The fastest way to stall an overseas hire is a mandate that is really a conversation. J&A’s employer desk asks for a short written brief. This is what should be in it.
Minimum viable mandate
- Legal name of the employer (or of the agency, if you are not the end client — say which).
- Job title, number of seats, location, contract length.
- Salary and benefits in writing, or a band if the offer is still moving.
- Must-have licences, language, gender if the destination law requires it, age band if any.
- Who pays visa, medical, ticket, and on what timeline.
- Named contact on your side and a reply-to that is monitored.
MOU versus a single order
A one-off order is enough for six engineers. A hospital that will take 40 nurses a year, or a retailer that will take 500 FSEs, should sign an MOU so the pipeline does not restart every quarter. J&A works both ways.
Agencies placing into Europe or the GCC can sit in the middle. Declare that. Dual-running a candidate with three unlicensed touts is how files die in medical.
Where to send it
Use Submit hiring mandate on this site (select Employer / MOU / Mandate). Download the partner brief if you need a PDF to circulate internally. The business-development desk owns employer partnerships; counsellors own the candidate files after the mandate is live.
Brief the desk
Role, seats, location, joining window. J&A will tell you if the corridor is live.