Goodwork · AI Automation Hiring
They build the automations, get your team using them, and keep improving them — backed by a senior AI coach and a peer group of specialists working in other businesses, so what works in one shows up in yours.
500+ hires placed 6-month quality guarantee
Start a searchWhat makes them different
A specialist working alone only knows what they've personally run into. Yours is different: they train continuously with a senior AI coach, and they sit in a peer group of specialists doing this same work inside other small and mid-sized businesses.
So when someone in that group solves a messy invoicing handoff or works out what a particular stack will and won't do, that knowledge reaches your hire — instead of them rediscovering it six months from now on your time.
That's the compounding part. Tools move faster than any one person tracks. The difference between a specialist who keeps pace and one who quietly falls behind is whether anyone is feeding them, and whether they have peers doing the same work to compare notes with.
Our fees
Our fee
USD $2,000
~2 weeks · 1-month guarantee
From candidates already vetted and in our pool. Fastest route to someone building.
Our fee
USD $3,000
~6 weeks · 6-month guarantee
A campaign built around your stack and your workflows, sourced across 140 countries and narrowed to the strongest twelve.
We recruit from the most affordable regions and pay at the top of each local market. Excellent people, excellent money where they live — and a flat fee to you, never a percentage of salary.
Not sure you need a direct hire yet? If you don't know how many hours the work actually takes, start with Goodwork Fractional instead — a specialist embedded ten hours a week, on two-week cycles, with no hiring process to run first.
See how Fractional works →How they keep improving
The coach and the peer group come through the Goodwork Accelerator: two sessions a month, plus a group of specialists doing this same work elsewhere. Your quality guarantee stays active for as long as your hire is enrolled. It's a separate monthly subscription per hire, from USD $129 — most clients running an automation role keep it on permanently, because it's the part that stops the role going stale.
See how the Accelerator worksCompanies that work with Goodwork
"ABSOLUTE LIFESAVER! The system of filtering through applicants is world-class."
"Goodwork is a game changer. Our first hire has been exceptional. For the price, it's unbelievable value."
"Goodwork is a recruiting agency unlike any other. They do the heavy lifting. Their process for vetting is exceptional."
"You are now our secret weapon."
"I'm planning on hiring 4–5 of Goodwork's final applicants. The cost difference compared to the North American labour market is so huge that I can afford to invest additional money."
"Our digital marketer delivers high-quality content across various social media channels at a volume and quality level not usually afforded to small companies."
The process
A CV full of tool names tells you nothing about whether someone can actually ship an automation. So we give them a real one to build: a messy workflow, the tools you use, and a fixed window. We watch how they scope it, what they check, and what they do when it breaks.
A rich application built for your role — CV, LinkedIn, role-specific written questions, and language and communication samples. Every applicant answers the same questions so you can compare fairly.
Every application is reviewed. Our team builds a shortlist and actively advocates for strong candidates you might have passed over.
A 20-minute video screening call with every shortlisted candidate — professionalism, communication, compensation alignment, and anything that didn't come through in writing.
Your interviews, coordinated by our team — on-site or by video, structured with evidence-based guides we provide.
A custom practical assessment designed for the role: auto-graded take-home test with anti-AI safeguards, or a paid trial. We help design, structure, and coordinate it. Tests evaluate hard skills and the soft skills that matter for the role. Candidates are compensated for their time.
Professional reference checks from past managers. Then an onboarding call from our team before they start.
Common questions
They audit how work currently gets done, build automations inside the tools you already run, get the team using them, and keep improving them as the models change. The building is the easy half — adoption and maintenance are where most projects die.
We give them a real automation to build: a messy workflow, the tools you use, and a fixed window. We watch how they scope it, what they verify, and what they do when something breaks. A CV full of tool names tells you nothing.
If you don't yet know how many hours the work takes, start Fractional and find out — a hiring process is an expensive way to answer that question. If the work is clearly ongoing and you want someone learning your business, hire.
Because automation work is screen work. There's no site to visit and no licence to hold, so a domestic premium buys you nothing here — while the global pool is far larger and lets us be far more selective.
They will. That's why your hire stays enrolled in the Goodwork Accelerator — two sessions a month with a senior AI coach and a peer group of other specialists, so what they know keeps pace.
Most charge 20–25% of first-year salary, which means they earn more the higher the package they negotiate. We charge a flat fee that doesn't move. We also publish our prices.
Offshore Ready-to-Hire is around two weeks. Custom offshore searches and all local searches are around six weeks.
Flat fee, not a percentage of salary. Quality guarantee, and AI training that keeps it active.
Start a searchLooking to hire a different role? We place AI-trained talent across finance, ops, growth, sales and support.
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