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Brief
Day 0, a 15-minute call
Match
Shortlist within a week
Onboard
Day 10, on your team
One brief. One contract. Pre-vetted, full-time dedicated professionals onboarded and working on your team — while we handle HR, payroll & management on our side.
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Discovery
You tell us the role, experience level, tech stack, and team culture in a 15-minute call.
Discovery calls are short on purpose. We ask the specific questions that change the shortlist — seniority, tools, working hours, meeting cadence, and the single trait that would make a hire obviously right or obviously wrong.
You leave the call with a written brief we've confirmed with you. Nothing moves forward until the brief is right.
- 15-minute working call with a co-founder
- Written brief sent same day for your sign-off
- Role-scoped NDA available on request
- Free — no commitment until you approve a candidate
Sourcing & Vetting
We recruit Middle Eastern talent against your brief and run every candidate through The Obelisk Vetting Process.
We recruit from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the wider Middle East — engineers, designers, marketers, and operators looking for full-time roles with Canadian companies on an Eastern-overlapping schedule.
Every candidate on a shortlist has cleared a multi-stage evaluation. We flag trade-offs up front — no gold-plating, no surprises on call.
Branded Process
The Obelisk Vetting Process
CV & Portfolio Review
Manual review against the written brief — no resume keyword filters. Flags experience gaps honestly.
Trial Task
Role-scoped task: code challenge for engineers, design brief for creatives, written exercise for marketers. Time-boxed and representative of real work.
Behavioural Interview
30–45 minutes with a co-founder. Communication, async discipline, problem-framing, and Western business fluency.
AI-Assisted Scoring & Reference Check
Structured scoring across skills, communication, and fit, against a consistent rubric for every candidate. Two references called before the shortlist.
- CV and portfolio review against the written brief
- Trial task scoped to the role, before any interview
- Behavioural interview with a co-founder
- Reference check and right-to-work verification
Client Introduction
You receive a shortlist of 2–3 pre-vetted candidates with CVs, work samples, and our assessment notes.
The shortlist is short on purpose. Three candidates with honest trade-off notes beats twelve CVs you have to triage. Each profile includes what the candidate is strong at, where they're still growing, and our read on how they'd fit your specific team.
You interview the ones you want. We schedule, you assess, we debrief. Decision stays with you.
- 2–3 candidates per shortlist, not a CV firehose
- Assessment notes — strengths, gaps, fit read
- Interviews scheduled around your calendar
- No placement fee — pricing is flat monthly only
Onboarding & Management
We handle contracts, payroll, HR, and ongoing support. Your hire starts within 10 days of the brief.
Once you pick a candidate, we handle the operational surface so you can focus on the work. One B2B contract in CAD, HR compliance handled on our side, and a dedicated account contact for anything that comes up after day one.
If a hire doesn't work out in the first 30 days, we replace them at no additional cost. Outside that window, we still source a replacement on request as part of the ongoing service.
- One B2B contract, CAD invoicing
- Payroll and HR compliance handled on our side
- Tech and equipment setup coordinated
- 30-day replacement guarantee, ongoing account support
FULLY MANAGED
What Every Engagement Includes
The monthly rate covers the whole operational surface. No surprises, no scope creep, no line items.
Payroll
Monthly payroll to your hire, handled entirely by Obelisk. You pay one CAD invoice.
HR Compliance
Contracts, local employment compliance, and jurisdiction-specific requirements handled on our side.
Onboarding
Day-1 setup coordinated between your team and ours — tool access, expectations, first-week plan.
Tech Setup
Equipment provisioning, VPN access, security hygiene. Your hire starts ready to work, not ready to wait.
Account Management
A dedicated contact at Obelisk for check-ins, escalations, and anything that doesn't need to route through your team.
Replacement Guarantee
30-day replacement at no additional cost. After that, replacement on request as part of the managed service.
Who employs the professional? Not your company. You never employ or contract the professional; Obelisk Talent Inc., a Canadian corporation, holds the agreement with the professional, pays them, and handles HR, payroll & management. You sign one Canadian B2B services agreement and get one CAD invoice, with no foreign entity, no EOR, and no contractor agreements on your side.
$80–130K
Toronto Senior Eng Salary
6–7 hrs
Cairo–Eastern Daily Overlap
60–70%
Less Than a Local Hire
10 Days
Brief → Onboarded
Ready to Brief a Role?
15-minute call, written brief same day, shortlist within a week. If none of the candidates are right, we go again — no cost.