Hunt St is an offshore recruitment firm connecting Australian businesses with professionals in the Philippines. Rather than operating as a traditional agency or BPO, it facilitates direct hiring relationships: Australian companies take on Filipino talent directly, while Hunt St handles the end-to-end recruitment process - sourcing candidates, running targeted technical assessments, and delivering vetted shortlists. The firm charges a one-time placement fee rather than ongoing margins or percentage-of-payroll fees.
The firm focuses primarily on small and medium-sized enterprises. Reported metrics include over 1,000 SME clients served, a 94% retention rate, an average time-to-hire of 18 days, and $25 million in reported client savings. Each engagement typically involves sourcing 300 or more applicants before delivering a shortlist.
Hunt St explicitly distinguishes its model from BPO arrangements and freelance marketplaces. It positions the direct-hire structure as addressing a common inefficiency in offshore staffing, where agency markups consume a significant portion of what clients pay before talent receives remuneration. The one-time placement fee model is intended to reduce ongoing costs for employers while allowing hired professionals to receive compensation more directly linked to their contracted rate.
The firm's geographic focus is narrow by design: clients are based in Australia, and talent is sourced exclusively from the Philippines. Its service covers compliance considerations associated with ethical and legal offshore hiring.
