In today’s increasingly interconnected world, companies are no longer limited by geographic boundaries when searching for top-tier talent. However, with global hiring comes a host of challenges, which include navigating complex legal frameworks to ensuring effective cross-border collaboration. Siddhartha Chandurkar, CEO and Founder of talentanywhere.ai by ShepHertz, aims at tackling these obstacles with AI-driven solutions. In this exclusive interview, Chandurkar shares insights into how talentanywhere.ai leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the hiring process, democratize access to global talent, and empower businesses of all sizes to compete on a global stage. From AI-powered resume assessments to overcoming infrastructure gaps, talentanywhere.ai aims to transform the way companies connect with the best talent from across the world.
TAM: With the growing trend of businesses seeking global talent, what are the most significant challenges companies face in building a cross-border workforce?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: One of the most pressing challenges is navigating diverse regulatory frameworks across countries. Each country has its own employment laws, tax implications, and compliance requirements, which can be overwhelming for companies unfamiliar with global hiring practices. In addition to legal issues, there is probably a long distance between the organizational culture and even different times in which employees work. Cross-border teams work best with clear and effective communication strategies in place to prevent misconceptions from arising, halting, or triggering conflicts that can arise as a result of dealing with team members who originate on different sides. Additionally, sourcing talent from diverse regions often means dealing with infrastructure limitations, like unreliable internet access or a lack of robust technological tools in certain areas, which can hinder productivity.
TAM: How do AI algorithms assess both hard and soft skills to ensure an optimal fit between businesses and freelancers, and what role does data analytics play in refining this process?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a game-changer for hiring professionals and candidates. It streamlines and automates the time-consuming activity of assessing and reviewing each profile manually. talentanywhere.ai is a platform, where AI is at the core of its operations. AI scrapes all resumes, work samples, data related to the history of project deliveries, and even social media enabling a 360-degree view for an informed decision. Hard skills such as programming or proficiency in a language are tested along with relevant performance data vs. Soft Skills (behavioral patterns) for communication and adaptability. talentanywhere.ai provides AI-powered virtual assistants that automatically take the first round of video interviews based on the fed information. Additionally, data analytics continuously fine-tunes the process, learning from past hires and their success rates, ensuring that each match becomes more precise over time.
TAM: How does your platform address these challenges?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: talentanywhere.ai is a one-stop platform for everyone, be it candidates, recruiters, enterprises, or contract-to-hire. This AI-driven tool is purpose-built to bridge hiring gaps and offer better opportunities to everyone. It solves unique recruiting challenges, helping job seekers and employers to streamline and simplify the hiring process. talentanywhere.ai tackles key global hiring challenges with a suite of AI-driven solutions:
AI at the Core: Our platform uses AI to power everything from talent matching to job search, ensuring precise and efficient hiring. The AI Resume Shortlister and LLM-based Candidate Search connect companies with the best-fit candidates based on skills and cultural alignment.
Resume Building Challenges: Many candidates often fail to express or showcase their experience in a way that helps them land an interview. One of the most important aspects of getting short-listed for jobs is having a compelling resume that significantly reduces the number of missed opportunities. talentanywhere.ai solves this with its AI-assisted Resume Builder, which helps candidates craft professional, tailored resumes that stand out, making it easier for recruiters to evaluate talent.
Virtual AI HR Assistant: One key feature is the AI-powered virtual assistant, which conducts first-round video interviews based on a knowledge base. It automates early screening, gathers candidate data, and helps recruiters make faster decisions on whether to move forward, saving time and effort.
Cross-Border Collaboration: We address cultural and time zone barriers with communication tools and AI-driven insights, promoting seamless global collaboration.
Overcoming Infrastructure Gaps: Features like Video Pitch and Interview Lifecycle Management enable smooth candidate evaluations and interactions, even in regions with limited technology.
Automated Compliance: Navigating international labor laws and tax regulations can be overwhelming. Our platform automates compliance across different countries, removing this complexity and ensuring smooth operations.
TAM: talentanywhere.ai aims to democratize access to global talent. How do you ensure that smaller businesses or startups, which may not have extensive resources, can compete with larger companies in securing top-tier talent through your platform?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: Whether small or large business – we have intentionally built talentanywhere.ai to be flexible so that even home startups can pipe into the same global talent. We offer a cost-effective solution that allows companies to hire as specifically or generically based on the budget, with no long-term contracts.
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Our platform intelligently matches businesses with the right talent, ensuring that smaller teams aren’t drowned out by larger competitors. We also provide multiple AI-driven tools to facilitate hiring and managing employees working in distributed setups, making it effortless for startups to assimilate the best talent seamlessly.
TAM: What long-term trends do you anticipate in terms of the demand for specialized, on-demand expertise, and how will technology continue to facilitate these shifts?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: With changes in the corporate world toward project management, so too will the increased need for specialized knowledge on demand. The rise of automation and AI will compel companies to look for specialized freelancers for project-based work. Platforms like talentanywhere.ai will ease the search for such on-demand expertise and keep companies agile. Advancements in AI and data analytical skills will improve the talent procurement strategies of companies, ensuring that they hire suitable staff within a short period from anywhere in the world.
TAM: How do you envision talentanywhere.ai shaping the future of hiring?
Siddhartha Chandurkar: We see talentanywhere.ai as a game-changer and future-ready platform, transforming the process of global hiring. talentanywhere.ai envisions a world where hiring is done without geographical restrictions, creating an environment where the recruiting process is based on inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility. With AI at the forefront of talentanywhere.ai, we aim to streamline and simplify the hiring process, enabling businesses and candidates to find the best match without hassle, in minutes. By leveling the playing field, talentanywhere.ai will shape a future where businesses of all sizes can access top talent, enabling more agility and innovation in a globalized economy.