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Hire a support representative who knows your product and your customers

Not a call center seat shared across many clients. One dedicated support rep from Latin America who works your helpdesk, your hours and your tone, on email, chat and phone.

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TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS

TOP RATED TALENT

Meet the talent you could hire

Six of the customer support profiles already in the CloudTask talent network. Every card is built from the candidate record itself.

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How it works

How do I hire a customer support representative?

You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.

Post the role

5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.

Review your matches

3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.

Interview and hire

We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.

How it works

WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK

What you get with every hire

Your rep, not a shared seat

One person on your helpdesk every day, learning your product and your customers. Not an agent splitting the shift across other clients.

Your customers' hours

Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US business day, so the queue gets answered while your customers are awake.

Verified on your helpdesk

Zendesk, Intercom, Gorgias, Freshdesk, HubSpot, your phone system. Checked per candidate instead of taken from a self-reported list.

Replacement guarantee

24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. Support is the voice of your company, and the guarantee covers the case where the fit is wrong.

WHY CLOUDTASK

Staffing with numbers behind it

10,000+

hires placed

since 2016

85%

still in seat

past 90 days

24 months

replacement guarantee

on Managed Staffing

countries

across Latin America and the Caribbean

PRICING MODEL

Managed Staffing.

Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.

Pay

One all-in monthly rate

Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.

In the monthly rate

Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
Screening and vetting
Matching coordination
Worker payments
Compliance and employment administration
Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
Time and activity tracking, on by default
Performance escalation
24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
Health benefits available on request
Equipment benefits available on request

Stays with you

The work itself
Priorities and direction
Who you hire

$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.

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PRICING MODEL

Direct Hire.

Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.

Pay

20% to 30%

Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.

In the fee

Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
Screening and vetting
Shortlist of matched candidates
Interview coordination
Offer support
6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.

Yours when they accept

Employment and payroll
Compliance and employment administration
Ongoing management
Time and activity tracking
Health benefits and equipment benefits

$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.

Start your search

How CloudTask compares

Run the numbers. We did.

The same role, three ways to fill it.

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		US Direct Hire	Staffing Agency
Time to First Interview	48 hours	3 to 6 weeks	2 to 4 weeks
Payroll & Compliance	Included on Managed Staffing	You manage	Included in rate
Vetting Process	Human + AI verified	You screen	Recruiter screened
Candidate spam	Screened out before you see a profile	Common	Low
Tool Verification	Verified per candidate	Self-reported	Rarely verified
Free Replacements	24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire	None	Variable

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Testimonials

Trusted by teams that hire with us

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

SKILLS

Top capabilities to look for in a support representative

Anyone can learn to close a ticket. These are the capabilities that decide whether support keeps customers or quietly loses them.

Clear writing on email and chat

Short, correct, friendly answers that solve the question the first time and do not invite three more replies.
Calm on the phone

Handling an upset caller, keeping control of the call and ending it with a next step the customer understands.
Troubleshooting before escalating

Reproducing the problem, checking the obvious causes and sending engineering a ticket they can act on, not a forwarded complaint.
Following and improving the macros

Using saved replies without sounding like a script, and flagging the ones that are out of date.
Empathy that stays professional

Acknowledging the frustration without over apologizing or promising what the company cannot deliver.
Policy and privacy discipline

Refunds, account changes and personal data handled inside the rules every time, even when a customer pushes.
Spotting patterns in the queue

Noticing that ten tickets this week are the same bug or the same confusing page, and telling the team before it becomes a hundred.
AI where it saves a step

Drafting replies, summarizing long threads and suggesting help articles. Useful for speed, never a substitute for reading the customer properly.

HIRING GUIDE

How to hire a customer support representative

Most results for outsourced customer support are lists of call centers and BPOs. That is the right answer for some companies and the wrong one for others. This guide covers the difference, what a dedicated support rep does, and how to decide.

Why is customer support outsourced?

Usually for coverage and cost. A company needs the queue answered for more hours than its own team can cover, or needs to add capacity faster than it can recruit, and an outside provider solves both.

The trade-off is context. The more the provider shares agents across clients, the less each agent knows about your product, and the more your customers can tell.

What is the difference between customer service and customer support?

The terms overlap and many companies use them interchangeably. When they are separated, customer service usually means the relationship side: orders, billing, account changes, complaints. Customer support usually means helping people use the product and fixing what is not working.

For hiring, the distinction that matters is how technical the questions are. A rep who handles billing and orders needs a different profile from one who troubleshoots your software.

