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The Step-By-Step Playbook For Your First Overseas Hire.
Role, country, salary, onboarding, communication cadence, KPIs, trial period, and the mistakes that kill 9 out of 10 first hires. The complete path, drawn from 70+ placements. Instant access.
You know you need help, but the path is buried under questions:
The complete path, in 8 chapters:
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How It Works
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Open The Playbook
An 8-chapter PDF covering role, country, salary, onboarding, cadence, KPIs, trial period, and the mistakes that quietly tank first hires.
Run Your First Hire
Follow the path step by step. Most founders use it to run the hire themselves. If you'd rather hand it off, we'll show you how at the end.
The complete path, start to finish:
Inside The Playbook
Four phases. Eight chapters. Everything you need to make your first overseas hire without guessing.
Pick The Right First Hire
The decision tree we use to choose a first hire based on your business model and where you're getting buried. Stop wasting your first hire on the wrong role.
Where To Hire And What To Pay
Salary ranges for every major hiring country (Philippines, South Africa, Colombia, Mexico) by role. Pay the number that gets you A-players without overpaying.
Onboarding, Cadence, And KPIs
A day-by-day onboarding plan for the first 30 days, the communication rituals that work long term, and the 3 KPIs that prove the hire is working before month three.
Trial Period And Killer Mistakes
A 30 day trial structure that protects both sides, plus the 7 mistakes we have watched sink 9 out of 10 first hires. Avoid the failure modes before they happen.
The single most common thing founders tell me is “I know I need to hire overseas, I just don’t know where to start.” That’s a feeling, not a strategy. And I have watched it cost people years.
After 70+ placements across ecommerce, agencies, SaaS, home services, and info businesses, the path is no longer a mystery. There is a sequence: role, country, salary, onboarding, cadence, KPIs, trial, mistakes. Get all 8 right and you have a hire that compounds for years. Get any of them wrong and you waste 3 months and a salary.
I wrote down the exact path I would follow if I were starting from zero today. That’s the playbook.
From The Founders We’ve Hired For
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Common Questions
“What exactly do I get?”
+An 8-chapter PDF playbook covering the entire path from picking the right first role through onboarding, communication cadence, KPIs, and the trial period. Plus the salary ranges by country and the 7 mistakes that kill 9 out of 10 first hires. Delivered to your inbox the moment you check out.
“How is this different from a generic hiring guide online?”
+It is built on what actually worked across 70+ real placements at real businesses, not theory. Every chapter is the same advice we give to clients who are paying us 5 figures to run their search. You are getting the exact playbook, just without us running it for you.
“What if I want you to just run the hire for me?”
+Most readers eventually do. The playbook is the same path we follow when we run a search end-to-end for a client. After you read it, we will show you what the done-for-you version looks like. No call required to get there.
“Does this work for my type of business?”
+The playbook is built around the patterns that hold across business models: ecommerce, agencies, SaaS, home services, info products. The decision tree in Chapter 1 will tell you which first hire makes sense for your specific setup, and whether overseas is even the right move for you yet.
Results are not guaranteed and may vary. Individual success depends on market conditions, implementation, and various factors beyond our control.
Talented LLC is a recruitment placement and staffing coordination company. We source, vet, and place overseas talent for businesses. While we stand behind the quality of our placements and offer guarantees as outlined in our service agreements, individual results, including time saved, revenue impact, and employee performance, will vary depending on your specific business circumstances, management practices, and the role being filled.
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