Case Studies
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The Lane Crawford Joyce Group is a huge retail company that operates specialist department stores selling luxury goods in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Client Challenges
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Difficulty in finding quality talent: The client struggled to locate engineers with technical & problem solving and Chinese/English language
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Market experience: The client has limited hiring knowledge in Vietnam and Taiwan
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Optimize costs: Looking to cut costs, but exploring offshore hiring
Second Talent Approach
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Source the right talent with the right skill sets: Our technical TA team helped to search for candidates in Vietnam and Taiwan to fit the client's needs and requirements
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End-to-end solution: ST helped the client to take care of HR administrative, employment contracts and payroll allowing the client to focus on its core business
The Results
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Make the decision to build a remote team in Taiwan that fits their requirements
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Strong tech team to support their regional expansion
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Dedicated ST account manager to continue to understand client needs
Branch8 builds e-commerce website and provides digital experience implementation services to Hong Kong enterprise clients. Clients such as Evisu, Francfranc and Hong Kong International Airport.
Client Challenges
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Hard to find tech talent in Hong Kong: Didn’t have internal HR or TA team to help find talent
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Migrate part of tech team to Vietnam and Taiwan: The client is looking for guidance to hire and do payroll in local markets
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Help on cost savings in lower cost centers: The client is look to optimize its cost both onshore and offshore developers
Second Talent Approach
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Proposed to hire in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Taiwan. Project Managers in HK, while other design and development roles in TW and VN
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Assisted and shared experience through our best practices on managing onshore and offshore teams
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End to end recruitment & payroll solution in providing HR admin, employment contracts and payroll
The Results
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Hired a team of 50 across HK, TW and VN: Hired Project Managers, Product Managers, Designers, Front-end and Back-end Engineers and QAs
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Recurring payroll management to optimize any admin work
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Cost saving: Saved 50% for Vietnam and 25% for Taiwan versus Hong Kong
Capture is a leading advanced analogue media digitisation service provider with multiple patent technologies. They are the leading Google Photos partner.
Client Challenges
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Specific Python developer requirements: Looking for Python specialized talent with ERP experience in lower cost center
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Lack of experience in hiring & managing offshore talent: The client is looking for guidance in their first Vietnam hire
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Limited knowledge of offshore hiring: The client has limited hiring knowledge in Vietnam and SEA.
Second Talent Approach
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Find the right technical skill set: Our VN Technical Talent Acquisition Team helped to screen the right candidate for our client
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Full-suite solution for HR admin and payroll: ST helped the client to optimize and streamline their HR & admin work
The Results
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Made their 1st Vietnam hire in 3 weeks: Hired their 1st Python & ERP developer
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Housed in ST’s Vietnam office: ST provides office space and parking for the client
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50% discount vs hiring locally in a high cost center (Hong Kong)
Beyond Cars is a leading Hong Kong secondary car marketplace and provides car loans services.
Client Challenges
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Challenging to looking for a Tech Lead in Hong Kong: Unfamiliar with the Taiwan market
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Insufficient familiarity with recruiting and managing overseas talent: The client is looking for guidance in their first Vietnam hire
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Require immediate help on technical hiring: The client is scaling up and requires a Tech Lead
Second Talent Approach
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Find the right Tech Lead with leadership, technical and Chinese language capability
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Share offshore hiring best practices on first hire and how to scale your team
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Quick full-suite package to manage HR admin, documentation and payroll
The Results
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Hired 1st Taiwan Tech Lead in 4 weeks: Hired their Tech Lead to spearhead their product and implementation plan
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Recurring payroll management which includes payroll, insurance, pension, etc.
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Cost saving: Saved 25% of cost versus Hong Kong