Services

Built around the problems
you already know.

Emerald's services are organised around the challenges that make technology hiring expensive, slow, and uncertain — not around what we want to sell. Four challenges. Four answers. Every engagement backed by the Delivery Confidence Guarantee.

What Emerald Delivers
Technology Placement
Permanent and contract placement of specialist technology professionals from Latin America. Contingency and retained search.
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Emerald Assure
Eight-dimension structured evaluation producing a Delivery Assurance Scorecard, Candidate Assessment Profile, and Emerald Recommendation. Included on every placement.
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Emerald Sky
Post-placement lifecycle programme — structured reviews, weekly open sessions, L&D, and Emerald Red membership. Funded from Emerald's margin. Included as standard.
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AI & Automation Sourcing
Specialist sourcing and Emerald Assure assessment for AI and automation roles across the modern technology stack. Pipeline in active development.
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Finding Specialist Talent Retention & Engagement Delivery Confidence Speed to Placement AI & Automation
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Technology Placement Service

Specialist technology talent is hard to find

Standard agency channels — job boards, LinkedIn spray-and-pray, recycled CV databases — do not necessarily reach the people you actually need. Microsoft 365 Cloud, Azure Cloud, Data Engineering, AI and automation, cybersecurity specialists — the people your teams need are rarely actively job-hunting. They are working. Reaching them requires a different approach.

Emerald sources from a deep LATAM network built over eight years of founder presence in Medellín — Latin America's number one technology and innovation hub. Other sourcing channels include AI-assisted outreach, direct community engagement, and access to passive candidates not visible on job boards. Every candidate is assessed through Emerald Assure before submission.

Specialist role families: Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure Cloud, Data Engineering, DevOps, Full Stack Development, and AI & Automation.
LATAM sourcing advantage: eight years of founder rootedness in Medellín, professional Spanish, and active community networks that no remote-first platform can replicate.
Passive candidate access: AI-assisted outreach reaches professionals not actively applying — the ones already delivering somewhere else.
No placement, no fee: contingency model at 20% — Emerald's incentives are aligned with yours from the first conversation. Retained search available at 22% for senior or specialist roles.
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Technology consultant focused at work
Specialist Role Families
Microsoft 365 Cloud
Power Platform
Azure Cloud Engineering
Data Engineering
DevOps / Cloud Ops
Full Stack Development
AI & Automation

Contract placement follows the same Emerald Assure evaluation standard as permanent placement. Emerald Sky is included for 12 months from placement date and optionally available as a subscription thereafter.

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Emerald Assure Service

Knowing a candidate will actually deliver before you hire — and thereafter

A CV tells you what someone has done. A standard interview tells you how well they perform under pressure on a given day. Neither tells you whether they will integrate into your team, manage their own delivery, communicate with non-technical stakeholders, or maintain performance consistency over time.

Emerald Assure is a structured evaluation scored across eight performance dimensions by an experienced technology delivery professional. Every submitted candidate arrives with a Delivery Assurance Scorecard, a Candidate Assessment Profile, and a clear Emerald Recommendation. Your hiring process validates — it does not need to evaluate.

Eight performance dimensions: technical capability, delivery maturity, communication alignment, governance compatibility, client integration readiness, engagement commitment, professional accountability, and cultural integration.
Delivery Assurance Scorecard: a transparent, dimension-by-dimension evidence base behind every hiring decision and ongoing performance reviews.
Candidate Assessment Profile: a structured client-facing document carrying the full evaluation — dimensional scores, assessed strengths and development areas, and a clear Emerald Recommendation.
Compressed client process: the Emerald Assure evaluation replaces or significantly reduces the client's own technical screening stage — your team validates, it does not evaluate.
Recorded evaluation interview: available to the client with candidate consent — see how the candidate communicates, thinks, and solves problems.
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The Eight Performance Dimensions
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Technical Capability
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Delivery Maturity
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Communication Alignment
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Governance Compatibility
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Integration Readiness
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Engagement Commitment
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Professional Accountability
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Cultural Integration

Every dimension is scored against a defined framework by a technology delivery professional — not a generalist recruiter. Only candidates who meet the standard are submitted.

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Emerald Sky — 12-Month Consultant Success Programme

Consultants who disengage or leave within 12 months

A failed senior technology placement can cost tens of thousands of dollars in combined re-recruitment, management time, delayed delivery, and onboarding repetition. Most agencies have left the conversation by the time a consultant hands in their notice. Emerald Sky exists because placement day is not the finish line.

