The desire to work remotely is one of the most significant benefits people search for when looking for a new job. That means it’s also arguably the biggest perk a company can offer when seeking new talent. It’s easy to see why, too. There’s the freedom to work wherever you want, whether it’s in the home office in Toronto or on your vacation in Australia.
The flexible hours are another big motivation. Right now, the number of people working from home has increased by 140% since 2005 and 16% of global companies exclusively hire remote workers. If you’re someone looking to work remotely, chances are you have no idea where to begin the search.
Research will show two standout choices: VanHack and BairesDev. But how do you know which option is better? Which one should you select? If you’re in the software development world, which option is right for you? Continue reading to find out why VanHack is the superior platform out of the two.
Why not BairesDev?
Like most organizations in this industry, BairesDev promises to provide the roles a company needs to complete the team so they can see a project over the finishing line. The teams are composed of QA engineers, project managers, SW engineers and other roles. While BairesDev is a great platform, we believe it fails to hit the mark in several key areas.
Smaller talent pool
Overall, BairesDev has fewer tech size and is a smaller company in general. That means there are also fewer jobs available. This comes down to BairesDev offering companies a delivery team that works autonomously, but communication only happens when requested.
Instead, the tech talent relies heavily on feedback to shape the projects. Whenever you need a team, you get in touch with BairesDev, who sources a suitable team to help you.
BairesDev also has a smaller tech talent pool with fewer candidates, meaning you won’t have a broader range of tech talent to work with. This is because BairesDev only has developers from across Latin America, so it limits itself in the number of people it has on its books and can offer to businesses looking to outsource their development.
Outsourcing is the key term here. BairesDev works with clients by outsourcing teams for projects, so they’re never truly ‘hired’ by a company; you’d receive a team from BairesDev that has the expertise in what you need to help you complete a project.
For some, that works fine as it means you don’t need to add another salary to your books and you only need to get in touch with BairesDev whenever you need a team to help you complete a project.
Only better for one-off needs
For others, it doesn’t make as much sense. If you have ongoing, permanent requirements, hiring a tech specialist makes more financial and business sense than constantly paying for outsourcing. In the long run, that can cost more despite not actually hiring the people and making them part of your official team. If you’re comfortable continuously working with a third-party team and outsourcing tasks, then BairesDev is an excellent option for you.
But if you’d prefer to work with people from a wider talent pool and hire them, so they become a part of your company — without getting involved in the legalities such as visa requirements — then BairesDev isn’t the ideal solution for you. Instead, other platforms, such as VanHack, offer a more comprehensive service to ensure you hire the right people to fit within your company culture.
The competition looking to outsource might have the same idea
With BairesDev, you never know the type of people you’ll work with, as you’d only communicate when updating each other on projects and statuses. If there’s a personality clash, it’s unclear whether BairesDev would replace the tech professional with someone else. Still, it’s unlikely you’d build a rapport with individuals who are only there to help you complete projects.
When you consider that there’s a global skills shortage with businesses not having talent with the required skill set, it makes more sense to hire these people when you find them and make them a big part of your company, rather than only utilizing their skills for specific projects.
As such talent is in demand, you’d rather let your company benefit by hiring them rather than allowing other businesses to benefit. If your competition has the same thought as you by outsourcing to a company like BairesDev, you’re sharing that talent without gaining a competitive edge.
If you hire them like some platforms help you do, then only you benefit because that talented tech professional is on your books and part of your company so that they won’t outsource their services elsewhere.
Can add risk
As thorough as the BairesDev vetting process might be, there’s always a chance there’s an element of risk involved. BairesDev will decide what type of team you need, using your requirement to build a delivery team that will help you complete a project. Although they can get started right away, there’s every chance you’re locked into that commitment, even if you aren’t 100% pleased with the results.
However, others offer a guarantee in case you change your mind, for instance.
