Employers Invest Heavily When Hiring Foreign Talent

U.S. employers that hire workers from abroad can spend more than three times what they do for domestic hires, while it can take six times longer to bring a foreign worker on board than a native worker, new research shows.U.S. employers seeking to hire foreign workers must navigate a challenging employment-based immigration system, according to results from the 2016 Employer Immigration Metrics Survey report conducted by the Council for Global Immigration (CFGI), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and international immigration law firm Fragomen Worldwide.The survey report was released Feb. 27.[SHRM members-only HR Q&A: How do I hire a foreign national?] Three-fourths of 239 respondent employers with 2,500 or more employees said that obtaining work visas for foreign talent in a timely manner was “critical” to achieving business objectives. “Employment-based immigration requires careful planning and should not be considered a minor addition to th

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