Having built teams there, here's my 2cents worth :) ** what worked: image! people look for security - you need a good office, branding on your front door (you won't believe how important this is!), the image of a "big" company that isn't going anywhere, and of course benefits like "provident fund" (superannuation), medical benefits, etc... Also, depending on the level of people you are hiring, streamline your hiring process and automate much of it... you will get a LOT of junk applying...
** what didn't work: "indian salaries" - people think it's *much* cheaper there... true, if you are looking for JUNK! A good person will cost you between a 1/3 and a 1/2 of an Australia salary norm. What also does not work is looser structure - people are used to hierarchy, and you need to give them hierarchy and structure - then build in a culture of openness... (starting with something too open scares them). ** what would i do different: really work out the value of what you are doing and whether you should be hiring there... it's NOT necessarily cheaper if you are still looking for the same quality result - although if you decide that you need it for other reasons, then hire only the absolute guns... there is not much "mid level" there... they are either stars, or absolute duds (which is the 99%)! ** events, head hunters, yes ads on naukri (same as seek here) as well, but hire your top talent first (absolute guns) and get them to poach... ** 3 interview process : very dependant on level.. but say you're hiring a programmer, because of the amount of junk you get, after 2 minutes, i used to give them a "practical" in front of a computer... most of them didn't know where the enter key was! interview was terminated 30 seconds later! :) If you want to bounce your thoughts off someone, feel free to call me (0422 543 742)... if your rationale is much more than just "cheaper developers" - i can certainly help you (still have many contacts on the ground in bangalore in particular :) On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Joshua Partogi <joshua.part...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think it would be best if you can share it with us. I am interested to > know other people's experiences on setting up teams in India too. > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Nikhil Singh <hi.nikhil....@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hey Rich, >> >> I have experience in setting up/building team in Bangalore, you can >> message me and am happy to help. >> >> Best of luck, >> Nikhil >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilsingh >> >> On 28/09/2012, at 10:56 AM, Rich Buggy <richard.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Our company is setting up a new office in India (Bangalore) and I need to >> hire developers/operations staff there. Does anyone on this list have >> experience setting up an overseas office in India? Would you be willing to >> share your experience? I'd like to find out >> - What worked? >> - What didn't work? >> - What you would do different? >> - How you found developers, operations staff and managers? >> - How your hiring process worked? >> >> Thanks, >> Rich >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more >> >> Forum rules >> 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. >> 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. 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