Helping you choose the best global hiring partner
More and more companies are recognizing the value of hiring overseas workers. As companies start to realize the benefits of overseas hiring, more and more agencies are popping up to serve the demand. More isn’t always better, though; in fact, an influx of agencies can make it harder to hire top-tier talent and lead to lackluster results.
In recent years, global recruiting has been a valuable resource for organizations that have started sourcing staff internationally. Lower cost talent with greater experience can help businesses scale faster and do more with fewer resources. With increasing competition and financial pressures, companies need to take advantage of every resource available to them, including how and where they source talent.
This niche type of hiring is always more successful when you use a professional global hiring firm. The real challenge is choosing the right firm to address your business needs and help you reach your goals.
Halo remains one of the top recruiting agencies for overseas talent. We don’t take this role lightly, which is why we’re constantly seeking ways to improve our services. One way we do this is with market research. We want to understand who we serve, the needs of that audience, and what others in the market are providing.
How We Researched the Competitive Landscape in Global Hiring
We reviewed similar overseas recruiting firms on a few important criteria. We compared:
- Main selling points and value propositions
- Recruiting areas
- Positions typically hired
- Placement guarantee
- Additional services offered
We obviously know everything there is to know about Halo Recruiting, so we looked at the available online information we were able to find for the following global hiring firms:
- Somewhere
- Microsourcing
- Hire With Near
- Borderless Mind
- Sagan
- Halo Recruiting
This list comprises the best global hiring firms in the market that offer overseas candidate placement.
Comparing Global Hiring Firms
Halo recruiting
Main selling points and value propositions
Halo offers a highly bespoke, white-glove approach. Halo guides clients through the journey and provides complete transparency every step of the way. We’ll walk you through each step of the process, from recruiting to onboarding to work equipment delivery, ensuring your new hire can start providing value from Day 1.
Key Statistics:
- 62% of all Halo clients make two or more hires
- An average of 8 days to receive initial shortlist of top candidates
- 3.6% churn rate
Recruiting areas
Primarily recruits in the Philippines but has strong networks in Latin America and other markets for finding elite global talent.
Positions typically hired
Halo hires for a broad range of positions and work functions. Based on the background of the founding partners, they are extremely well suited to recruit in the financial sector, including for private equity-backed companies. They also have a strong background in IT, digital marketing, and software development. Additional roles that Halo Recruiting will hire for:
- Bookkeepers
- Copy Writers
- Customer Support
- Digital Marketers
- Executive Assistants
- Financial Analysts
- Graphic Designers
- Sales Reps
- Software Developers
- Virtual Assistants
Halo also offers the flexibility to recruit for a wide range of positions, including niche roles.
Placement guarantee
Halo Recruiting is extremely confident in their ability to place the right candidates. This is evident in their market leading churn rate (3.6%). If for some reason a placement doesn’t work out, Halo will provide a free additional search within the first 120 days.
For Halo clients that participate in their monthly EOR service, Halo provides lifetime replacements for that hired position.
Additional services offered
Halo recruiting considers themselves a full service global recruiting firm. Along side their hiring and placement services, Halo also offers their clients:
- Employment of Record services
- Risk and compliance consulting
- International payment coordination
Somewhere
Main selling points and value proposition
Somewhere’s main selling point is the length of time in the marketplace.
Recruiting areas
Somewhere sources talent from the Philippines, South Africa, and Latin America.
Positions typically hired
Somewhere mostly recruits for basic positions and job functions, mostly in roles like virtual assistants, sales, customer service, marketing, construction, and finance.
Placement guarantee
Each hire from Somewhere comes with a 6 month placement guarantee.
Additional services offered
Somewhere doesn’t offer additional services outside of hiring and placement.
Microsourcing
Main selling points and value proposition
Microsourcing is based in the Philippines and houses most of it’s outsourced employees locally in their operations center.
Recruiting areas
Microsourcing works exclusively with talent in the Philippines.
Positions typically hired
Microsourcing has a diverse range of positions they hire for. These positions range from back office operations like accounting and admin support to customer facing roles such as sales and customer service.
Placement guarantee
Microsourcing doesn’t offer a placement guarantee, they charge a fixed monthly rate per employee.
Additional services offered
Microsourcing also offers risk management services and data compliance tools to pair with their recruiting services.
Hire with Near
Main selling points and value propositions
They aim to fill positions in under 21 days and charge a monthly per-hire fee.
Recruiting areas
Hire with Near focuses exclusively on Latin American workers
Positions typically hired
Hire with Near offers a diverse range of hires in several positions and job functions.
Placement guarantee
Hire with Near doesn’t explicitly state a placement guarantee, they just aim to find a replacement.
Additional services offered
Hire with Near offers EOR services that cover payroll and compliance.
Sagan
Main selling points and value propositions
Sagan prides itself on their easy to understand pricing structure and their subscription model.
Recruiting areas
Sagan recruits from several different areas including Latin America, South Africa, and the Philippines.
Positions typically hired
Sagan hires talent across a range of disciplines, including customer service, IT, and business development.
Placement guarantee
Sagan offers a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Additional services offered
Sagan offers a subscription service that allows for multiple hires for one price.
Compared to Halo
Only Halo combines transparent pricing, multiple countries and industries, employer of record, white glove service, and a lifetime replacement guarantee in one place. Halo provides comprehensive services and takes on most of the heavy lifting so businesses can hire faster and more effectively.
Halo is Always Seeking to Innovate
The organizations that look to the Oscar Wilde quote “imitation is the greatest form of flattery,” need to understand the whole story. The entirety of that quote paints an entirely different picture. The full phrase is as follows, “imitation is the greatest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
We never want to copy our competition, we want to do things better or differently. We strive to be the leaders in our space.
Based on our findings, we feel Halo stacks up well with all of these firms. We always recommend partnering with a firm that has a solid reputation, works closely with you, shares beliefs and values, and delivers results.
However you decide to go, we encourage research and a trial run with multiple firms before making a permanent hire.
