Hire vetted offshoreSourcers.
Sprint Labs recruits, vets, places and manages vetted independent sourcers across Asia for companies in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK. You interview and direct them like an in-house hire. We handle the contractor agreement, fees, payments and engagement support.
- Full-time, dedicated, managed by Sprint Labs
- Named shortlist in 5–10 business days
- One flat monthly seat cost, no placement fee
- Role-specific AI training included
Recorded intros, prior work and references.
Get a sourcer shortlist
Named, vetted candidates with recordings and rates. No account, no call required.
How much does an offshore sourcer cost, and how does hiring one work?
A sourcer through Sprint Labs costs roughly USD 1,550–1,800 per month all-in at mid-level and USD 1,900–2,150 for senior — one flat seat cost with no recruitment fee and no entity required. A good hire builds the top of your hiring funnel every single day. Named shortlists land in 5–10 business days.
Embedded in teams across six markets
How fast can I get a candidate started?
Tell us the role
Two minutes, no account. Seniority, start date, anything specific.
We recruit and vet
Skills tests, a working session and reference checks against your brief.
You meet a shortlist
Named candidates with recordings, prior work and a flat monthly seat cost.
They start, we manage the engagement
Contracts, contractor fees and payments, time off, performance concerns and replacement sit with Sprint Labs. Role-specific AI training is available from their start, scheduled when it suits you.
Same role. A fraction of the cost.
Mid-Senior annual seat cost compared with hiring the same role locally in Australia, including employer on-costs.
- Dedicated full-time hire — included
- Contracted and managed by Sprint Labs — included
- Replacement at no extra cost — included
- Dedicated full-time hire — included
- Contracted and managed for you — not included
- Replacement at no extra cost — not included
Local figure: midpoint of the AUD 98,100–119,900 salary range (Robert Half AU 2026 Salary Guide (Sydney), 2026) plus default employer on-costs. Sprint Labs figure: typical Mid-Senior price (band midpoint) × 12, converted from USD at the mid-market rate of 2026-11-05. Indicative only.
What does a strong sourcer change?
Sourcing is the part of recruiting that gets dropped first and hurts most. A dedicated sourcer runs Boolean searches, builds talent maps and warms candidates continuously, so your recruiters and managers always have pipeline instead of starting from zero on each new req.
What they own
- Build and run sourcing strategies per role
- Write and test outreach sequences
- Maintain talent pools and market maps
- Qualify interest before handing to the recruiter
- Report on funnel volume, response and conversion
What skills should a sourcer have?
- Boolean & x-ray search
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- GitHub / Stack Overflow sourcing
- Talent mapping
- Outreach sequencing
- ATS / CRM hygiene
- Market intelligence
- Response rate optimisation
AI workflow training for your sourcer
A sourcer builds the top of the funnel before any screening starts. Training shows your sourcer how AI can help plan searches, map talent markets and test outreach, and how to keep pipelines broad, accurate and fair. Assessment and hiring decisions stay with your recruiters and managers.
Building and refining search strings
Draft Boolean and x-ray search strings for a role, including title variants, adjacent skills and sensible exclusions, for LinkedIn, GitHub or your ATS talent pool.
Strings are run and sample results reviewed by hand, and exclusions are checked so they filter on job-relevant criteria and do not narrow the pool unfairly.
Talent maps and market notes
Organise research on competitor companies, typical job titles, team sizes and likely salary signals into a talent map for an upcoming hard-to-fill role.
Company and market details are confirmed against current public sources, and estimates are labelled as estimates before the map reaches the recruiter.
Testing outreach sequences
Write variations of a three-step outreach sequence for one role, then review response data from previous campaigns to suggest which angle to test next.
Response rates are calculated from the actual campaign export, and each message is checked for accurate role details and inclusive language before sending.
Given a synthetic hard-to-fill role brief and a sample profile set, they write and explain a Boolean string with exclusions, build a short talent map, draft a three-step outreach sequence and hand over five profiles with evidence for interest and fit.
Available once your team member starts, scheduled when it suits you. No additional training fee.
Explore our AI training programme →Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
Sourcer seat cost, USD per month.
Indicative monthly fee covering the contractor's fee, recruitment and vetting, contracts, payments and FX, management support, replacement and role-specific AI training. There is no separate recruitment fee; your exact quote is generated in-app. Benchmarks in USD, reviewed .
