EP 452: Expanding your agency talent pool with international employees with Kim Walker

Build a Better Agency Podcast

Agency owners who want to scale their business often run into a chicken-and-egg situation. To scale and grow sustainably, you need to hire more people. But to be able to hire more people, you need to scale and grow to have the money to do so.

This is where hiring international employees can help solve your problems.

This week, we’re diving into the growing trend of hiring full-time international employees with Kim Walker. Kim and her husband Brian initially had reservations about hiring international workers for their agency but quickly realized the immense benefits to them and the people they were hiring.

Kim details her thorough hiring process, how she overcame cultural barriers, the amazing talent and value international hires bring, and the life-changing impact it has had on their agency. We also touch on common concerns like pay rates, taxes, benefits, and time zones.

Whether you’re struggling to find affordable talent locally or just want to build a dynamic, multinational team, this episode is a mini crash course in finding incredible international employees to help supplement your U.S. team.

A big thank you to our podcast’s presenting sponsor, White Label IQ. They’re an amazing resource for agencies who want to outsource their design, dev, or PPC work at wholesale prices. Check out their special offer (10 free hours!) for podcast listeners here.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:

• How Kim and her husband got the idea to hire international employees
• How they started the process of finding international talent
• The worries they encountered when making their first international hire
• Average pay for international employees in the Philippines
• What they learned about hiring foreign workers
• How the hiring process differs from stateside interviews
• The secret lies in strong core values
• Weaving different cultures into the agency’s culture
• Taxes and benefits for foreign workers
• The mistakes they made and what they learned from them