How global hiring became a growth strategy for European business
THE SO WHAT
Global hiring has shifted from cost arbitrage to growth infrastructure for European companies—access to talent and markets in one move. If your org is still treating international hiring as an HR experiment instead of a core GTM lever, you’re under-using one of the few scalable advantages against US incumbents.
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