The Client
This Toronto-based tech company relies on accurate, verified data to run its business, and its HR Manager owns hiring for the teams that produce it. As data volumes grew, verification work became a standing operational requirement rather than a project — one that needed a dedicated team, not overflow capacity borrowed from elsewhere in the organization.
The Challenge
The company needed a data verification team in place quickly. Building it locally meant absorbing Canadian salary costs for high-volume, detail-intensive work, and a domestic recruiting cycle the business could not afford to wait through while data piled up.
Key challenges included:
- Standing up a six-person data verification team from a standing start
- Avoiding the cost of staffing high-volume verification work at Canadian market rates
- Sourcing candidates in the Philippines, where the company had no recruiting presence
- Onboarding an offshore team without an internal talent acquisition function to run the search
- Handling payroll and compliance for employees in another country
They needed a partner who could deliver a vetted team in weeks and administer it afterward.
The Solution
The client found 1840 & Company through an online search and moved forward after an introductory conversation with our team gave them confidence in the fit.
Our approach included:
- Global Talent Cloud Sourcing: We sourced and vetted data verification candidates in the Philippines from our existing talent network rather than starting a search from zero.
- Rapid Team Assembly: We built the full six-person team and had it working within two weeks of beginning the search.
- Role-Specific Screening: Candidates were assessed for the accuracy and consistency that verification work demands, not screened as general admin support.
- Payroll Administration: We took over payroll for the offshore team, so the client’s HR function managed people and priorities instead of international payment mechanics.
- Ongoing Partnership: The engagement has continued past the initial build, expanding into wider payroll support.
The Outcome
1840 & Company’s engagement gave the client a working offshore data team in a fraction of the time and cost of hiring locally.
They gained:
- A six-person data verification team sourced, vetted, and started in 14 days
- Approximately $232K in annual savings — about $38.7K per role versus local hiring
- Quality candidates delivered quickly, which the client named as the most impressive part of the engagement
- Payroll and compliance for the offshore team handled entirely by 1840 & Company
The client rated the engagement 5.0 across quality, schedule, cost, and referral.
