Hiring Ukraine Staff: The Ultimate Guide

Ukraine has long had the reputation for providing access to high-quality, skilled staff that can work at a very affordable rate.

But if you’re considering hiring an international worker, and you have never done that before, then it can be a daunting task.

In this article, we cover how to find suitable Ukrainian staff, how to work with them, and how you can pay them.

Word Of Mouth

The first, and perhaps the easiest way to work with someone from Ukraine is to be referred via word of mouth. Whether you are hiring a virtual assistant or an IT professional if you know somebody that recommends someone from Ukraine that they do work with or have worked with them previously, this can be the easiest way to both find someone and start working quickly.

When you engage in a word-of-mouth relationship, this acts as the reference and the referral all in one, so you. Don’t worry about further vetting, but you might start off with some simple and small tasks for a small fee just to get a gauge for their quote quality and speed of work.

The way that you work with a Ukrainian staff member that you connect with directly could be done in multiple ways.

Depending on the complexity of the tasks and the nature of the tasks that you will be getting them to do, you could just communicate via email or some form of online chat platform like WhatsApp.

If you need something more structured where you can also include access to standard operating procedures, then you might want to consider a more traditional working collaboration platform such as Slack or Microsoft Teams.

Freelancing Platform

If you do not have anyone to refer Ukrainian workers to you then you can find many Ukraine staff on various freelancing platforms.

Platforms such as Upwork, Freelancer, and Fiverr are platforms where you can search for staff with suitable skills and then filter based on their location and their desired pay rate.

These freelancing platforms make it easy to find somebody with the desired skills in the desired location and the freelancing platform takes an effort to vet the individual to minimize the risk of fraud.

They can also have the individual conduct tests to verify their skills in certain computing languages and also their English language skills if that is important to you.

When you work with the freelancing platform, communication with the worker is also done directly through the platform. They have their own inbuilt chat system to manage your interactions and you can also have the employee that you work with record their screen as they do the work to ensure that you are getting value for money and people are not just slacking off whilst you are paying them.

Payment to the workers also takes place through the freelancing platform when you order a job, you make payment at the start, but the freelancing platform will withhold that payment and only release it to the Ukrainian staff member when you verify that the work has been completed to the required standard.

Ukrainian Recruitment Agencies

The other way you can find and work with Ukrainian staff is to work with a recruitment agency.

There is a variety of HR and IT recruitment agencies that you can work with who source Ukrainian staff on your behalf.

When you work with a Ukrainian recruitment agency, you deal directly with a project manager or customer relations manager and then they translate your needs to their staff, who then complete the work.

The benefit of working with the recruitment agency is that you pay them and communicate your needs to them and then they manage the rest in terms of working with their staff member to ensure the work is completed to an appropriate standard and then they pay the worker directly.

It is the most expensive option because you are paying not just for the staff member but for the customer relationship management side of the deal as well.

Some big companies find this to be a more suitable option for them, whereas some smaller companies and individuals may find a better to work with a freelancer for this reason.

Final Thoughts

Ukrainian workers have a lot to offer in terms of the skills and value they can add at a very competitive price.

With the advent of modern communications technology, we can now easily connect with workers from all around the world and have complete work on our behalf.

Though it can be a learning curve to learn how to work with and communicate with and manage and pay remote workers from another country, it is well worth learning these skills for the financial benefits and value they can add to your business.