INQA - From Visa to Onboarding: Welcoming skilled professionals.
From visa to onboarding: When hiring a skilled professional from abroad, the optimal contacts are the Welcome Centers.
Welcome Centers or Welcome Services exist in all federal states. They primarily assist small and medium-sized enterprises in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding international professionals.
Experienced project managers guide the hiring process here and help employers integrate the new employees optimally. In which phases can the advisory centers support companies?
Some contact points support recruiting: For example, the Welcome Center in Braunschweig-Wolfsburg offers job speed dating between professionals from Tunisia and Brazil and German companies. The Welcome Center Saxony-Anhalt organizes workshops on the topic of recruiting foreign skilled workers if needed.
Welcome Centers accompany the onboarding process up to six months after the start of work. They are there for both the companies and the employees, proactively checking with the skilled worker to ensure they have settled in well.
A lived welcome culture is crucial for whether someone can integrate well into the company. If necessary, Welcome Centers offer intercultural training. This can create sensitivity to cultural differences and prevent misunderstandings.
It should be clear from the outset what expectations both sides have of each other and what is achievable. What qualifications should the new employee bring? Expectation management can prevent disappointments.