Updated: August 7, 2026
Mass hiring
Groups of foreign workers for launching and scaling production
When you need a hundred people by a fixed date, not ten. WORKIN builds one shared profile, keeps a steady candidate flow, splits arrivals into waves and takes every group through to its first shift.
Arrivals are planned in waves so production never stops. The estimate is free.
In short
Mass hiring is a managed flow of people, not a bigger targeted search
The profile is reduced to a few key requirements so the candidate flow stays wide enough. Instead of approving every single profile, the company approves the criteria and then reviews whole groups. Arrivals are split into waves: the first group starts work while the next one is still going through paperwork.
Who it suits
When mass hiring is the right choice
This service fits when volume and the date decide the outcome, not the unique background of each person.
- You need between 50 and 300 workers
- A new line, shift or warehouse is being launched
- The work is high-volume: repetitive operations, training on site
- There is a hard date by which people must start
- The company can take people in waves
- You need a coordinator who looks after the group on site
How mass hiring works
Seven steps from one shared profile to the last wave starting work
A mass project runs on a schedule: every wave has its own start date. At each step you can see what WORKIN does and what is needed from the company.
- 01
Shared profile and criteria
We reduce the need to a few requirements the company will hire against: operations, physical demands, shift pattern, pay. The simpler the profile, the wider the flow.
Practical estimate2-3 days - 02
Wave plan
We split the need into groups and fix a start date for each: how many people housing, transport and supervisors can absorb at once.
Practical estimate1-2 days - 03
Candidate flow
Parallel sourcing across several countries to reach the volume on time. The first batches of profiles arrive within a week.
Practical estimatefrom 1 week, continuously - 04
Screening and selection by group
Experience, documents and readiness to relocate are checked before profiles are shown. The company approves a group rather than each profile separately.
Practical estimatein parallel with sourcing - 05
Document route by wave
The migration partner handles permits and visas in batches. Each wave moves as its own batch, so a delay in one does not stop the others.
Practical estimate4-14 weeks depending on country - 06
Arrival, housing and coordinator
Meeting at the border, transfer, move-in, and on site a coordinator who speaks the group's language and handles day-to-day matters.
Practical estimateper the wave schedule - 07
First shift and replacements
Safety briefing, a supervisor for the first shift, close attention during the first weeks. If someone does not start, the contractual replacement term applies.
Practical estimatefirst weeks after the start
Practical estimate to the first wave: 4-7 weeks for visa-free countries and 8-14 weeks where a D visa is required. Later waves follow at an interval agreed in advance.
What is included
What WORKIN does and what stays with the company
Included in WORKIN mass hiring
- One shared candidate profile and selection criteria
- A wave plan with a start date for every group
- Parallel sourcing across several countries
- Screening of experience, documents and readiness to travel
- Profiles delivered by group and video interviews arranged
- Coordination of the document route in batches
- Tickets, meeting at the border and transfer for every wave
- An on-site coordinator who speaks the group's language
- Replacements under the contractual term
Stays with the company
- Describing the need, working conditions and pay
- Approving the criteria and the groups
- Company details, registry extract and authorised signatory
- Payments on the contract schedule
- Workplaces, safety briefing and supervisors for every wave
- Being ready to receive the agreed number of people on the wave date
- Employment contracts, wages and occupational safety after the start
On a mass project housing, transport and meals are usually needed from day one: a company rarely manages to absorb a hundred people without organised accommodation. WORKIN arranges this as a separate project model.
Who we hire
Occupations, countries and timelines
Mass hiring runs across several countries at once: a single flow rarely delivers a hundred people on time.
Most common occupations
Sourcing countries
Practical timeline to the first wave
- Visa-free route
- 4-7 weeks
- D visa
- 8-10 weeks
- D visa with transit
- 10-14 weeks
Money
What the cost of mass hiring consists of
Half of the WORKIN fee is due only after the workers start their shifts. State fees and the migration partner's services are separate recipients and separate invoices. On a mass project, accommodation, transport and meals for the group are added.
Recruitment + migration support + state fees = project budget
Each recipient issues a separate invoice. Payments are not mixed.
WORKIN
Half only after the worker starts
Recruitment: sourcing, candidate vetting, coordination up to the first shift
What the WORKIN recruitment fee covers
- Sourcing and vetting candidates for your profile
- Approval of every profile with the enterprise
- Coordination of the document route with the migration partner
- Arrival logistics, meeting at the border and transfer
- Preparation of the first working day and support after the start
50% after the contract · 50% after the start
We receive the second half only when the worker has started the shift.
