FAQs

Outsized helps enterprises and consulting firms build and execute agile workforce models at scale. We do this by matching client talent needs to a deep pool of highly-skilled independent consultants, contractors and subject-matter experts.

Our talent platform is curated especially to meet the high quality needs of enterprises and management consulting firms across Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.

We also serve global quality-conscious clients looking to hire the very best remote independent talent from markets such as South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. All our talent are vetted and rigorously quality-assured. We are trusted by the leading strategy consulting firms, the Big4, and some of the most discerning blue-chip companies around the world, please check testimonials on our site, as well as our client ratings on Trustpilot.

Skills areas in demand from our clients include Project Management, Digital Transformation, Strategy Consulting, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Technology Implementation, Product Management, Finance, Internal Audit, ESG, and many more.

We offer the following products and services:

• Talent-on-Demand: We match you to individual or multiple requirements for independent consultants, contractors and subject-matter experts. Quickly close capability or capacity gaps for your projects and core functions. Onboard talent in days, not weeks or months.
• Bench: Bench by Outsized consists of continuously updated talent pools across top skill areas. We curate, update, and manage the talent pools, ensuring depth, quality and availability for the skills you need. See it as your ‘workforce-in-a-box’, enabling you to deploy the skills you need, as and when you need them. Bench Core constists comes pre-loaded with three talent pools in high-demand skills areas, plus Rare Finds, Available Now, and independents you’ve worked with through Outsized. Need more? Bench Enterprise gives you up to 5 additional custom curated talent pools and a dedicated Bench Manager to ensure total talent agility.
• Contract-to-Hire: Speed up and de-risk hiring for both you and the talent. Employers and candidates get to know each other during the explicit ‘try-before-you-buy’ period, ensuring a great match for both parties. Escape a lenghty and broken permanent recruitment process, and confirm suitability through on-the-job performance instead of through protracted interviews.
• Contracting-as-a-Service: An end-to-end service helping you to contract, pay, and manage your independent talent. We reduce the complexity, time and resources risk associated with onboarding individuals who don’t sit on your payroll, and we ensure that they get a great experience.

We believe you deserve a partner who has walked in your shoes, who truly understands what great independent talent looks like for a quality-conscious enterprise or a management consulting firm, and who believes in doing business in the right way.

Our whole business was set up with this in mind, and that flows through everything we do. Here’s how:

• Outsized was built and is managed by former management consultants senior industry leaders. We are not recruiters, and we get you.
• We do not compromise on quality. Our platform of hand-picked independent talent is curated to meet the needs of demanding clients. Our talent are ex-MBB and Big4 consultants, as well as high-end contractors and subject-matter experts with deep execution skills from industry.
• We have a unique geographic focus on the dynamic, high-growth markets across Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.

Finally, we are strongly values-driven in terms of how we do business and what we believe in. Integrity, Passion, and Accountability are our guiding principles, and we are a force for good in terms of building a fair and sustainable independent talent market that works for both clients and talent.

Yes, you can view testimonials from our clients on Trustpilot (trustpilot.com/review/outsized.com). We have also featured testimonials on the Client page on our website.

There is a Case Studies section under the main Client page on our website.

Outsized was built by ex-management consultants and senior industry leaders, and our entire proposition is built around providing highly skilled independent talent for discerning clients. In other words, it’s in our DNA!

In practical terms, we ensure the quality and expertise of our independent talent in the following ways:

• A targetted strategy to attract only top talent to the platform. Pros want to hang out with, and be associated with, other pros
• Vetting of each and every application before they are approved to the platform
• Quality-assurance of each talent being put on a client shortlist
• Client feedback on talent quality and relevance after completing the contract

In the rare case of a mismatch of skills and expectations, Outsized replaces the talent free of charge, no questions asked. Or actually, we do ask questions, but just so we can learn and improve!

To find and hire talent through Outsized this is how it works:

1. Share your need: Use post a project, call or text us the details of your project or contract role needs. This should include information about the ideal profile and skills, budget, and duration of the contract.
2. Review and select: You will receive a shortlist of vetted talent within days. Review your options and carry out interviews if relevant, then pick your top choice or choices.

Get your work done: Relax, as we get your independent ready for action and handle all the logistics and contract admin.

Outsized plays an important role in the pre-project stages, from supporting the scoping or contract role description, to matching, shortlisting and contracting your resources. After the contracting phase, we do not engage in project execution, leaving that to the expertise of the indpendent and clients. We do check in from time to time though, just to make sure everyone is happy.

Outsized charges an uplift of 20% based on the independent’s rate. For building and managing virtual benches there is a separate setup and subscription fee. The amount depends on how many skill areas are included.

For contracting-as-a-service the uplift is typically lower than for a normal assignment, given that we do not provide the matching service (you already have the talent, and we manage onboarding, contracting and payments).

Please get in touch with us for more information and to discuss your needs when it comes to building and executing your agile workforce needs.

For a standard talent-on-demand or contract-to-hire requirement we do not charge any upfront search fee or other costs (exception being if we are carrying out background checks).

For Virtual Benches we do charge an upfront fee for the build-up of the different talent pools.

A new client will sign a Master Services Agreement (MSA), outlining all the key terms and conditions between you and Outsized.

For each individual contract under the MSA there will be a separate Statement of Work or similar, outlining the details for that particular assignment.

You can choose if you’d want the independent to be contracted directly or be subcontracted through Outsized. Most common in most geographies is that the independent is subcontracted via Outsized, and that we manage payments.

Yes, we often help clients find international talent, for example for clients in the Middle East or Southeast Asia. Our talent network is global, with particular depth across Asia-Pacific (including India), Africa, and the Middle East. This helps us to match your requirmements to the best global independent talent.

This depends on a number of things, such as whether it is a remote or on-site contract, and whether a visa (and if so what type) the talent requires. Please get in touch with us to discuss your particular use case for more specific information.