Meet experienced people who could take your exports into the next market.
Grow Global introduces your company to motivated candidates aged 55+ with international experience. You select a suitable person who will complete a five-month international training programme with personal mentoring shaped around your company’s existing export needs and business goals.
Registering does not commit you to hiring anyone — you decide only after meeting the candidates.
Applications are open — apply now
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Over 40 candidates have completed preliminary interviews and would like to join your company
- Candidates
- Over 40
- Experience
- International
- Age
- 55+
- Company participation
- Free of charge
Meet candidates aged 55+ with international work, management and sales experience, and find a suitable export sales manager or specialist for your company. Registering does not commit you to hiring anyone — you decide on the fit after meeting the candidates.
The programme is free of charge for companies.
How the training works
Five months, five modules, one clear goal: a person who knows your company and your target market.
Five modules, one per month
The programme runs from November 2026 to March 2027. Each month is one module: a preparation week, an opening day and three study weeks.
Online and in English
All sessions, materials and mentoring happen online and in English, so the specialist works in an international environment from the first week.
International trainers
Modules are led by international sales and export practitioners who know these markets and these customers themselves.
Learning together as a group
Participants learn in one group together with Ukrainian participants, sharing experience and building a network while they study.
Shaped around your company
Practical assignments are based on your company's real export tasks. The person is prepared for a specific role in your company.
A personal mentor
Every participant has a mentor throughout the programme: goals, feedback and solutions shaped around your situation.
Who can take part
The programme welcomes Estonian companies developing or scaling exports that want an export sales specialist in the team:
- registered in Estonia and exporting or with international growth potential
- turnover from 600 000 euros preferred
- ready to employ the specialist chosen during the programme
- ready to invest in export and sales capability and support the specialist's growth
- agrees to the programme terms and takes an active part in the practical work
- the export specialist joining through the programme is aged 55 or over — a condition set by the funder
Programme components
See what the specialist will learn+
International sales and export development programme for companies
Individual mentoring and practical company challenges
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Frequently asked questions
How do you train these people?+
Over five months (November 2026 – March 2027) the participant completes five modules: export strategy and partner selection, customer approach and value proposition, client meetings and offers, relationships and digital tools, and contracts, negotiations and logistics. Learning happens online and in English, led by international trainers, in a group that also includes Ukrainian participants. Every practical assignment is based on your company's real export task, and each participant has a personal mentor.
What does participation cost for a company?+
There is no participation fee for Estonian companies. The programme is free of charge for companies, co-funded by the European Union. The company's contribution is hiring the specialist and taking an active part in the practical work.
Is registration open?+
Company registration is open — apply now to meet the candidates.
What exactly does our company commit to?+
Employing the specialist you choose during the programme (the employment contract or other form of cooperation is confirmed by 29 October 2026 at the latest), taking an active part in the practical work, and supporting the specialist's development. The hiring decision is always yours.
How much of the export sales manager's time does the programme take?+
The development programme runs from November 2026 to March 2027 — one module per month, combining e-learning, workshops and assignments done on your company's real export tasks. The volume of the program is 120 academic hours.
In what language does the programme run?+
In English — sessions, materials and mentoring. Candidates are required to have C1-level English.
How are candidates selected?+
Over 40 candidates have completed an initial interview, during which we explain the programme and check English language skills. We bring all companies together with all candidates; meetings take place by arrangement. We do not pre-select anyone on behalf of your company. You run the final interviews and decide whom to hire and on what terms.
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Not sure whether your company fits?
Talk directly with the programme team before registering.
Or register first and we will contact you to map your needs. For general enquiries write to info@visionest.institute — we answer on working days.
Co-funded by the European Union