Can be more expensive in the long run
If you’re going in with the outsourced mindset, then be aware that the costs can quickly add up. That’s because, with BairesDev, you’re hiring a team for a project. If you outsource for 50 projects per year, just imagine what those costs will total to.
Why VanHack?
We aren’t an outsourcing agency. We help you hire full-time talented tech professionals
The biggest difference between using VanHack rather than BairesDev is that we aren’t an outsourcing agency like BairesDev. We aren’t outsourcing roles or talent for you to outsource when you need assistance on a project. Instead, we help your company hire the best-fit person for the positions you need to fill.
That means no guesswork and no stop-gap assistance. We’ll ensure you find the perfect tech professional your business needs to help you grow in the long run.
Our agency business model is different from the BairesDev dedicated team model, which is for businesses that have unclear requirements or lack the skills to complete projects. At VanHack, we have a robust software platform where you manage the entire hiring process with full transparency so you can view the talent pool at any time.
We help you hire at great speed
We know how long it can take for platforms like BairesDev to get you an entire team up and running. At VanHack, we promise to bring you 10 qualified candidates in these traditionally difficult-to-fill roles in 48 hours or less from all over the world.
Our particular model is also what makes us different from every other competitor or platform out there. Unique filters allow you to generate a specific candidate list in a few clicks. What usually takes you weeks will take a few seconds with zero risks and record-breaking speed — without compromising quality.
You can get to know your future hires
With BairesDev, you work blind as BairesDev will decide who works best for you. With VanHack, you’ll have onboarding calls with pre-vetted and engaged applicants for you to view. You can see their videos, see the results of their coding tests to ensure you hire quality people, with you always in control.
In some cases, where you don’t have much time and don’t want to interview anybody and are happy to outsource all the time, BairesDev is an excellent option. But if you want to hire people and make them part of your company, you can finally wave goodbye to interviewing people that aren’t the right fit.
Rather than interviewing a small number of people without any luck, you can interview a vast range of tech talent, leaving you spoiled for choice as you can choose from a fantastic candidate pool that all have the skills you need.
For instance, using the VanHack talent pool, you can search by the years of experience you want candidates to have, the must-have skills and also the nice-to-haves, so you can really narrow down your search to your particular needs you want from individuals, not just what one project needs at that time.
As requirements can change on the fly, outsourcing can end up as a costly investment the more you have to pivot. Using VanHack to hire a full-time tech professional, you decide where they’re best-placed to utilize their skills.
What also makes VanHack different and more personable than BairesDev is the ability to get to know your future hire before you even sign them, something you can’t when using BairesDev as your platform. When scrolling through the talent pool on VanHack, you’ll see video profiles of each candidate, so you can hear from them and get to know a little more about them before deciding if you want to pursue further.
This eliminates any guesswork and gives you a better inclination of how that person will fit into your company culture.
VanHack is larger with a wider pool of tech talent as we work with global candidates
Another reason why businesses like Booking.com, Deloitte, Zalando and over 600 other organizations regularly turn to VanHack time and time again is that we’re much larger and have more tech talent on our books, ready for you to speak to and hire.
For example, we currently have close to 300,000 tech candidates available — and counting. The reason for this is — and another significant difference between VanHack and BairesDev — is that the latter only focuses on hiring tech talent from Latin America.
On the other hand, we’re a much larger company with more tech talent because we have a global community of tech professionals who are ready to work remotely or even relocate to work out of your offices — not just from Latin America. With nearly 300,00 candidates on the VanHack platform, it’s clear we’re trusted to help businesses find the perfect talent while also supporting candidates to land their dream roles.
Job finding process
Another critical difference between VanHack and BairesDev is we specialize in helping successful candidates relocate to the new country of work. In contrast, BairesDev doesn’t specialize in both relocation and remote working, only the latter.
Suppose you’re a business based in Toronto and your perfect candidate is located in Vancouver. In that case, you won’t have to limit yourself to outsourcing work to that candidate because you’re concerned they’ll never move. In reality, BairesDev won’t help you there as you’d only outsource your projects to their team.
