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Finding great talent is only part of the challenge. The organizations that consistently succeed in hiring don't simply react to vacancies—they build talent strategies that support business growth long before a position opens.

From collaborating with universities and technology communities to developing future talent and strengthening employer reputation, successful hiring requires thinking beyond recruitment.

How can organizations create a sustainable talent pipeline while staying competitive in Romania's fast-moving technology market?

We'll discuss this in the upcoming Talentuch webinar:
Beyond Recruitment: Building a Sustainable Tech Talent Strategy in Romania.

In this session, Rares Cîrligeanu will share how strategic partnerships, workforce planning, and long-term recruitment initiatives can help organizations strengthen their hiring capabilities and prepare for future growth. Drawing from his experience in HR leadership and industry-academia collaboration, he'll discuss practical approaches that organizations can implement to attract, develop, and retain technical talent.

What we'll cover:
- Why successful hiring starts before an open position exists.
- Building partnerships with universities and technology communities.
- Developing graduate and early-career talent pipelines.
- Aligning recruitment strategy with business growth and workforce planning.
- Practical retention strategies that support long-term organizational success.

Best for: HR leaders, Talent Acquisition professionals, HR Directors, Business Leaders, and organizations looking to build a long-term hiring strategy and sustainable talent pipeline in Romania.

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Many U.S.-centric IT consultancies and service providers continue to look to Colombia for nearshore tech talent because of its aligned time zone, strong technical talent pool, and competitive labor market. However, the employment landscape in 2026 requires a more precise understanding of labor costs, salary thresholds, and compliance obligations.

Colombia’s 2026 statutory minimum wage has increased, but this does not automatically drive compensation for most technology roles paid well above the minimum wage. Its main impact is related to salary-indexed thresholds, statutory references, transportation allowance eligibility, apprenticeship obligations, and the minimum threshold for integral salary arrangements.

At the same time, Colombia’s 2025 Labor Reform introduced changes that employers should understand before hiring or expanding teams. These include open-ended employment contracts as the general rule, stricter requirements for fixed-term and project-based contracts, changes to night work and Sunday/holiday premiums, enhanced overtime tracking obligations, and new rules affecting apprenticeships and certain outsourcing arrangements. In 2026, companies should also pay attention to the new Labor and Social Security Procedural Code and recent developments around labor intermediation and outsourcing.

For technology companies, the key question is not whether Colombia is becoming too expensive. The real question is how to model total employment cost correctly based on the role, salary level, work schedule, contract type, and hiring model. A software engineer working standard business hours will be affected differently from a support, operations, or delivery role that requires night shifts, weekend work, or overtime.

In the forthcoming webinar, Colombia Hiring Guide: How to Find, Hire and Retain Tech Talent, we will break down the practical impact of Colombia’s 2026 wage and labor changes so companies can make informed hiring decisions, protect project margins, and remain compliant without overreacting to headlines.

What we’ll cover:
- A practical breakdown of the 2026 minimum wage increase, key salary thresholds, and minimum integral salary threshold — and what they actually mean for tech hiring.
- How to calculate total employment cost for a Colombian hire, including salary, statutory benefits, employer contributions, payroll taxes, ARL risk level, and salary structure.
- Key provisions of the 2025 Labor Reform that matter for IT consultancies and nearshore service providers, including contract types, night work, Sunday/holiday premiums, overtime records, apprenticeships, and working arrangements.
- How recent changes around outsourcing and labor intermediation may affect contractor models, service-provider arrangements, and Employer of Record structures.
- Realistic scenarios comparing direct employment, contractor/service models, and Employer of Record solutions — including when each option may or may not make sense.
- Strategies for attracting and retaining Colombian tech talent in a competitive market, focusing on compensation expectations, career development, flexibility, culture, and retention drivers.

Best for: Heads of Talent Acquisition, HR leaders, Delivery Directors, founders, and operations leaders at IT consultancies, nearshore service providers, and Microsoft/SAP partners who want to hire and retain Colombian engineers while understanding labor costs, compliance obligations, and practical hiring options in 2026.

Speaker:
Juan David Tovar Riscanevo is a Senior HR Generalist at Iron Mountain, supporting HR operations and employee processes across LATAM and international teams, including Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, and Poland.

