Hire great people in the Philippines with an Australian recruiter running the search. A one-off fee capped at A$8,000, a 3-month replacement guarantee and a clear path to employing your hire properly from day one.
The Philippines has a deep pool of English-speaking talent working hours that overlap well with Australia and New Zealand. Startups hire there for engineering, design, marketing, customer support, operations, finance and executive assistance. The people you hire join your team as long-term employees, with the same onboarding, tools and expectations as everyone else.
Some roles belong here: anything where knowing the local market is the skill, and your senior technical leadership. Plenty of others work well offshore, and what you save there helps you pay properly for the local hires that matter most. Claiming the R&D Tax Incentive? We can introduce you to R&D advisers who can confirm how your offshore team is treated before you hire.
We start with a call to understand the role, your team and what good looks like. We write the job ad and position the role so it attracts people who want to stay.
Our Philippines-based team sources candidates and runs first calls. We shortlist on skills, communication and how well each person fits the way your team works.
We send shortlisted candidates your take-home task and collect the results, so you only spend time with people who have shown they can do the work.
You interview the finalists and choose your hire. We manage references, the offer and the handover into employment and onboarding.
Minimum A$4,000, capped at A$8,000 + GST, with no ongoing fees. For an executive assistant or support role that's typically between A$4,000 and A$6,000, and a senior engineer never costs more than A$8,000. A non-refundable A$500 deposit starts the search and covers advertising, and it comes off your fee when your hire accepts.
Compare onshore and offshore costs with our calculator.
The job ad, sourcing, first-round calls, your take-home test, reference checks and the offer letter.
If your hire leaves or isn't the right fit within three months, we run the search again at no extra fee.
Employing in the Philippines adds a few costs on top of your hire's salary. As a guide, allow for roughly 15% to 20% on top. That covers a 13th month of pay (one extra month's salary a year), the employer share of SSS (around 10% of salary, capped at a monthly salary of PHP 35,000), PhilHealth (around 2.5%) and Pag-IBIG (around PHP 200 a month). If you employ through our employment partner, add the monthly employment fee, insurance and deposit described above. These are approximate figures and the exact cost depends on salary, so we confirm them in your quote.
Your hire needs to be employed properly under Philippine law, including 13th month pay and government contributions to SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG.
We look after employment for you as your partner. We set your hire up with our employment partner, run payroll each month and handle questions along the way, so you deal with one Australian business. As a guide, employment typically costs around US$200 to US$250 a month per person, plus an insurance fee of 2% of salary and a refundable deposit of at least one month's fees. The exact rate depends on how many people you employ and whether you pay annually, so talk to us for a quote.
Prefer to employ your hire yourself? We prepare the offer letter, your hire signs, and you manage them directly. We'll also share our best-practice guide to employing in the Philippines, so you have the right setup from day one.
Any role that can be done remotely. Common hires include software engineers, QA testers, designers, marketers, customer support, bookkeepers, operations coordinators and executive assistants.
Yes. We work with startups and scaleups across Australia and New Zealand.
No. We work with startups and scaleups at any stage, funded or bootstrapped.
You get a search run to the same standard as a local hire, by people who understand how Australian startups work, with one point of contact and fees you can see before you start.
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