The project faced two difficult periods. First, in September, male Russian citizens found it difficult to leave Russia. Then a conflict involving Tajikistan and another country became a deterrent for candidates, even though it was far from the project site.
We needed to fill the role quickly: our client’s contract with its customer had already been signed, and the start date was approaching.
What did we do?
- We recalled that the company had an office in Kazakhstan reporting to the client’s representative who commissioned the search;
- We began looking for people working in Russia who did not hold Russian citizenship;
- We found a candidate and explained the benefits of an international project, the safety measures the client provided on site, and pension contributions in the country of the candidate’s citizenship;
- We presented this candidate, a Kazakhstani citizen, to the client;
- After the client approved the candidate and made an offer, we helped him work through his concerns about relocating. For about a week, we spoke with him every day for 30–40 minutes.
The candidate accepted the offer and joined the project. He has been enjoying the work and sending photos of the mountains and a mountain lake; the client is pleased that we met the deadline.
