Hire Recruiters in Latin America

Fill out the form, then book the intake call and tell us whether you need a technical recruiter for engineering searches or a bilingual recruiter for other roles, the seniority you need and your budget. NBS screens each candidate in four stages, including an English assessment and a role-specific work sample. You'll interview your first candidates within 3 business days of the intake call and choose your hire.

Salary savings run 40 to 75 percent role by role, and mid-level roles save 50 to 70 percent against US rates. A direct hire placement carries a one-time fee, and nearshore staff augmentation runs on a fixed monthly fee that covers employment, payroll, benefits, compliance and monthly invoicing. NBS quotes its fee on the intake call. The 2026 Latin America Salary Report breaks salaries down by role, country and seniority.

Hire a nearshore recruiter when your hiring managers need same-day answers on open roles. All 12 NBS countries sit within 2 hours of US Eastern time, while common offshore locations such as India or the Philippines run about 9.5 to 13 hours ahead. A hiring manager can brief a recruiter at 10 a.m. Eastern and review candidate feedback before the end of the same workday.

A nearshore recruiter is a recruiter based in Latin America who screens candidates and debriefs your hiring managers during the US workday. The shared hours let the recruiter phone-screen US candidates live and update your applicant tracking system while your hiring managers are still online. All 12 Latin American countries where NBS recruits sit within 2 hours of US Eastern time.

You can hire from 12 LatAm countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua in North and Central America, and Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in South America. NBS has local recruiters in each, and each country has a hiring guide on this site.

Yes, NBS offers nearshore staff augmentation for a fixed monthly fee and Employer of Record coverage in all 12 markets. It also offers direct hire placements with a one-time fee and Recruitment as a Service for high-volume hiring teams.

Mid-level recruiters in Latin America earn $2,110 to $3,165 a month. Junior recruiters earn $1,475 to $2,110 a month, and senior recruiters earn $3,690 to $5,065 a month. NBS quotes its fee on the intake call.

NBS recruits recruiters who handle technical sourcing, candidate screening, applicant tracking, candidate outreach, hiring manager partnership and pipeline reporting. The tech recruiters among them find engineers through Boolean search.

Interview your first candidates within 3 business days of the intake call.

Yes, recruiters work US hours. All 12 countries sit within 2 hours of US Eastern time all year.

Mexico City and Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) run 2 hours behind US Eastern during US daylight time and 1 hour behind the rest of the year. Colombia, Peru and Ecuador run 1 hour behind during US daylight time and level with US Eastern the rest of the year.

Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil (Brasília time) run 1 hour ahead during US daylight time and 2 hours ahead the rest of the year. Mainland Chile also changes its clocks: it runs level with US Eastern from early April to early September, 1 hour ahead in the weeks around that, and 2 hours ahead from early November to mid-March.

A nearshore recruitment agency is a recruiting firm that finds staff in countries close to the US for US companies. NBS has headhunters in each of the 12 Latin American countries it hires from, and a dedicated sourcer and scheduler supports every search. NBS places recruiters as direct hires for a one-time fee or through nearshore staff augmentation under a fixed monthly fee.

Yes, a recruiter in Latin America can source candidates for US roles. Recruiters in Guadalajara and other cities across LatAm and South America write bilingual outreach and track candidates in your applicant tracking system. NBS helps you handle local labor law compliance, payroll and Employer of Record.

NBS helps you handle local labor law compliance, payroll and Employer of Record for every recruiter you hire. As Employer of Record for nearshore staff augmentation, NBS covers employment, payroll, benefits, compliance and monthly invoicing. Employer of Record coverage spans all 12 markets.

NBS replaces your hire free within 90 days if the hire does not work out, and the replacement rate is under 2 percent. A dedicated account manager manages the relationship, and NBS checks in at 30, 60, and 90 days.