Sessions
Concurrent Session
Hiring and Retaining Foreign National Employees: What You Need to Know
255-257
Tuesday 06/20/2017 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
1.25 SHRM PDCs
| Competencies: Critical Evaluation, Global & Cultural Effectiveness
| Intended Audience: Mid-Level
Workplace Application:
You will learn how to navigate issues affecting your sponsorship of foreign national employees for work visas and green cards.
What do you need to know before you make the offer to a foreign national recruit? What key questions do you need to ask the employee and your immigration counsel? This session will help you:
- Gain a high-level understanding of the rules and regulations pertaining to employment-based visas and green cards and the role that visa sponsorship plays in attracting talent.
- Learn how to quickly identify whether a potential employee is a good candidate for visa sponsorship so that you can avoid common pitfalls and costly mistakes in the process..
- Review the employment-based green card sponsorship process step by step, and understand its role as a retention tool.
- Learn practical strategies for filing successful immigration petitions in order to achieve optimal results.