Sandra Slotte – Senior Consultant

As a Senior Consultant, trainer and public speaker specialising in international talent attraction and retention. Her core expertise lies in employer‑ability—the willingness and ability of employers to hire, onboard, and retain international talent—and in understanding how local actors, policies, and societal attitudes shape that landscape.

Sandra works with governments, municipalities, regions, public sector organisations, higher education institutions, and employers to strengthen their capacity to attract and keep global talent. Her work spans strategy development, capability building, ecosystem orchestration, and hands‑on support for organisations navigating demographic change, skills shortages, internationalisation, and corporate social responsibility.

She has a long career in the internationalisation of higher education, giving her deep insight into global mobility, international student attraction and retention, and the transition from education to employment. This experience gives her a unique, practical understanding of how talent moves, what motivates it, and what systems need to be in place for it to thrive.

Alongside her consultancy work, Sandra is a Doctoral Candidate researching the employer‑ability of micro and small enterprises, and how other organisations in the local ecosystem attempt to influence it. This research is particularly relevant for Nordic and Northern European countries that have made international talent attraction and retention a national priority.

Expertise: Employer Ability, Talent Attraction and Retention, Research and Analytics