What Onshore Talent Solutions Can Look Like

Offshoring your recruitment? It might be costing you more than you think

With rising wage pressures and talent shortages, many organisations are looking for ways to reduce the cost of hiring. For some, offshoring recruitment seems like a quick fix but in practice it often creates more problems than it solves.

Long response times, poor candidate experience, cultural and communication misalignment, loss of employer brand control, and in the end you still don’t make the right hire.

If you’re looking for a scalable, flexible, and high-performing alternative, it might be time to onshore your recruitment to Adelaide instead.

The real cost of offshoring

What looks cheaper on paper can quickly become more expensive in practice.

Here’s what we hear from companies who’ve tried offshoring:

“We spent more time managing the offshore team than doing recruitment ourselves.”
“The candidates felt confused or disengaged.”
“It worked for admin tasks but not for building our team.”

Recruitment is about relationships, not just transactions and relationships are built better locally.

Why onshore recruitment support works better

At Harrison McMillan, we offer Australian businesses access to local, embedded recruitment expertise without the overhead of building an internal team. We call it Talent Solutions, a form of onshore, flexible Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), delivered from right here in Adelaide.

Here’s why it works better than offshoring:

No time zones or language barriers: Communicate in real time with recruiters who understand Australian hiring culture and market expectations.
Better candidate experience: We represent your brand professionally, ensure clear communication, and move fast, leading to stronger engagement and better hires.
More than just admin: Unlike offshore options that focus on resume filtering or basic screening, our model includes experienced recruiters who manage everything from sourcing to negotiation.
Market knowledge matters: We understand local salary expectations, visa options, compliance regulations, and industry-specific nuances because we live and work here too.
Cultural alignment: We get your EVP, brand tone, and values, and we make sure every candidate does too.

Why Adelaide?

If you're going to outsource, why not keep it local to Australia?

Adelaide offers:

Lower overheads than larger cities like Sydney or Melbourne
Access to high-calibre recruitment talent
A thriving professional services ecosystem
The reliability and compliance of a local provider with national capability

At Harrison McMillan, our clients benefit from Adelaide-based delivery while accessing national reach with experience hiring across all major cities, regional areas, and sectors.

What onshore talent solutions can look like

Whether you need full-cycle recruitment, shortlisting support, or help building talent pools for future growth, we tailor our onshore model to match your needs.

Micro-RPO: Short-term or small-scale outsourced recruitment support
Hybrid: We work alongside your internal team to share the load
Hourly packages: Pre-purchase and draw down from 50, 100 or 200-hour blocks as needed valid for 6 months
Embedded team: We become part of your business, onsite or remote, and deliver full recruitment lifecycle support under your systems and brand
Monthly retainers: starting from $8000 a month

And unlike offshore models, our work includes:

DAMA and skilled visa advice
Market benchmarking
Tech-driven efficiency and enterprise ATS capability
Weekly performance reporting
100% satisfaction guarantee, you only pay for work you’re happy with

Rethink offshoring, onshore with impact instead

In 2025, recruitment needs to be fast, flexible, and candidate-first. That’s hard to do from across the world but easy to achieve with a team right here in Adelaide.

Harrison McMillan offers Australian businesses the best of both worlds: