Built for Professional services firms

Hire Faster in Southeast Asia.

Professional services firms scale on talent. High Five delivers interview-ready candidates across Southeast Asia on a flat monthly subscription, so your team spends time on client work, not screening calls.

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What makes hiring through High Five different from a traditional agency?

High Five replaces the 15-25% placement fee model with a flat monthly subscription. Our sourcing process leverages AI and internal recruiters to identify and verify candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, and niche communities, delivering pre-screened candidates to your team. Employers meet only pre-screened, high-intent candidates, not raw applicants.

Which roles can professional services firms hire through High Five?

High Five covers the full range of roles that digital agencies, software development firms, and BPO operations typically hire for. The platform builds a comprehensive search strategy automatically once you define the role, and sourcing begins within days.

How does High Five source candidates that manual recruiters miss?

High Five scans LinkedIn, GitHub, and niche professional communities to identify candidates across channels at a scale that manual recruiting cannot match. The platform sources from professionals with experience at companies like Tokopedia and other notable regional and global organizations. Every profile is scored against your specific role requirements before a human expert applies a final quality check.

Sourcing runs continuously, not only when a recruiter has capacity
Candidates are ranked automatically against defined role criteria
Human expert review is the final gate before any shortlist reaches you
The system refines candidate quality over time based on your feedback

What does the subscription model mean for a professional services firm's hiring budget?

One active search slot per subscription, no placement fees, no success fees, cancel anytime. For firms that run multiple parallel searches throughout the year, eliminating per-hire fees changes the cost structure of building a team. Role setup takes minutes, and the platform integrates into existing interview workflows without requiring process changes.

Define the role in minutes
High Five builds the search strategy automatically
Interview-ready shortlist arrives weekly
No change to your current interview process required

High Five operates as always-on hiring infrastructure, so professional services teams can focus on client delivery rather than candidate sourcing.

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About High Five

High Five is an AI-powered hiring platform that helps companies source and hire top talent across Southeast Asia without paying agency or success fees. The platform serves founders, operators, and HR teams at fast-growing startups, scale-ups, and professional services firms across Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Customers include Hupo, Cinch, Agridence, Nafas, PayMongo, and SkinSeoul.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is High Five and who is it built for?

High Five is an AI-powered hiring platform that delivers pre-screened, interview-ready candidates across Southeast Asia on a flat monthly subscription. It is built for founders, operators, and HR teams at professional services firms, including software development companies, digital marketing agencies, and BPO operations that want a systematic alternative to recruitment agencies.

Which Southeast Asian markets does High Five cover?

High Five covers Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The platform has deep local market knowledge across all five markets and an established talent network that includes professionals from major regional employers.

How long does it take to get a shortlist of candidates?

High Five’s proprietary 5-step hiring pipeline moves from role definition to a qualified shortlist in days, not weeks. After you define the role, the platform builds a search strategy automatically and sourcing begins immediately.

Does High Five charge a fee for each hire made?

No. High Five charges a flat monthly subscription with no success fees and no placement fees. The traditional agency model of 15-25% per hire is replaced entirely by the subscription.

Can we pause or cancel the subscription if hiring slows down?

Yes. The subscription can be paused or cancelled at any time with no lock-in. Professional services firms with variable hiring cycles can activate a search when needed and pause between periods of demand.

What roles are covered for professional services firms specifically?

Coverage includes software engineers, data professionals, product managers, designers, digital marketing specialists, finance and accounting professionals, operations, legal, and client-facing roles. The platform is not limited to technical roles.

How does the AI-plus-human model work in practice?

High Five sources candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, and niche communities continuously. Internal human recruiters at High Five then review the sourced candidates as a final quality check before the shortlist is delivered to the employer. Employers only see candidates who have cleared both layers.