Emerald Sky is a structured post-placement lifecycle programme — funded from Emerald's own placement margin, not yours. Every placed consultant enters Emerald Sky from day one. The programme is designed to surface problems early, keep consultants engaged and developing, and maintain alignment to agreed delivery outcomes throughout the engagement.

30-day onboarding check-in: structured integration review at the point most engagements show early warning signs — before they become expensive.
Quarterly Consultant Engagement Reviews: performance reviewed against the original Emerald Assure scorecard every quarter, maintaining alignment to agreed delivery outcomes.
Weekly open sessions: 30-minute sessions led by experienced Emerald technology professionals — a structured space for consultants to seek advice, prepare for important meetings, or raise concerns.
L&D programme: every consultant has an assigned learning pathway within Emerald's approved development platform portfolio — funded from Emerald's margin, at no cost to the client.
Emerald Red: vetted peer community across practice areas — shared knowledge, mentorship, and professional development.
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Latin American technology team
Emerald Sky — Programme Elements
30-Day Onboarding Check-In
Structured email review — integration confirmed, no commercial conversation.
Quarterly Engagement Reviews
Client Scorecard + Consultant Self-Assessment + Emerald 30-minute review meeting.
Weekly Open Sessions
30 minutes, led by experienced Emerald technology professionals. Advice, preparation, concerns.
L&D Programme
Assigned learning pathway within Emerald's approved platform portfolio. Funded by Emerald.
Emerald Red Membership
Vetted peer community — mentorship and shared knowledge between technology professionals.
Emerald Empower
A structured commitment to increasing female representation and retention in LATAM technology — mentorship, Academy pipeline, and funded certifications.
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Technology Placement Service: Market Ready

Lengthy hiring processes that cost you time and the best candidates

By the time a traditional agency completes its sourcing cycle and delivers a CV stack for client-side screening, your best candidate has typically accepted another offer. The problem is not just speed — it is the absence of pre-qualification. A fast process that delivers unassessed candidates is not an improvement.

Emerald's answer is a pre-assessed pool of Market Ready candidates — professionals who have already completed the full Emerald Assure evaluation, have a live Candidate Assessment Profile, and are available for immediate consideration. For clients with a live requirement, a Market Ready shortlist can be delivered in five business days.

Market Ready candidates: pre-assessed, Candidate Assessment Profile produced, available — shortlist delivered within 5 business days of role brief received.
Sourced and assessed: full Emerald Assure evaluation completed during the sourcing cycle — shortlist within 15 business days.
Compressed client process: the Emerald Assure evaluation replaces or significantly reduces the client's own technical screening stage — your team validates, it does not evaluate.
Delivery Confidence Guarantee: moving quickly does not mean moving recklessly — the 12-week guarantee means Emerald absorbs the risk of a placement that does not perform.
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Time to Shortlist Commitment
Market Ready
Pre-assessed, CAP live, available
5 days
Sourced & Assessed
Full Emerald Assure cycle
15 days
Delivery Confidence Guarantee
If the placed consultant does not meet agreed delivery expectations within 12 weeks, Emerald conducts one replacement search at no additional cost.
AI & Automation Sourcing Service

Sourcing and assessing AI & Automation talent across the modern technology stack

Demand for AI and automation capability is outpacing supply in every technology market. The challenge for most firms is not knowing what they need — it is finding professionals who can deliver it, integrate into an existing team, and sustain performance beyond the first sprint.

Emerald's sourcing and assessment capability covers AI and automation roles across the modern technology stack — Azure AI services, Copilot Studio, AI Builder, Python-based ML engineering, LLM integration, and data engineering with AI adjacency. Every candidate is assessed through Emerald Assure — not by a generalist recruiter, but by a technology delivery professional who understands what AI capability actually looks like in a delivery environment.

Emerald's AI & Automation talent pool is in active development. The Emerald Assure assessment infrastructure is in place. If you have an AI or automation requirement, register your interest now — Emerald will be in touch as the pipeline develops.

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Role Coverage
Azure OpenAI Engineer
Copilot Studio Developer
AI Builder Specialist
Python / ML Engineer
LLM Integration Engineer
Power Automate / RPA Specialist
Data Engineer (AI-adjacent)

AI & Automation candidates are assessed against an extended Emerald Assure framework — the standard eight performance dimensions plus three additional dimensions covering Enterprise Readiness, Responsible AI & Governance Awareness, and Advisory Boundary Awareness.

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