With VanHack, you get full support when you decide to hire a candidate and want them to relocate. We know how hectic and time-consuming it can be to work through the red tape and jump through all legal hoops, but this is our bread and butter.
We not only help our talent with their resumes to ensure they do their skills justice, but we also help in the entire process, including immigration, pre-interviews, visas and everything to do with the job-seeking process from A-Z. For example, if you’re concerned about IRAP and SR&ED tax incentives, it’s no issue with VanHack, as all tax incentives work the same way for all developers, whether they’re from Canada or anywhere else in the world.
BairesDev doesn’t have a specialized mobility team like the one we have at VanHack. Our team helps with the visa process and does all of the heavy lifting to support either fully remote hires or even those that start remotely and relocate at a later date so they can start providing value faster.
We work at such a speed that our teams can support relocation within five months. But if the paperwork is correct early on, it can take one month. This is something neither BairesDev nor any other platform can offer.
Screening process
Both VanHack and BairesDev ensure a thorough screening process, including tests, interviews and coding challenges. VanHack goes one step further as we’re partners with an ESL school to vet the English skills of every single candidate, so you only meet candidates with advanced English skills that are fluent in the language.
What’s similar with both VanHack and BairesDev is the coding tests where you can see the results. But that doesn’t always benefit you, as hundreds of other companies that outsource to BairesDev eventually benefit from the same skills.
With VanHack, these tests and results strictly benefit you as you’re looking to hire them. We even create custom tests if you need to find a candidate with an even more specific skill set.
Superior diverse talent
Although both VanHack and BairesDev make an effort to help companies like yours build diverse teams, VanHack naturally has a superior diverse talent pool as we work with candidates all over the globe, rather than limiting ourselves to the Americas.
By hiring globally, you can add different cultures, genders and mindsets to your team. Ultimately, this drives better outcomes. Despite a worldwide community making diversity natural for us, we still make a special effort for female software developers to find their dream roles.
Right now, we have over 8,000 women in tech on our platform, with over 95% accepted offers. Compared to other platforms, VanHack can ensure you meet your diversity targets by hiring only the best tech talent around.
VanHack is also more superior in diverse talent because BairesDev is an outsourcing company, meaning you only work with potentially diverse teams for projects — they’re never really your employees. If you have diversity targets, simply outsourcing isn’t the way to exceed targets and build talented, diverse teams.
No risk
By hiring the correct type of talent using VanHack, you instantly reduce risk levels. This is because you’re going to find the ideal candidate based on the vetting process, the videos you watch and the interviews you conduct.
However, if you change your mind or something doesn’t feel quite right, we offer a three-month guarantee to ensure you always get high-quality talent. But this isn’t something we’re overly concerned about, as the average VanHack hire has stayed with their organization for nearly three years.
With VanHack, you get talent for the long run. Not just on a project-by-project basis.
More cost-effective in the long-run
In general hiring terms, international team members from VanHack join your team at a fraction of what a local hire can cost. But even when you compare it to an outsourced offering like BairesDev, it can be a more cost-effective solution in the long run.
Even if you have a regular project retainer, the cost for a delivery team throughout the year can quickly add up. The more projects you have and the more unique skills you need, the more you’re likely to end up paying.
VanHack’s offering means you hire the perfect candidate and only pay their salary (plus any other perks you might want to offer). There are no additional ongoing costs or question marks regarding pricing changes coming into play.
You also don’t need to spend time on visas and helping somebody relocate, so it’s a huge time-saver, too.
Ultimately, this makes VanHack the more intelligent route as you can find the perfect candidate for your business to hire and retain, rather than only use those skills as and when you need them, just like other businesses will do.
Final thoughts
VanHack is the go-to platform for employers looking to find the best talent and candidates who want to land their dream job. We help both groups come together and create fruitful working relationships.
If you’re an employer ready to build the best team possible from talent located across the globe, get started today. Or, if you’re a candidate looking for the dream role, visit our candidate page.
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