How is a dedicated rep different from a BPO or call center?

A BPO sells coverage: a team, a schedule and service levels, often with agents working several client accounts. It scales up and down easily, and that is what you are paying for.

A dedicated rep is one person on your helpdesk, in your Slack, answering only your customers. They build product knowledge every week and keep it. You manage the work; on Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and replacement.

When is a BPO the better choice?

When you need 24/7 coverage across several languages, when volume swings hard with seasons or launches, or when the questions are simple and repeatable enough that product depth does not matter. A provider built for volume will do that better and more cheaply than a small dedicated team.

A dedicated rep wins when the product is complex, when customers come back to the same people, or when support feeds real information back to product and sales.

What does a support representative actually do each day?

Works the queue across email, chat and phone, following your policies and saved replies. Troubleshoots common problems, escalates the rest with a clean ticket, and updates the customer record.

A strong rep also improves the system: rewriting a macro that confuses people, flagging a help article that is wrong, and telling the team when the same issue keeps coming in.

What should I check in the interview?

Give a real ticket from your queue, an annoyed one, and ask for a written reply in ten minutes. You learn more about writing, tone and judgment from that than from any question about experience.

Then ask about a time they had to say no to a customer. You want to hear how they kept the relationship while holding the policy.

Red flags in support representative candidates

Replies that invite more replies. In the written ticket task, check whether the reply solves the question the first time. A long, apologetic answer that leaves the customer to ask again keeps the ticket open and the customer waiting.

Yes to end the conversation. Ask about a time they had to say no to a customer. A candidate who never has, or who bent the policy to calm someone down, will do the same with refunds, account changes and personal data on your helpdesk.

Escalating instead of troubleshooting. Ask what they check before passing a problem on. A rep who forwards the complaint as it arrived, without reproducing it or ruling out the obvious causes, turns your engineers into the first line.

Sounding like the macro. Ask how they use saved replies. A candidate who pastes them unchanged, and has never flagged one that was out of date, will answer your customers in a voice they can tell is a script.

Every ticket on its own. Ask whether they ever noticed the same issue coming in repeatedly, and who they told. A rep who closes each ticket without seeing the pattern lets a problem grow in the queue before anyone hears about it.

How much does it cost to outsource customer service?

It depends on the channels, the hours covered, the language requirement and the country the person works from, so any single published number describes one scenario and calls it a price.

What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.

Why hire a support representative in Latin America?

Overlap. Most US customers write and call during the US business day, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of it, so the reply arrives while the customer is still at their desk.

The second reason is language. Your rep writes and speaks to customers in English all day, and where you also need Spanish we screen for it too. Both are checked live on a call rather than inferred from a profile.

How does CloudTask hire for this role?

You send the channels, the helpdesk, the hours you need covered and a few example tickets. We come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and verified against the tools you named.

You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.

FAQ

The fine print, in plain terms.

Why do companies outsource customer support?

Mostly for coverage and speed of hiring. The trade-off is product knowledge when agents are shared across clients. A dedicated rep keeps the coverage benefit and keeps the knowledge on your side.

Is this a call center?

No. We place one dedicated person who works your helpdesk and your hours and answers only your customers. If you need 24/7 multilingual coverage at high volume, a call center is often the better fit, and we will say so.

Can a support rep handle email, chat and phone?

Yes. Several of the profiles on this page have worked more than one channel. Tell us the mix and we screen for it on the live call.

How fast can a support representative start?

You get 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours. After you choose, plan the first two weeks for helpdesk access, product training and shadowing before a full queue.

What is the $299 for?

It starts your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your first placement or toward a buyout, so it is not an extra cost, it is the first part of one.

Why is there no number on the monthly rate?

Because it depends on the role, the seniority and the country. We quote the all-in monthly rate per person before you interview, so you know the number before you commit to anyone.

Who is the legal employer?

On Managed Staffing, CloudTask is the contracting party and handles payments and compliance, and you direct the work. On Direct Hire, you employ and manage the hire from day one.

How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?

On Managed Staffing, time and activity tracking is on by default. Talk to us about your setup when you start your search.

What happens if the person does not work out?

Managed Staffing carries a 24-month replacement guarantee, and replacements are not capped. Direct Hire carries a 6-month replacement guarantee: one replacement for the same job description.

Is there a platform or subscription fee?

No. $299 starts your search, one time, and applies toward your first placement. There is no subscription.

Ready to hire?

3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.