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Staffing agency vs recruiter: and where CloudTask fits
A recruiter finds your hire and hands them to your payroll. A staffing agency finds them and keeps them on its own. CloudTask lets you choose either way, with 3 to 5 matches from Latin America in 48 hours.
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THE SHORT ANSWER
Staffing agency vs recruiter, in plain terms
Both find people for your open roles. The difference is who employs the person once they start, and how you pay for the search.
What a recruiter does
A recruiter, or recruiting agency, is a third party that searches for a candidate for your open role. You interview, you make the offer and the person joins your payroll. You usually pay a one-time placement fee when the hire accepts, and the relationship often ends there.
What a staffing agency does
A staffing agency finds the worker and also employs them. You pay the agency an ongoing rate for as long as the person works with you, and the agency runs payroll. Many staffing agencies focus on temporary and contract work.
Where CloudTask fits
CloudTask works both ways. On Direct Hire, it works like a recruiter: we run the search, you employ the person and you pay one fee, once. On Managed Staffing, it works like a staffing agency: we handle payroll and compliance and you pay one monthly rate. On both, the talent is in Latin America and the Caribbean, working US business hours.
The question that decides it
Do you want the hire on your payroll or off it? And do you need them for a few weeks or for years? Those two answers point to the right model.
SIDE BY SIDE
CloudTask vs recruiter vs staffing agency
The same role, filled three ways.
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| Recruiter | Staffing agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Who employs the hire | You, or us on Managed Staffing | You | The agency |
| How you pay | One fee or one monthly rate | One-time placement fee | Ongoing rate while they work |
| First candidates | 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours | Varies by recruiter | Varies by agency |
| Screening before you meet them | Live call with our team | Varies by recruiter | Varies by agency |
| Payroll and compliance | Handled on Managed Staffing | ||
| Cost vs a US hire | 40 to 60% lower | Varies by market | Varies by market |
| Replacement guarantee | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire | Varies by recruiter | Varies by agency |
WHERE A RECRUITER STOPS
What changes when one partner covers the whole hire
A good recruiter fills the seat. What happens after the offer is usually yours to handle.
With a traditional recruiter
The pace of the search depends on the recruiter, the role and the market.
With CloudTask
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours, each screened on a live call before you see them.
With a traditional recruiter
After the fee, payroll, benefits and compliance for the hire are yours.
With CloudTask
Pick Direct Hire for one fee, or Managed Staffing and let us run payroll and compliance.
With a traditional recruiter
Guarantee terms change from one recruiter to the next.
With CloudTask
Every hire carries a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
WHEN EACH OPTION WINS
Choose by the hire you need
No option is right for every search. This is how the role points to one or the other.
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A senior hire in one US city: a recruiter
For an executive search in a specific US market, a specialized recruiter with a local network is often the better call.
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Short-term or seasonal cover: a staffing agency
Temporary workers for a few weeks or a seasonal peak are what traditional staffing agencies are built for.
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Full-time roles on US hours: CloudTask
Sales, customer success, support, operations, marketing and engineering hires from Latin America, with a shortlist in 48 hours.
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Payroll off your plate: CloudTask
Managed Staffing gives you one monthly rate, with compliance, contracts and payroll handled for you.
WHY CLOUDTASK
A hiring partner with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
40 to 60%
lower cost
than an equivalent US hire
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
HOW IT WORKS
From open role to hire in four steps
The same search on both models. You decide how to hire at the end.
Tell us the role
Share what the job needs. $299 starts the search.
Get 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours
Our team searches, screens on a live call and sends a shortlist matched to the role.
Interview and choose
You meet the people you like and pick your hire.
Start with a guarantee
Every hire carries a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
Which model
Two models. Open to every role.
Direct Hire works like a recruiter. Managed Staffing works like a staffing agency. The search is the same.
Direct Hire
You employ them. One fee, once.
- $299 to start your search, one time
- One-time fee when your candidate accepts
- Your hire joins your payroll
- 6-month replacement guarantee
Managed Staffing
We handle payroll. One monthly rate.
- $299 to start your search, one time
- No placement fee
- Compliance, contracts and payroll handled
- 24-month replacement guarantee
Testimonials
Teams that found their hires with CloudTask
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LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify -
At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
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Skip the long search
Tell us the role and get 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.