RECRUITING FROM ABROAD – A BETTER OPTION THAN THE DOMESTIC RECRUITING PROCESS?

The companies’ need to grow and sometimes even to survive within the present competitive economic and social environment, involves the conjugated action of numerous factors, both internal and external. Amongs them, a key role is played by the human resources, who, putting into action all the operations of a company, represent its most valuable asset. The present paper aims at underlining the specific features of the international human resource management, with focus on the process of recruiting staff from abroad. Thus, it points out the differences between the local and international staffing and emphasises on several aspects of the process: the sources for the international recruting, the key factors of the process and the major challenges and constraints that may occur whilst searching and selecting personnel from abroad. In order to achieve the pursued goals, there were screened studies and reviews of both Romanian and foreign Human Resource Management specialists, the own contribution of the author being noticed throughout the paper through personal considerations and proposals.