He has experience in employee lifecycle management, onboarding, internal mobility, compliance, and HR support within global and tech-driven environments. Juan is also passionate about HR process optimization and automation, helping teams improve efficiency and employee experience through more scalable and organized processes.

Passionate about people and the future of work, he enjoys sharing practical insights about hiring and retaining talent in Colombia and Latin America.

Host:
Anastasia is an experienced IT recruitment professional with 10+ years of success in closing niche roles, including MS Dynamics specialists, as well as general IT and C-level positions. In addition to her recruiting expertise, she brings 4+ years of experience as an Account Manager, partnering closely with hiring managers and stakeholders worldwide to build hiring processes from scratch and launch new locations.

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Effective performance documentation is a critical tool for mitigating legal risk, supporting employee growth, and enabling fair, data-driven business decisions.

This webinar will provide you with a step-by-step framework for creating accurate, consistent, documentation that brings together both organizational and employee development goals.

Key Discussion Points:
- Purpose of performance documentation and its role in compliant HR practices.
- Aligning documentation with performance improvement, recognition, and promotions.
- What and when to document: defining critical events, achievements, and timing.
- Rules that make documentation a decision-driver and bring it business value.
- Common mistakes to avoid, such as bias, delays, and inconsistent terminology.
- Using documentation to support progressive discipline and performance improvement plans.
- Practical resources: ready-to-use templates, checklists, and HR software recommendations.

Best For:
HR professionals, people managers, and business executives seeking to strengthen their organization’s performance through consistent, structured, and analytical HR practices.

Speaker:
Cecilia Caraccioli, a senior HR executive with 15+ years of experience leading people strategy across technology, retail, manufacturing, and multinational organizations. As Country Manager and HR Director at Hitachi Solutions Costa Rica, she oversees national HR operations and talent strategy. Some significant achievements in Cecilia’s career include reducing training costs by 80%, increasing internal succession pipelines by 60%, and cutting candidate evaluation time by 25%. She has built and scaled full-cycle recruitment, performance management, and succession frameworks across multi-site organizations and holds an MBA in Finance from INCAE Business School.

Host:
Anastasia is an experienced IT recruitment professional with 10+ years of success in closing niche roles, including MS Dynamics specialists, as well as general IT and C-level positions. In addition to her recruiting expertise, she brings 4+ years of experience as an Account Manager, partnering closely with hiring managers and stakeholders worldwide to build hiring processes from scratch and launch new locations.

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International hiring isn't about throwing away what already works—it's about knowing what to keep, what to adapt, and what to leave at the border. Based on his experience leading people functions and successful global hiring projects across the UK, Europe, and the Americas, Carlos Rivas shares five practical ideas that help organizations hire internationally with confidence.

We'll discuss this in the upcoming Talentuch webinar:
The Cross-Border Hiring Playbook: Five Strategic Considerations for Effective International Hiring

What we'll cover:
Know the rules before the market.
• Employment law shapes recruitment—not the other way around. Validate the legal framework before opening the position.
• Start with compliance before recruitment. Compliance is a business strategy, not an HR task.

Hire for the culture you are entering—not the one you're leaving.
• Think globally. Hire locally.
o Don't copy-paste your domestic hiring process.
o Localize the candidate experience without sacrificing employer brand.
• Competitive pay is more than salary, and it also has different definitions across cultures.

Build Alignment Before You Make an Offer
• Align HR, Legal, Finance and Operations before making the first offer.
• Define who owns each hiring decision. Break down silos before they break your hiring process.
• Cross-border hiring is a business decision with HR implications—not an HR decision with business implications.

Treat onboarding as your first retention strategy.
• Design onboarding that Balances local adaptation with global identity.
• Understand belonging before measuring performance.
• Invest in education before evaluation.

Scale people practices before scaling headcount.
• Growth exposes processes, not people. Or does it?
• Adapt your hiring process without losing consistency.

Speakers:
Carlos Rivas is an international executive in People, Talent, and Leadership with experience building and transforming end-to-end HR functions across Europe, the UK, the US, and Latin America. He works with HR leaders and business executives on talent strategy, employee experience, leadership development, organizational design, and employment law, with a strong focus on the practical application of AI in HR. Carlos advises C-suite teams on organizational transformation and leadership and has also taught talent and leadership at the University of Catalonia and the University of Salamanca. He holds a Law degree with postgraduate qualifications in HR, Organizational Psychology, Leadership, and Coaching.

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