Migration Support Office
Separate legal entity
Migration documents: translation, permit, visa, residence permit, registration. A separate legal entity with its own account
One payment before paperwork begins
The state
WORKIN does not receive these funds
State fees for processing documents. Amounts are set by law
On filing each document
Additional project services
Housing, transport, meals and other agreed expenses. The scope and cost are fixed separately for the specific city and group
On the schedule agreed in the contract
The estimate depends on the country, trade, number of workers, pay and additional project conditions: housing, transport and meals.
Line-by-line amounts will be published once the current price list is confirmed and state fees are re-checked against official sources - with the date of validity next to them.
Guarantees
Commitments fixed by contract
Each guarantee is published exactly as it is worded in the recruitment contract.
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Worker replacement
Conditions and period - per the contract
Exact wording appears here once the standard contract is signed. Until then we publish no promises - the same principle as with prices.
Cases and project scenarios
Projects where the group started work on the agreed date
Below are delivered WORKIN projects. Company names are withheld under confidentiality terms; everything else is shown as it happened.
Warehousing and logistics
Warehouse complex: pickers for an extended shift
A warehouse complex was extending its shift and could not cover the need for pickers. WORKIN ran sourcing, a physical readiness check, the document route and transport to the site.
The warehouse received a stable picking group and a predictable turnout. The commute stopped being a reason for lateness and no-shows.
View case →- Industry
- Warehouse and logistics
- Roles
- Order pickers, picking zone workers
- Scope
- Sourcing, documents, transport
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Warehousing and logistics
Distribution centre: a stable loading crew
Loading and sorting relied on random people and constantly slipped.
Shift crews, briefing, arrival in groups and a supervised first day.
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Agriculture and food
Launching a packaging shift at a food plant
There was nobody to staff the extra shift: local response did not cover the need.
Profile, sourcing, screening, documents, arrival, housing and the first day on the line.
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Agriculture and food
Poultry enterprise: production and packaging areas
Processing and packaging areas were running understaffed.
Sanitary requirements, sourcing for real conditions, housing and transport.
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Questions and answers
What companies ask about mass hiring
Answers to the questions that come up before a mass project starts.
The practical volume of one project is 50 to 300 workers. The limit is not sourcing but how many people the company can absorb: housing, transport, supervisors and workplaces. That is why hiring is split into waves with agreed start dates.
Practically 4-7 weeks to the first wave for visa-free countries and 8-14 weeks where a D visa is required. Later waves follow at an agreed interval, usually 2-4 weeks. The overall project timeline depends on the number of people and the sourcing countries.
In the profile and the way approval works. In targeted recruitment the company reviews and approves every profile and the requirements are narrow. In mass hiring the company approves the criteria and then receives groups - otherwise a hundred people cannot be hired on time.
A mass project keeps a buffer in the candidate flow, and the contract fixes a replacement term. If someone does not start their shift, WORKIN finds a replacement on the agreed terms and within the agreed timeframe.
In practice, yes. A company rarely manages to receive a hundred people without organised accommodation. If there is no housing of its own, WORKIN finds and arranges accommodation, transport to the site and meals as a separate project model. The company pays.
A WORKIN coordinator who speaks the group's language works on a mass project. They handle day-to-day matters, help with settling in and collect the workers' questions during the first weeks. Production matters stay with the company's supervisors.
Yes, and it is common practice. The first group tests the process: how housing, transport, supervisors and the schedule actually work. The wave plan is then adjusted and the project is scaled to the full volume.
For high-volume manual occupations language is not required on arrival: the supervisor demonstrates the operations, and the group has a coordinator who speaks the workers' language. Safety briefings are delivered in a language the workers understand.
One WORKIN manager runs the project, and the status is visible wave by wave: how many people are at the document stage, how many are travelling and how many have already started. The company sees what is done and what comes next for each group.
Work permits are issued to the company as the employer, while an independent migration partner prepares and files the documents - in batches by wave. WORKIN coordinates the timeline and shows the status of every batch.
All materials
Staff outsourcing
Workers stay on the contractor's payroll. The enterprise gets the work done on the section without HR administration.
We bring in workers for your enterprise - from request to the first shift
You define how many people you need and in which trades. WORKIN organises sourcing, candidate vetting, the document route, arrival and preparation for the first working day.
How to bring in foreign workers: the full project plan
17 steps, timelines, costs, the split of responsibility and the enterprise's actions - from request to the group's first shift.
Request
Tell us the volume and the date - we will plan the waves and price the project
- 01A manager reviews the request and clarifies details
- 02You receive a route, a timeline and a cost structure for your project
- 03Any contract decision comes only after the estimate
Staffing request
- 1The need
- 2Company and timing
- 3Contact