Hire top Filipino talent.
One fee. No markups. Ever.
Most offshore agencies clip a ticket on your staff's salary — forever. Tarino charges once and steps away. You own the hire from day one.
The offshore agency model
is designed to keep you paying.
Most recruitment agencies charge a 15–20% ongoing markup on top of your staff's salary — every single month. The more you grow, the more you pay. There's no finish line.
Ongoing salary markup — forever
Pay someone $3,000/month? The agency takes $450–600 on top of that. Every. Single. Month. That's $7,200/year — and it grows every time you give your staff a raise.
Cost of a local admin hire
Salary, super, leave entitlements, equipment. The cost of a local support hire is high — and a lot of firms can't afford it but can't afford to not hire either.
Per week lost to admin
Most broker and accounting firm owners are spending 10–20 hours a week on tasks that shouldn't be on their plate. That's $300/hr work sitting undone while you chase compliance docs.
One fee. You own the hire.
No agency in the middle — ever again.
Direct hire is how top-tier Australian recruitment has always worked. Tarino applies that model to offshore. You pay once to find your person, then they're yours. No ongoing cost. No dependency.
One flat fee of $5,000
That's it. No retainer, no markup, no percentage of salary. The fee pays for the end-to-end search, vetting, screening, and placement. After that, you're done paying us.
You own the hire directly
Your hire works for you — not through us. You pay their salary directly. You manage them directly. Tarino steps out of the picture after day one. That's the point.
6-month replacement guarantee
If it doesn't work out within six months — for any reason — we find a replacement at no additional cost. No questions asked.
From brief to placed hire
in three steps.
Tell us the role
We start with a 30-minute call to understand your business, the role, and what good looks like for you. Loan processor, bookkeeper, paraplanner, compliance admin — we've placed them all. Then we run the full search across Philippine job boards, networks, and direct outreach.
You do: 30-min call. We do: everything else.We vet. You meet the best.
Every candidate goes through CV screening, practical skills testing, video interviews, and background checks. You only meet the shortlist — typically 2–3 candidates who are genuinely worth your time. No CV dumps.
You do: 1–2 hours of interviews. We do: weeks of screening.You choose. You pay once. They're yours.
When you find your person, you make an offer and they start. You pay Tarino $5,000. That's the last payment you ever make to us. They work for you, paid by you, managed by you — no agency in the middle.
6-month replacement guarantee from start date.The numbers don't lie.
A qualified Filipino professional costs $2,500–3,500/month in salary. Compare that to what you're paying now — or to a local hire at $75k+/year.
Annual cost of a Filipino CPA placed by Tarino (salary only)
One-time Tarino placement fee. Never pay us again.
Equivalent local hire cost (salary + super + leave)
Year-two saving (no Tarino fee in year two — just salary)
$52,000 saved.
One hire. One fee.
Sydney Accounting Firm — Bookkeeper Placement
Saving $52,000 every year from year two onwards.
The questions
we get asked every time.
"I tried a VA before and it didn't work."
A VA and a dedicated offshore hire are different things. VAs are shared, task-based, and often handling 10+ clients at once. Tarino places dedicated full-time hires who work exclusively for you — vetted for your specific role and onboarded properly. The failure mode people experience with VAs is almost always an onboarding problem, not a talent problem.
"I don't have time to manage someone offshore."
You're already managing staff. The time investment upfront is real — the first 4–6 weeks matter. But a well-placed hire becomes self-managing over time. The admin you're currently doing yourself takes more time than managing a dedicated hire who does it for you.
"What about client data security?"
All hires sign NDAs and data handling agreements before they start. You control system access — most firms use role-based permissions in their CRM and practice management software. The Philippines has comprehensive data privacy legislation (Data Privacy Act 2012), and structured access controls mean client data is no more exposed than it would be with a local hire.
"What if the hire doesn't work out?"
Tarino offers a 6-month replacement guarantee, no questions asked. If your hire doesn't work out in the first six months, we find you a replacement at no additional cost. That's how confident we are in our vetting process.
"The quality won't be as good."
The Philippines produces over 200,000 accounting and finance graduates annually. The talent pool is deep and qualified. Many Filipino professionals have Big Four accounting experience and international certifications. The quality objection is the biggest misconception in this space — it's what agencies have let persist because it keeps you dependent on them.
Built by a broker
who lived this problem.
I'm Chris Tan — former MPA Top 100 / #38 nationally. Before founding Tarino, I co-built Neses Finance to $240M in loans and a 6-person team.
I know what it looks like when a broker-owner is doing $300/hr work and $30/hr admin in the same afternoon. I was that person.
Tarino exists because the offshore agency model in Australia is broken. Ongoing markups, hidden costs, poor vetting. I built the firm I wished existed when I was running a broking business — direct hire, one fee, no dependency.
Ready to hire someone great?
Book a free 30-min call.
We'll talk through your role, your business, and whether Tarino is the right fit. No pitch. No pressure.
Book a Free Call at tarino.au
OFFSHORE RECRUITMENT FOR AUSTRALIAN FIRMS
Hire top Filipino Talent.
One fee. No markups. Ever
Most offshore agencies clip a ticket on your staff's salary - forever. Tarino charges once and steps away. You own the hire from day one.
$5,000
One flat fee. That's all.
$0
Ongoing markup or retainer
6-mo
Replacement guarantee
$52k
Year-two saving, one placement
THE PROBLEM
The offshore agency model
is designed to keep you paying.
Most recruitment agencies charge a 15–20% ongoing markup on top of your
staff's salary - every single month. The more you grow, the more you pay.
There's no finish line.
Work with a team of industry insiders
Most marketing consultants have never sat in your chair.
They don't understand the frustration of watching your team chase timewasters
.or the anxiety of a pipeline that runs on inconsistent referrals.
After years as the in-house growth and acquisition lead for a premier Sydney brokerage, I founded Brighter Brokers to give you that same proven infrastructure.
Since then, we've helped the top mortgage brokers around Australia install our proven system to find more borrowers.
It’s time to stop hoping for growth, and install the system that delivers predictable, high-quality growth.
Kado Huang
Founder
Brighter Brokers