What it costs
An offshore sourcer through Sprint Labs costs about USD 1,200 to 2,150 per month, all-in.
| Seniority | Monthly all-in rate USD | Approximate monthly AUD | Local salary, Australia AUD per year | Local salary, US USD per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | 1,200 to 1,550 | 1,714 to 2,214 | ||
| Mid-Senior | 1,450 to 1,800 | 2,072 to 2,572 | ||
| Senior | 1,750 to 2,150 | 2,500 to 3,072 |
USD ranges use the role's existing all-in rates across recruitment markets. AUD is an indicative conversion using Sprint Labs mid-market billing FX feed, dated 2026-10-21: AUD 1 = USD 0.69997032. Actual quotes use the rate at billing.
Local figures are annual salaries, not monthly all-in staffing costs. Blank cells mean no reliable, seniority-specific benchmark has been verified. No salary percentiles have been relabelled as seniority bands.
- Entry
- USD 1,300–1,550
- Mid
- USD 1,550–1,800
- Senior
- USD 1,900–2,150
- Entry
- USD 1,250–1,500
- Mid
- USD 1,500–1,750
- Senior
- USD 1,800–2,050
- Entry
- USD 1,200–1,450
- Mid
- USD 1,450–1,650
- Senior
- USD 1,750–2,000
- Entry
- USD 1,250–1,450
- Mid
- USD 1,450–1,700
- Senior
- USD 1,800–2,050
Entry-level covers capable candidates with 1–3 years' experience, best where the work is well defined and supervised.
Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
Interviewing a sourcer.
Ask for the search string
A real sourcer will happily show you a Boolean string and explain each clause. Ask what they would exclude and why — the exclusions are where the skill lives.
Work sample beats CV claims
Sprint Labs screens every sourcer on a short, realistic task drawn from the work you actually need done, then sends you the output alongside the CV. You see the standard before you spend an interview slot on it.
English and communication are scored
Written and spoken English is assessed and you get a voice recording before you interview, so you know how this person will land in a client call, a Slack thread or a handover note.
Add AI accent conversion for $1/hour per user.
If the role spends time on the phone, our AI accent conversion neutralises accent in real time so every call lands clearly with your customers — without losing the person behind the voice.
Real-time neutralisation
Accent is softened live on the call, with latency low enough that the conversation still feels natural.
Their voice, preserved
Tone, pace, warmth and intent stay theirs. It is your actual team member on the line, just easier to follow.
Your existing phone system
Layers over the softphone or dialler you already run. No porting, no new platform, nothing to retrain.
Hire a sourcer from Asia.
Questions about hiring an offshore sourcer.
How much does an offshore sourcer cost?
Around USD 1,550–1,800 per month all-in at mid-level and USD 1,900–2,150 for a senior sourcer.
Sourcer or full-desk recruiter?
A sourcer if you have hiring managers or recruiters who can assess but no pipeline. A full-desk recruiter if nobody currently owns the process end to end.
What AI skills will my sourcer learn?
Your sourcer learns to use AI to build and refine Boolean and x-ray searches, organise talent maps and market research, and write and test outreach sequences. Results are reviewed by hand, criteria are kept job-relevant and fair, and assessment and hiring decisions stay with your team. Tool use depends on what your business approves.
Do I need a local entity to hire a sourcer offshore?
No. You sign a Master Services Agreement and Work Order with Sprint Labs, and Sprint Labs engages the sourcer as an independent contractor. We handle contracts, fees and payments, engagement support and one monthly invoice. You direct the work day-to-day exactly as you would an in-house hire.
How long does it take to hire a sourcer through Sprint Labs?
Most briefs produce a named, vetted shortlist within 5–10 business days. From there you interview, choose, and we handle the offer, contract and onboarding — typical brief-to-start is three to five weeks depending on the candidate's notice period.
What happens if the hire is not the right fit?
Tell us within the first 30 days and we replace them at our cost. After that, engagements carry a 60-day cancellation notice, which protects the contractor and gives you time to hand over work, but if you want to swap rather than offboard, we run a replacement search in parallel at no additional recruitment cost.
Is AI training included with this placement?
Yes. Once your team member starts, they can enrol in role-specific AI training with no additional training fee. You choose when they enrol, and the self-paced modules run during their normal working hours.
Can the training align with our tools and AI policies?
Yes. The course teaches general skills on practice material, and how your team member applies them depends on the tools, access and AI policy your business approves. If certain work must stay AI-free, they follow your rules. Third-party software subscriptions aren't included and are agreed during onboarding.
Brief the role in two minutes. Shortlist in days.
What other roles are often hired alongside?
Brief the role. See a shortlist within 5–10 business days.
Named, vetted candidates with recordings, prior work and references — plus a flat monthly seat cost in your own currency.
