Every day I go to work to think beyond the borders to help the world work together. This means I give my all to support companies in making the best hiring decisions without having to think about a candidate regards hiring a local vs hiring from abroad. My everyday job is to make hiring abroad as easy as possible, so companies would be powered to choose their talented new team members based on their skill, not their passport. 

Talking to CEOs, Managers, and People Operation Teams we hear many myths about foreign recruitment and relocation that can make a person second guess how good of an idea it really is. The arguments range from thinking it is too expensive, to being afraid it will be too time-consuming. After having worked with top Estonian companies, we have proved that the result of combining field expertise with smart tools equals a delightful and easy to understand relocation experience for the international employee plus a transparent, easy to track yet hands-off process for the employer. 

From the hundreds of companies who have decided to choose the international hiring path and have trusted us to be their partners, some have shared their experience. Here I would highlight a few that in my eyes speak volumes of the value field expertise can add.

“We got in touch with Jobbatical and realized how much spent time, paperwork, and potential issues we can avoid by trusting professionals with this 1,000-piece puzzle.”

"From that point on, there was always someone to call in a relocation emergency. We’ve never had to worry about anything anymore. From spending days on research, scheduling meetings, and managing every step of the process, we now have to do two things: send one email introducing the candidate to Jobbatical and say hi to our new team member happily arriving in Estonia." - Change Invest (case study)

Happy to be seen not only as a relocation expert but also as a close partner for HR teams.

"Yes, the practical value is obvious and the numbers speak for themselves: from the number of employees relocated to amount of hours saved for TransferWise’s HR team.

But the last we checked, the H in HR still stands for human, and not hurry up and let’s get this over with. Which is why team TransferWise knows that having a good partner is about more than numbers. It’s about relationships. “Through daily collaboration, we have built a friendly and warm relationship with Jobbatical since day one,” Jana says. “They’re almost like an extended family to our recruitment team!” - Transferwise (case study).

No, relocation is not too difficult, too slow, or too expensive.

The HR manager had the luxury of being familiar with Jobbatical beforehand, so she knew how fast the team could work to manage this inflow of new people joining weekly. “This is why my initial reaction was to switch from our existing partner to Jobbatical. Rightly so! The speed has improved dramatically—the speed of getting all the visas, permits, and appointments. And even the response time, which is very important for us.”

All it takes now for a successful relocation effort at Paxful is for a people ops specialist to forward all the info to Jobbatical. From that point on, the team can sit back and wait for their new hire to arrive. And this applies even to the most complicated cases.”

Not only is this a boon for overworked HR people, the smoothness of the process also lets talent know that someone’s got their back. “This can be a very worrying and very stressful period,” Anna says. “Especially if you’re moving with your family. One thing they need to know is that there’s somebody always there to answer and support them in whatever they need.”- Paxful (case study)

Relocation does not have to be a headache for People Operations teams.

"Being able to take a moment to appreciate the milestones is one of the happy side effects of trusting experts with relocation paperwork. Instead of getting caught up in the red tape and putting out fires, you can afford to save your energy and excitement for the big-picture stuff. Pipedrive, for example, gets excited about the immense value of having an international team." - Pipedrive (case study)

Even though I deeply enjoy all my client relations, the most special has been helping Veriff grow from 18 to 300 employees under a year. Proof that having a very good relocation partner and a process is not only a convenience for the company, but it is as important for your new hire.

"Finding a partner to make immigration less scary is much more than a matter of convenience. Because red tape doesn’t just slow down onboarding new hires. It can prevent people from even applying in the first place. In light of this, fixing the relocation problem was a strategic move. And it’s paid off handsomely, helping Veriff become one of the fastest-growing startups around. “Since we started using Jobbatical’s services, more employees have joined us, because of the simplicity of the relocation process,”

“What makes me really happy is that our employees are sincerely amazed at how easy and clear the immigration process can be,” Liis-Rebecca says. “The advice provided by Jobbatical is so thorough and valuable in terms of settling in and living in Estonia—this means more happy people around the office.”- Veriff (case study)

I have never seen myself as someone only holding the hand of the relocating new talent and their family, but rather as a person who is present to cover the toughest immigration cases and solve the parts that would make most people decide to give up. I deeply believe that a smart way of working is playing to your strengths. No one ever knows everything about all topics. It is important to know people who know the details about topics that you don't. Instead of letting your HR team spend several workdays figuring out if international flights from country X are still suspended or not, it is damn convenient to have a relocation partner who can tell you from fresh first-hands experience in 15-minutes what is the update you should know. 

Jobbatical today is the go-to immigration partner for tech startups and traditional companies alike. We work both with companies that hire 1 international employee per year as well as companies that hire 10 employees per month / 100+ employees per year. We free up time for employers to make more hires. Better hires. International hires—confidently, without having to fear the immigration monster.

Always here to help with relocating your new hires from any point of the world to Estonia or assessing immigration status for hiring foreigners already in Estonia.