Glossary · Hiring and outsourcing models

Dedicated remote hire

A dedicated remote hire is one professional who works only for your business, full time, from another location. Unlike a shared assistant or a task service, the same person handles your work every day, learns your systems, and reports to you, so context and quality build over time instead of resetting with each request.

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What it means in practice

Shared and on-demand services are built for small, one-off tasks. They work well for booking a restaurant or formatting a document, but they struggle with ongoing work that depends on knowing your clients, your inbox, and your priorities. A dedicated hire removes that hand-off cost.

Every Rekruuto placement is a dedicated, full-time hire based in the Philippines who works your hours, 40 hours a week. Most roles are $1,800 a month, and you manage the day-to-day work directly.

Compare dedicated and shared models on our Rekruuto vs Fancy Hands and Rekruuto vs Time Etc pages.

  • Virtual assistant (VA)

    A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote professional who handles administrative, operational, or specialist work for a business from another location.

  • Staff augmentation

    Staff augmentation is adding outside professionals to your existing team to fill a skills gap or add capacity.

  • Remote employee

    A remote employee is a person on a company's payroll who works from home or another location instead of an office.

  • Full-time equivalent (FTE)

    Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a unit that measures workload or headcount in terms of full-time positions.

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Hire a full-time professional from the Philippines

Every Rekruuto hire is a full-time professional based in the Philippines who works your hours. Most roles are $1,800 a month, software developers start at $2,500 a month, and an AI Implementation Specialist is $2,500 a month. Candidates pass top 2% vetting, hiring takes 14 days, and every hire starts with a 1-week trial with a replacement or refund.

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