What makes Connext different

What separates Connext from other offshore staffing providers?

Key facts

12+ Years operating
SOC 2 Type II attestation report; HIPAA and GDPR compliant; controls aligned with ISO 27001
94% 90-day employee retention
5 Delivery countries: Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, India, Hawaii (HQ)

Connext competes on people, not price. Every hire is recruited against your role and approved by you, employed in-country by Connext as Employer of Record, and supported by a dedicated in-country team manager. You direct the work. Connext handles recruiting, HR, payroll, IT, and compliance across the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, and India.

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What does an offshore staffing partner do?

An offshore staffing partner recruits, employs, and supports people who work inside your operation from another country. Providers differ in one place: how much management they keep and how much they hand back to you. That split defines the three models below.

What does Connext do for you?

Connext recruits against your specific role requirements, employs each hire in-country as their legal Employer of Record, and places them inside your workflows, reporting to your leadership.

A dedicated in-country team manager handles HR, attendance, and performance support day to day. Teams range from a single hire to 60+ person builds across multiple departments.

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What happens when you choose the wrong offshore model?

A director who picks full outsourcing to save management time, then finds out six months in that they can no longer see how the work actually gets done, chose the wrong model for their risk tolerance, not a bad vendor.

Only 31% of operations leaders say they understand offshore staffing well enough to explain it to someone else (source: Connext 2026 Unfilled Role Report). The most commonly cited barrier isn't cost. It's quality and communication concerns, at 21%, ahead of data security concerns (18%) and internal leadership resistance (18%).

What changes buyers' minds isn't a lower rate. A guarantee of comparable quality and communication (31%) and a successful case study from a similar company (21%) both outrank clear cost-savings data (28%) as standalone factors (source: Connext 2026 Unfilled Role Report).

What holds buyers back

Most commonly cited barriers

Quality & communication concerns
21%
Data security concerns
18%
Internal leadership resistance
18%

What changes their minds

Standalone factors that influence buyers

Guaranteed quality & communication
31%
Clear cost-savings data
28%
Similar-company success story
21%

Source: Connext 2026 Unfilled Role Report

The three models, compared

Full Outsourcing
Staff Augmentation
Co-Management
Client control
Low — you hand off the function
High — you manage day to day
Shared — you direct the work, Connext runs the infrastructure
Connext responsibility
High — end-to-end delivery
Low — sourcing and payroll only
Shared — dedicated Ops Manager, HR, IT, compliance
Oversight burden on you
Minimal
Heaviest — you own performance management alone
Moderate — weekly reviews, not daily management
Best fit when
You want a function run entirely off your plate
You need one or two specific hires and already have management bandwidth
You're scaling a team and want visibility without carrying full HR/IT/compliance overhead
Risk if this is the wrong fit
You lose visibility into how the work gets done
You're stretched thin managing an offshore team alone
N/A — built to avoid both failure modes

If your top concern is quality and communication

The single biggest barrier per the source above — co-management's weekly reviews and dedicated Operations Manager address that directly. Staff augmentation alone does not, because you are the one managing communication.

What changes buyers' minds isn't a lower rate. A guarantee of comparable quality and communication (31%) and a successful case study from a similar company (21%) both outrank clear cost-savings data (28%) as standalone factors (source: Connext 2026 Unfilled Role Report).

If your concern is leadership resistance to losing control

Full outsourcing is the wrong model regardless of price; staff augmentation or co-management keep the work inside your reporting lines.

Where does Connext come into the process?

Every hire moves through the same six-step process before you ever see a name, whether you're filling one role or twenty.

Job description calibration
→
AI-enabled candidate screening
→
Candidate assessments
Ops Manager interview
→
Candidate packet sent to client
→
Client interview and selection

Each candidate packet sent to you includes a resume, bill rate, assessment scores, and interview notes — everything needed to make a decision without a separate request.

“We bring the talent; you choose the perfect fit.”

Onboarding

Once you sign, here’s what the first 90 days with Connext can look like:

Phase
Timeline
Connext's role
Your role
Discover
Days 1–10
Onboarding Manager maps your goals, workflows, and success metrics before sourcing starts
Define the scope
Recruit
Days 10–30
Candidate packet delivered in 5–7 days; average time to hire is 21 days
Interview and choose
Onboard & Co-Manage
Days 31–60
Dedicated Ops Manager handles HR, IT, and payroll setup
Direct day-to-day priorities
Validate & Review
Days 61–90
Weekly check-ins plus structured 30-, 60-, and 90-day reviews
Set the performance bar
Launch & Scale
Day 90+
Infrastructure, compliance, and expansion logistics handled
Decide when and where to grow

What stays with your organization?

Who sets performance direction?

You do. Connext's Operations Manager runs the weekly review, but the KPIs and priorities being reviewed against are yours.

Who approves every hire?

You do. No candidate joins your team without your interview and final sign-off, regardless of which model you choose.

