The research library
Every number we publish, in one index
335 pages of fee data, salary bands, templates and sourced statistics — free, with no email required, whether or not you ever hire through us.
This exists because the offshore hiring market runs on unpublished prices. Almost every agency in the category asks you to book a call to learn what they charge, which means the only way to compare them is to sit through several pitches. We publish the numbers instead — ours and theirs — with the source and the date we checked it on every figure, and an explicit label wherever a number is an estimate rather than a fact.
Fees
What every agency actually charges
The fee table: percentage models, flat fees, guarantee terms and what each one costs on a real hire — verified on each company's own published pages, dated July 2026.
120 pages
Salary bands by role and country
Every one of 24 roles priced across 5 talent markets, with the country factor stated so you can check the arithmetic rather than trust it.
24 templates
Job descriptions and interview kits
Copy-paste job descriptions with realistic bands, plus scenario-first interview questions that come with what a strong answer shows and the red flags to listen for.
32 pages
Statistics, sourced and labeled
Market data with every figure marked as listed, reported, derived or measured — including our own sitemap census of the agencies, which is original data you will not find elsewhere.
12 comparisons
Us versus them, including where they win
Every comparison names where the competitor is genuinely stronger, and states plainly that we have no track record. If you want years of proof, these pages tell you who to buy it from.
8 industries
By industry, and the fine print
What the offshore hire actually looks like in your sector, plus contractor compliance in plain English — misclassification, when an employer of record earns its keep, and when it does not.
Buying-decision pages
122 pages written for a specific hire — what the role really costs in a given country, what we test for, how exposed the work is to automation, and what it would cost to fill it three different ways.
- Hire an executive assistant in the Philippines
- Hire a bookkeeper in the Philippines
- Hire customer support in the Philippines
- A flat-fee recruiting agency, with the fees published
- A Somewhere.com alternative, compared honestly
- Hire an operations manager in the Philippines
Recent writing
Longer pieces, published Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Same rules: sourced figures, labeled estimates, and no claims about customers we do not have.
- Running a US-hours team from the Philippines without burnout
- Why work samples beat resumes for overseas hires
- How to pay overseas contractors without losing money on fees
- The first 30 days with an overseas hire: onboarding that sticks
- EOR vs direct contractor: which fits your first overseas hire?
- Philippines vs Latin America: which region fits your hire?
What the research is for
Most of it is useful whether or not you hire through us, which is the point — the DIY guides genuinely explain how to skip us, and the comparison pages genuinely explain when a competitor is the better choice. If you would rather have the search run for you, that process is documented too: what it costs, when the fee falls due and what happens if it fails are all on the deal page.