This webinar provided members with a comparison of the benefits and considerations for sourcing skilled staff by bringing them to Australia (onshoring), carrying out business activity in another country (offshoring), or a combination of both.

Dan Engles, Managing Director of Visa Solutions, provided information on:

• skills shortages around the country affecting every industry and sector of the Australian economy
• two options for employers – bring skills onshore, and offshoring;
• recruitment from overseas and immigration solutions; and
• which visas to use and what are the risks and timing of onshore options.

Rodney Frost, Group CEO of the Lamson Paragon Group will outline:

• the company's successful experience with offshoring;
• the four models used in offshoring in the Philippines and south-east Asia;
• the range of occupations which can be suitably filled with staff located offshore and where best to locate your offshore teams; and
• offshoring myths and de-bunking each of those.

Presenters:

Dan Engles, Managing Director, Visa Solutions

Rodney Frost, Group CEO, Lamson Paragon Group

Moderator:

Tony Melville, Head of Corporate Affairs, Ai Group