RPO and embedded recruiting

Recruitment process outsourcing for LATAM hiring plans.

Tessera Partners embeds recruiters in your team for hiring plans of five or more roles across Latin America. We work inside your ATS and tools, for US, European and international companies. Each role gets a first qualified shortlist in 21 days, and every placement carries a 90 day replacement guarantee.

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When companies call us

RPO fits when hiring is a plan, not a single search, and your team does not have the capacity to run it.

A hiring plan after a funding round

The board approved eight to twenty hires for the next two quarters, many of them in Latin America.

Opening a hub in a new country

You are building a team in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Bogotá or Mexico City and need local recruiting capacity fast.

Your recruiter just left

Open roles are stalling and candidates are waiting for answers. You need someone inside the process next week, not next quarter.

Too many agencies, no single view

Several agencies send CVs in different formats. You want one partner, one pipeline and one report.

Hiring managers spend too long on screening

Managers review dozens of profiles per role. You want them to meet only candidates who already passed a structured screen.

A fractional head of talent

You are not ready for a full time recruiting leader, but you need someone to design the process and run it.

Roles we fill

Seniority	Example roles	Typical search length
Senior individual contributor	Engineers, analysts, account executives, customer success managers	Shortlist in 21 days per role
Lead and manager	Team leads, finance and operations managers, sales managers	Shortlist in 21 days per role
Director	Heads of department for a new hub	Shortlist in 21 days per role
Volume within seniority	Several similar roles hired as one campaign	Shortlist in 21 days per role

We run the full process with you and present senior talent as fast as we can, with a first qualified shortlist in 21 days.

How the search works

Intake

A working call, then a structured intake. We test the real need and agree a signed role brief with you.

Search, days 1 to 21

We start with our network, references and trusted connections, then curated talent pools. Job boards only when they add signal.

Shortlist by day 21

Three to five candidates, each with a written 5-Lens dossier and our recruiter's view.

Interviews and offer

We run scheduling, interview preparation, debriefs, references and offer support.

Follow-through to day 90

Regular check-ins with you and the hire through day 90, backed by the replacement guarantee.

How we evaluate candidates

Inside an RPO, the five lenses become your shared screening standard. Hiring managers see the same structured evidence for every candidate.

Craft. A role scorecard agreed with each hiring manager, so every screen checks the same skills and results.
Context. Fit with the stage and pace of your company, which matters more when ten people join at once.
Communication. Written and spoken English checked consistently across all roles, at the level each role needs.
Cultural Fluency. Behavior in feedback, escalation and autonomy, so the new hub works well with headquarters.
Drive. Motivation for your company and the new team, confirmed before the offer stage.

Read the full 5-Lens Method →

Fees and guarantee

RPO is priced per engagement, based on the number of roles and the time involved, and agreed with you after a planning call. Every placement made through the engagement carries the 90 day replacement guarantee.

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Why Tessera Partners

Versus EOR providers

An employer of record employs people you have already chosen. RPO finds and screens them at volume. Many clients run both, and we coordinate with the EOR on start dates.

Versus generalist agencies

Generalist agencies compete for each role separately. An embedded team owns the whole plan, shares one pipeline and reports on all roles together.

Versus in-house recruiting

Hiring in-house recruiters takes months and is hard to undo. RPO gives you senior capacity now and scales down when the plan is done.

Market notes

Argentina and São Paulo run on UTC-3 all year. Argentina does not use daylight saving time (timeanddate), and Brazil ended it in 2019 (Decree 9.772/2019). Colombia is on UTC-5 (timeanddate) and Mexico City on UTC-6 (timeanddate). That gives US teams a full shared working day.
Each country has its own labor code. Brazil's CLT defines an employee by continuous, paid and subordinate work (CLT, article 3). Argentina's labor law presumes an employment contract when someone provides services (Law 20,744, article 23).
Since a 2021 reform, Mexico's Federal Labor Law prohibits subcontracting of personnel, except registered specialized services (Ley Federal del Trabajo, articles 12 to 15).
Contractor or employee is a legal question, not a preference. In the US, the IRS looks at behavioral control, financial control and the relationship (IRS guidance). Local rules apply in the hire's country too. Tessera Partners does not give legal or payroll advice.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does RPO cost?

RPO is priced per engagement rather than per hire. The price depends on the number of roles and the time involved, and we agree it with you after a planning call. It is often more efficient than paying a separate fee for each role. Placements still carry the 90 day guarantee.

How fast can an embedded recruiter start?

We start with a planning session and access to your tools as soon as you confirm the engagement. We put senior recruiters on your roles as fast as we can. Each role then aims for a first qualified shortlist within 21 days, and we prioritize the most urgent hires with you.

Do you work inside our ATS?

Yes. We work inside your applicant tracking system, calendar and communication tools, so every candidate and note stays in your records. If you do not have an ATS yet, we can recommend options and set up a simple pipeline. Your data stays yours when the engagement ends.

How often do you report?

We share a weekly pipeline review with your hiring managers and a monthly summary for leadership. Reports cover open roles, candidates per stage, time to shortlist, offers and the reasons candidates declined. You see problems early and can adjust priorities between roles.

Can the roles be remote or on site?

Both. Many RPO plans build remote teams across Latin America, while others open an on site hub in one city. We adapt sourcing to each setup, and confirm with every candidate the location, schedule and employment model before interviews. No candidate reaches your managers with an unclear setup.

Which languages does the team cover?

Our recruiters work in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates are assessed in English and in the local language the role needs. This lets us run one plan across Brazil and Spanish-speaking countries without separate agencies for each market. Your managers get the same format of report for every country.