Breaking Border Barriers: Connecting with Global Expertise
What are Your Company Name & Contacts?
Bamboo Works is a global staffing firm specializing in providing remote workforce solutions by connecting businesses with high-quality talent primarily from the Philippines and South America. We are physically operating in the UK, Dubai, UAE, and London.
Our team of expert professionals offers complete remote staffing solutions to global businesses from our strategically located office spaces across Southeast, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Bamboo Works primarily focuses on tech, finance, e-commerce, and marketing businesses operating in the US, Middle East, and Europe. However, we offer customized solutions for businesses operating in any sector worldwide looking for an efficient way of hiring top-tier professionals.
Who are the Founder & Co-Founders of Your Company?
The global staffing firm was co-founded by two visionary business-minded people from the Netherlands, Gilles Puts and Pim Luijten. Gilles has strong experience in finance and digital assets within the corporate world, while Pim has outstanding expertise in tech and marketing startup development.
A Complete Journey About the Company: When You Have Started, How, and Where?
Bamboo Works was started to simplify the complex process of hiring skilled and talented professionals from different parts of the world, as building a global team with the right skills and expertise is essential for success in today’s business landscape.
The inspiration for the founding of Bamboo Works was raised when I left my corporate career in Finance & Digital assets, where I had received hands-on experience of how a company in a specific location remains solely dependent on local skills and expertise. Most of the local firms faced obstacles like understaffing and salary hikes that restricted their growth and success. But a completely different hiring scenario was observed by me, while I was working at sFOX, which was a fully remote digital assets startup, where the hiring system was based on skills and expertise rather than a candidate’s physical location.
My business partner, Pim already had experience in the tech and marketing startup ecosystem, where he has developed expertise in empowering businesses by offering access to offshore talented professionals. His experience and expertise further supported the idea that businesses can attain success more efficiently by securing access to a global pool of talent.
While living in Southeast Asia, we both witnessed that a large number of highly skilled and talented professionals are not employed and effectively used by Western companies due to location barriers. We understood that two major issues require a solution:
- Companies operating worldwide were encountering various problems like rising costs, understaffing, and difficulty in attracting and retaining talented professionals, leading to a talent crisis.
- A large population of talented and skilled professionals are unable to take advantage of global career opportunities because of barriers associated with trust, compliance, management, etc.
All this inspired us to build Bamboo Works.
Initially, we started as a virtual assistant provider and were offering remote staffing solutions to entrepreneurs. However, we quickly transformed our startup into a highly specialized global staffing firm and were primarily focused on the top 1% of professionals across the tech, marketing, and finance sectors. Presently, we offer companies worldwide access to a vast pool of talent, including accountants, finance analysts, software developers, etc., guaranteeing the availability of a workforce that can contribute to their growth.
The company that was started as a startup, which was hiring personal staff for solo entrepreneurs transformed into a global remote staffing solutions providing firm, which offers full remote staff solutions for businesses. From a native English-speaking Filipino professional to Spanish and French-speaking experts from South America and Africa, we satisfy every requirement of our clients and handle all the complexities associated with remote hiring.
According to Bamboo Works’ opinion, the future of work is borderless and we have been committed to assisting global businesses get access to smart hiring solutions, ensuring their growth and success.
Bamboo Works’ Founder & Co-Founder Journeys
Since childhood, I and Pim have shared an entrepreneurial vision. We had this aspiration that when we grow up we’ll build a company together. We spent our childhood together in the same town and had a never-ending entrepreneurial drive. We were constantly developing business ideas, launching small ventures, and doing out of box things. However, we had this understanding that hands-on experience in the industry operation is required to make our vision a reality.
When we group up we had to part ways due to our career. To pursue my career in Finance & Digital Assets, I moved to Amsterdam, while Pim stayed in the Netherlands and developed expertise and experience in smart wearable technology through his tech startup. However, before parting we’ve committed that after gaining the required experience, expertise, and connections, we’ll together transform our entrepreneurial vision into reality.
After many years the long-awaited moment arrived when we went on a three-month trip to Southeast Asia. During our time in the region, we get hands-on experience with a vast pool of talented and skilled professionals who are bound by geographical barriers to secure global career opportunities. Whereas the companies in the West are facing a talent crisis due to several issues like rising costs and lack of required skills.
