Companies with an international profile continu-ously seek to attract and retain international talent in order to remain on top of the competitive wave. Interna-tional Community can be a valuable resource in achieving this objective.

International Community is a strong and experienced partner for companies with an international profile work-ing to attract, recruit and retain international employees. Membership will benefit your company with a solid net-work of equally positioned member companies. Consider International Community to be an extension of your HR department; a source where you can get access to valu-able knowledge and how-to solutions and get inspiration for competitive talent strategies.

Karina BoldsenDirector, International Mobility Development, Vestas Wind Systems

International Community is a network organisation that sup-ports your efforts to recruit, welcome and retain international staff. With our programme of networking, social and profes-sional assistance for international staff and their families, we take over where your HR department leaves off. With our morning seminars and networking activities, we collect and share company experience and best practice on how to attract and retain international staff.

We offer our company members:• Comprehensive support for international staff that

complements your company’s HR department.

• Easier to settle in for international staff.

• Better retention rates.

• Networking, knowledge-sharing and access to best practice, strategies and practical solutions.

WELCOME TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIP HELPS OUR INTERNATIONAL STAFF TO FIT IN

“We chose to work with International Community because so many of our employees were coming to Denmark to obtain fur-ther qualifications or to execute traineeships. Cooperating with International Community opened up a number of new opportu-nities for our company and put us in a better position to attract and retain an international workforce. To give one example, our Indian colleagues were introduced to the LærDansk language school through the International Community network. The regu-lar morning seminars give inspiration and new ideas for how we can work with international employees more effectively. The seminars inspired us to arrange a lecture in-house at Crisplant on welcoming and retaining talent.

Overall, the membership helps our international staff to fit in better in Denmark, which hopefully will result in long-term employment. It is important for our international employees to feel safe and secure, and at International Community they can get the support they need. The networking platform, the news-letter, the events and seminars help them to connect with other internationals and internationally minded Danes and to become a part of the society they are living in.”

Kim Staack Nielsen - CEO, PID-Personalechefer i Danmark• Think global, act local.• Be there, when you are needed - focus on the jobs and the persons.• Always be the open-minded support - we all look for a leading star.• Focus on the family - they will be your ambas-sadors at home.

• See diversity as an asset for the company.

• Align expectations between the employee, the

accompanying family and the company stake-

holders.

• Prepare the company to work with non-Danish

speaking staff.

Lone Skriver Pedersen - Group Mobility Manager, Grundfos

• Thorough introduction to the company, the new position, the Danish labour market and Aarhus in order to introduce the new employee the best way possible to his or her new surroundings. • Create an extra ”life line” in the company by provid-ing a colleague who can act as a sort of a buddy or a mentor to the new employee. • Assure the best possible support to the spouse: Practical help with job search, etc.

Ulla Kjær - Senior HR Manager, Arla Foods

Birgitte Korfits Faber

Intercultural CoordinatorCrisplant a/s

Crisplant A/STogether with its mother company BEUMER Group, Crisplant A/S employs more than 3,000 people, including 481 in Aarhus.

Retention: What should we focus on?

Jane Kallestrup - HR Consultant, City of Aarhus

• We must support the accompanying spouses in

getting something meaningful to do, for instance

volunteering.

• Children can attend international kindergartens

and/or schools.

• We must see the foreign workforce as a valuable

resource in our agenda aiming to be interna-

tional, innovative and open.

INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION CREATES BETTER CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION

“As part of a global concern, DuPont, Nutrition and Health Division (formerly Danisco A/S) needs to attract an international workforce, and this will be increasingly true in the future. We believe that international diversification creates better condi-tions for innovation. International Community offers us scope to it, and that is why our membership is so important.

Arriving in a new country often means a mass of paperwork and formalities. International Community brings together the immigration office, citizen services and other governmental in-stitutionsat one venue, and this is a real help both for us and for our international employees. Being able to offer International Community’s social activities and events makes us a more at-tractive employer for our international staff and provides a solid base for integration in Aarhus and Denmark generally.

International Community membership makes it easy for our international employees to meet other relocated staff, find out about social events and also get some ideas on how to get involved with the Danish community, which is essential for suc-cessful integration.”

Lene Skyttegaard

HR Director in Denmark DuPont

Retention: What should we focus on?

DuPontDuPont is a world leader in food ingredients and bio-based solutions. It employs more than 7,000 people worldwide, including 60 international em-ployees working in Denmark.

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Your employees can: • Extend their social and professional network. • Keep up to date with social and cultural events in and around

Aarhus. • Extend their spare time options.

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WHY ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES

On a global market, recruitment of talented, international employees can be an important key to long term success in your company.

• Boost competitiveness and performance now and in the future.

• Improve conditions for innovation through cultural diversification.

• Broaden corporate culture and facilitate access to the global market.

• Strive to employ the most talented employees regardless of nationality.

• Improve your company image and become more attractive as a potential employer.

When hiring international employees it is important to make sure that they settle in well. Frequent staff turnover is expensive for your company. It causes recruitment costs, training costs, lost knowledge costs, lost productivity costs, and ultimately lost sales costs. See how International Community can support your company to the right.

HOW WE SUPPORT YOUR COMPANYInternational Community’s services support both companies and employees:

• Extended HR function: International Community can make your international employees feel at home. We offer practical assistance, social and professional networks, a community for spouses, seminars on life in Denmark, a weekly newslet-ter, an online community InterCom, publications, and social activities and events.

• Faster and easier settlement for your employees: In-ternational Community and International Citizen Service bring together the authorities responsible for registration, residence permits, social security numbers and tax cards in at one venue, so that your employees’ settlement become as easy as possible.

• Inspiration, knowledge-sharing and networking: Share your experiences and get best practice advice on working with international labour at our morning seminars and other business networking events.

• Erhverv Aarhus: International Community is an integrated part of Erhverv Aarhus, the largest business organisation in the Aarhus area counting more than 500 companies. Erhverv Aarhus lobbies for your company on a regional level and helps you find practical solutions to everyday challenges.