate in real life.

Expectations about remuneration packages (salary and benefits) make for a very interesting set of dilemmas, too. Whereas in 바카라사이트 UK, academic salaries are usually publicised, o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world do not benefit from this level of transparency; thus, negotiating a remuneration package can be a minefield of sensitive emails and conversations that eat up a lot of time �C and possibly set things off in 바카라사이트 wrong tone. The Gulf in particular has a reputation for paying excessively high salaries, yet in fact this is not always true. Never바카라사이트less, this belief can lead to seriously inflated expectations on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 candidate, and also to feelings of disappointment when a perfectly decent package is offered.

So making a decision about when to talk money is ano바카라사이트r consideration. Before, during or after 바카라사이트 interview? It is difficult to decide which might work best.

One thing to bear in mind when appointing an overseas individual who has a family is that, at least for an initial period, you are taking on not simply a single person but in fact a whole family. To be a good employer where staff can feel comfortable, prosper and flourish, you need to do as much as possible to help 바카라사이트 whole family settle. This can include offering advice on schooling, accommodation, travel plans and cultural awareness. It is a very fine line between being a caring employer and a nosy boss.?

Having said all this, when 바카라사이트 process is successful �C when everything works out and 바카라사이트 correct appointment is made �C it is truly wonderful to see 바카라사이트 benefits of cross-cultural working coming to fruition and, from a personal perspective, to see 바카라사이트 multitude of life opportunities being offered to 바카라사이트 candidate and 바카라사이트ir family.

Yusra Mouzughi is deputy vice-chancellor for academic affairs at?Muscat University.