Questions about hiring with StakTeck
Our services, how we screen, how we charge and how we handle contractors. If your question is not here, ask us directly.
General questions
Who we are, where we are and how long we have been doing this.
What does StakTeck do?
StakTeck is an IT staffing and recruitment company. We help companies hire technology people in six ways: permanent staffing, contract hiring, staff augmentation, executive search, niche recruitment and bulk hiring. We work with clients in India, New Zealand and the United States.
Where are your offices located?
We have four offices: Mohali (Punjab, India), Noida (Uttar Pradesh, India), Auckland (New Zealand) and Dallas (Texas, USA), which is a sales office. Our head office is in Mohali at C-15, Industrial Area, Phase-1, Mohali 160055.
Which industries do you recruit for?
We fill technology roles in IT services and consulting, fintech and banking, e-commerce and retail, healthcare and pharma, manufacturing, SaaS and product startups, edtech, telecom, insurance, logistics, and energy and utilities. Our recruiters are organised by technology area, such as cloud, data or security, so the same person can hire a data engineer for a bank or a retailer.
How long has StakTeck been in business?
StakTeck started in 2014 as the IT staffing division of Indivar Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., which was founded in Mohali in 2009. We opened in Auckland in 2017 and Dallas in 2023.
Services
How our hiring models differ and which one suits your role.
What is the difference between contract hiring and permanent staffing?
In permanent staffing, the person joins your company as a full-time employee on your payroll. In contract hiring, the person is employed by StakTeck (or another entity we agree on) and works with you for a fixed period that we set together. Contract hiring suits project work, leave cover, or trying someone out before offering a permanent role.
What is staff augmentation?
Staff augmentation means we add engineers to your existing team. They work on your projects, follow your processes, join your standups and use your tools, but StakTeck employs and pays them. You get extra people quickly without adding to your headcount.
What is bulk hiring?
Bulk hiring is for when you need many people in one go, for example a campus drive, a lateral hiring drive or an assessment day for a new team. If you only need a few people, permanent staffing or contract hiring is usually a better fit.
Process
How we find, screen and present candidates.
How fast can you fill a position?
It depends on the role. A common skill in a big city moves faster than a niche specialist or a senior leader, and notice periods in India add time after the offer. When you send us a role, the recruiter will tell you what to expect for that role before we start.
What does your screening process look like?
We work in eight steps: (1) understand the role with your hiring manager, (2) find candidates from our own networks and wider searches, (3) technical screening by a recruiter who knows the stack, (4) a team fit check, (5) send you a shortlist with profiles and our notes, (6) set up interviews, (7) manage the offer, salary talks and checks, and (8) stay in touch through the new hire's first weeks.
Do you conduct background verification?
Yes. Permanent and executive search placements include background checks on employment history, education and references, and criminal records where the law allows. For contract hires, background checks are part of onboarding. We use outside verification agencies for these checks.
Pricing
How we charge and what happens if a hire does not work out.
How do you charge for your services?
There are three ways to pay: (1) Contingency, no upfront fee, you pay only when someone joins. (2) RPO (recruitment process outsourcing), a monthly fee for a recruitment team that works on your hiring. (3) Retained, staged payments for executive searches and hard-to-fill roles. Which one fits depends on how many people you are hiring, how senior they are and how quickly you need them.
What happens if a hire does not work out?
Replacement terms for permanent hires are written into your contract before we start, so you know what happens if someone leaves early. Ask us about them when we discuss your role.
Are there any upfront fees?
For contingency work, no. You pay only when a candidate we placed joins your company. For RPO and retained work there is a payment schedule, agreed in writing before any work begins. We do not add fees that were not in that agreement.
Quality
How we check skills and team fit.
How do you check technical skills?
Our recruiters each work in one technology area, so they can talk to a candidate about the actual work: the stack, the projects, the problems they solved. People who cannot do the job are filtered out before they reach your interview panel.
How do you judge team fit?
Before we search, we ask you about the team, the manager, how people communicate and where the role is heading. We then ask candidates about how they like to work and why they want to move, so both sides know what they are getting into.
Do you share salary and market information?
Yes. When you send us a role, we tell you what we are seeing for that skill and city: likely pay ranges, how many people are available and how long notice periods tend to be. It helps you set a realistic offer from the start.
Compliance
Contractor payroll, statutory compliance and hiring outside India.
How do you handle contractor compliance?
For contract and staff augmentation work, the people are on our payroll, so we handle the statutory side in India: Provident Fund (PF), Employee State Insurance (ESI), gratuity, professional tax and the labour law that applies. You do not have to set any of this up yourself.
Do you hire outside India?
Yes. We have an office in Auckland for New Zealand and a sales office in Dallas for the United States, and we hire for clients in both countries as well as in India.
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