We took advantage of that stellar opportunity. Through Pim’s technical expertise and my experience and connections in the industry, we founded Bamboo Works, a global staffing company that connects global businesses with skilled professionals from Southeast Asia and South America. What was started as a result of our shared entrepreneurial vision has transformed into a leading global staffing firm providing excellent hiring solutions worldwide.
Our journey till now is not just about realizing our childhood aspiration but identifying and developing staffing solutions that can help companies across the world get connected with talented professionals who can contribute to their empowerment.
Who are Your Customers? And have you supplied it to Anyone? What is the Feedback?
Global businesses operating in tech, finance, and other industries that are seeking flexible and effective remote hiring solutions are our clients. Particularly, these companies are those that are facing issues of not fulfilling local labor regulations, requirements of salary hikes for specific roles, etc.
Since 2023, we have been actively operating and have provided 50+ global businesses access to highly qualified and skilled professionals and helped 100+ talented candidates secure excellent international career opportunities.
Most commonly, we receive amazing feedback from our clients for providing access to such skilled and highly qualified professionals. Additionally, many of our clients have already had experience with offshore staffing solutions with other companies in the Philippines and South America. But those companies have failed to connect them with the required pool of talent. After taking our services, they realized that there was not a lack of talent in these regions but their previous hiring partner could not understand the exact requirements that caused them issues in the past.
What Support Do You Need From Customers and the Public?
With the consistent growth of Bamboo Works, we aspire to make global businesses realize the power of remote hiring. We assist businesses in understanding how they can modify their team-building approach and take advantage of a vast pool of talented professionals to secure top positions in their sectors. Additionally, we’re welcoming any opportunity for partnerships with HR tech companies, IT firms, and others sharing the same vision for global and strategic hiring like us, as together we can revolutionize the future of hiring.
Is there any break-even?
Since its inception, we’ve developed a sustainable business model and observed consistent growth in our business. We secured high financial profits and outstanding scalability due to rising demands for global and flexible hiring solutions. It is not possible to completely reveal the exact financial profits, but I can proudly say that we’re on the right path of expansion with a considerably good ROI potential.
Your Website and Social Media Pages?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilles-puts
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bamboo-works-llc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pimluijten
https://www.instagram.com/gillesputs?igsh=ZjN6bmUyczA0OGw3&utm_source=qr
Are You Looking for Investors? If yes, How Much?
No, we’re not actively searching for investors as we’ve maintained and developed a fully financed expansion strategy. But we welcome any partner with the same vision as ours.
Message to Your Customers & Viewers?
Bamboo Works believes that the future of hiring is borderless and companies instead of relying solely on local talents must take the benefits of highly skilled professionals from worldwide to quickly scale their businesses.
We’re truly grateful to our clients for entrusting their hiring or staffing requirements to us. And for our future clients that are companies looking for top-tier remote hiring solutions, we guarantee access to the best pool of talent. We believe that a strategy team is not built based on borders; however, is built based on skill sets and expertise.
What Does the Next Five Years Look for Bamboo Works?
In the future, Bamboo Works will continue expanding its reach and redefining the meaning of top-tier global hiring solutions.
- We will reinforce our relations with non-corporate and corporate firms and will become the partner empowering their workforce.
- To stay ahead of our competitors, we will continue to deliver top-tier solutions to global businesses and refine our business model.
- Through acquisitions, reinforcing our market presence, and services we will achieve more success in the upcoming years.
How Do We See the Rise of AI Impacting Our Industry?
We see AI as a partner instead of a threat;
- AI is indeed automating repetitive tasks, but businesses will still require professionals for critical tasks.
- Instead of replacing professionals, the companies that understand the requirements for scalability will build stronger teams.
- Additionally, we’re incorporating our workforce with the latest AI tools to ensure they lead the growth of their future employers.
What Was a Major Turning Point in Bamboo Works Success?
One of the biggest contributors to our transformation was our in-house team of experts.
Initially, we tried to handle everything on our own, but gradually understood the requirement of specialized expertise and investing in the right professionals.
- Our decision to hire an in-house team and HR experts increased our capability to deliver top-tier hiring solutions.
- This transformation helped us secure more clients and partners.
- It strengthens our belief that the right team can significantly contribute to your success, the same principle that applies to our clients.
This step transformed Bamboo Works from a growing startup to a powerful global staffing firm, offering access to top-tier and highly skilled professionals.
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