Who handles payroll, benefits, and in-country legal compliance?

Connext does, as Employer of Record — contracts, payroll, and regulatory compliance run through a dedicated compliance team in every delivery country.

Who owns IT infrastructure and facility security?

Connext does. Client data is not stored by Connext; it's accessed through client-issued VPN/RDP or on client-provisioned systems (source: SOC 2 Type II report). Physical facilities use biometric access control, and access is revoked within two business days of termination.

Who's accountable if a hire underperforms?

Shared, and this is where co-management differs from staff augmentation: your team lead flags it, Connext's Operations Manager owns the remediation or replacement process.

The Connext difference

Training

Every hire goes through structured, client-specific training before full production.

Screened and tested against client procedures, trained on client manuals, brought through screen-share sessions with the client's team, then trained by more-tenured teammates as the account scales.

Training intensity is highest at first engagement and decreases as the team reaches proficiency.

Retention

94%
90-day retention and 91% six-month retention, company-wide.
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Great Place to Work Certified in the Philippines and Colombia (2026).

A real deployment, not a hypothetical one

A Hawaii-based retail and commercial bank needed specialized roles — Accounting Associates, Senior ServiceNow Developers — that a limited local talent pool and high onshore labor costs made difficult to fill locally. Connext partnered with the bank's HR and department heads to source and place a team now spanning Accounting, ServiceNow Development, Customer Support, and Loan Servicing:

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Working with Connext has given us access to talent we simply couldn't find in Hawaii. The offshore team has integrated smoothly into our operations, provided cost savings, and given us the flexibility we needed to grow.

— Client quote, Local Bank case study

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By partnering closely with the client's HR and department heads, we were able to quickly fill critical specialized roles that were otherwise difficult to source locally.

— Mary Sanchez, Operations Manager, Connext

Connext employees now support the bank, with monthly performance reviews built into the engagement.

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Compliance

Connext holds a SOC 2 Type II attestation report for the Security criterion, audited annually by Linford & Company LLP (Sept 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026). That covers documented, annually audited access controls, biometric facility entry, and client data accessed only through client-issued systems. Healthcare teams work under ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS requirements and HIPAA-compliant workflows.

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Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between staff augmentation, full outsourcing, and co-management?
Staff augmentation places individual hires on your team under your direct management. Full outsourcing hands an entire function to the provider to run. Co-management splits the work: the team works inside your workflow and reports to your leadership, while Connext handles HR, IT, payroll, and compliance through a dedicated Operations Manager.
What is Connext's employee retention rate?
Company-wide, 94% of Connext employees are retained at 90 days and 91% at six months. Your Operations Manager runs weekly performance reviews and retention management, and Connext invests in career paths so good people stay.
How are new hires trained?
Every hire goes through structured, client-specific training before full production: screened and tested against your procedures, trained on your manuals, brought through screen-share sessions with your team, then trained by more-tenured teammates as the account scales. Training is most intensive at first engagement and tapers as the team reaches proficiency.
What certifications does Connext hold?
Connext holds a SOC 2 Type II attestation report covering the Security criterion and handles protected health information under signed Business Associate Agreements for HIPAA. It is registered with the Philippines' National Privacy Commission, is Great Place to Work Certified in the Philippines and Colombia (2026), and its information security and card payment controls are aligned with the ISO 27001 and PCI DSS standards.
Does Connext work with companies that want to stay hands-off?
Connext's co-management model keeps you involved in priorities, KPIs and performance reviews, while Connext handles employment, payroll, HR, IT and compliance. You do not carry the paperwork, but you do direct the work. Companies that want a provider to run an entire function for them are usually a better fit with full outsourcing.
Is Connext certified for data security compliance?
Yes. Connext operates under a SOC 2 Type II attestation covering all four delivery centers, handles protected health information under signed Business Associate Agreements for HIPAA, follows GDPR-ready processes, and is registered with the Philippines' National Privacy Commission. Information security management and card payment workflows follow controls aligned with the ISO 27001 and PCI DSS standards.
What does the Contractor Transitions service involve?
If you are already working with independent contractors, Connext transitions them into a compliant, fully supported offshore team without losing the people you already trust.
Do I need to already have staff to get started with Connext?
No. Most clients start from zero: Connext recruits, hires and onboards the team for you, and you keep control of how they work. If you already have contractors or staff in place, we transition them instead so you do not lose the people you trust.
What kind of support is available after my team is up and running?
Your Operations Manager stays with the account, running weekly performance reviews and retention management that keeps annual attrition around 20% versus a 50% industry standard.
What kind of support is available after my team is up and running?
Your Operations Manager stays with the account, running weekly performance reviews and retention management that keeps annual attrition around 20% versus a 50% industry standard.
Our Services
Every client receives the full suite of Connext outsourcing services, enabling you to easily build and manage your offshore team

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