Engagement models

The right IT people, on the terms that fit your project

Some projects need an experienced specialist now. Some need people the market can't supply yet. Some need a whole team that you will own one day. We work under five engagement models. What separates them is who employs the people, for how long, and what you pay for.

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Who holds the payrollIllustration

IT Consulting / Contracting

Who employs the peopleGECO. The consultant works in your team and you direct the work.

Which model fits

Start with one question: who should employ the people?

Pick the answer closest to your situation. Each one leads to a single model.

The questionWho should employ the people?

Can the market supply the skill today?

How many hires?

What do you want to own in the end?

Pick an answer to see who holds the payroll

Need a software team that GECO keeps and runs for as long as you use it, with no transfer? That's a leased team: see Custom Software Development.

Looking by technology, such as SAP, Oracle or cloud? See Specialist Areas.

Side by side

Five models, compared on the same four questions

Five models, compared on the same four questions
	01IT Consulting / ContractingMatches your answers	02Upskill Today (Hire, Train, Deploy)Matches your answers	03Permanent PlacementMatches your answers	04Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)Matches your answers	05Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)Matches your answers
Best when	A live project needs a skill your team doesn't have, for a fixed time.	You need several people with the same profile, in a stack the market can't supply fast enough.	You want a specialist on your own payroll, one hire at a time.	You have more IT roles to fill than your HR team can handle.	You want your own dedicated IT team or centre in Asia, such as an SAP centre of excellence, and want to own it in the end.
Who employs the people	GECO. The consultant works in your team and you direct the work.	GECO, from the day they're hired, through training and on your project.	You. With contract-to-hire, GECO employs the person during the contract, then they move to your payroll.	You, from day one. GECO runs the hiring; you make every hiring decision.	GECO until the centre transfers to you. Then the team is yours.
How long	A fixed term, set for your project.	Six to eight weeks of training, then deployment to your project. We agree the engagement length with you before training starts.	Permanent.	For a hiring burst, or as your ongoing IT recruitment team.	Each phase is agreed with you before we start. The transfer comes once the centre reaches a steady state.
What you pay for	The consultant's time, at market rates.	A rate per deployed consultant, set out in your agreement.	No down-payment. A fee only for a successful placement.	Set out in your proposal, based on the number of roles, the locations and the timeline.	A fee for building and running the centre, then the transfer fee.

IT Consulting / Contracting

Matches your answers

Best when: A live project needs a skill your team doesn't have, for a fixed time.
Who employs the people: GECO. The consultant works in your team and you direct the work.
How long: A fixed term, set for your project.
What you pay for: The consultant's time, at market rates.

Upskill Today (Hire, Train, Deploy)

Matches your answers

Best when: You need several people with the same profile, in a stack the market can't supply fast enough.
Who employs the people: GECO, from the day they're hired, through training and on your project.
How long: Six to eight weeks of training, then deployment to your project. We agree the engagement length with you before training starts.
What you pay for: A rate per deployed consultant, set out in your agreement.

Permanent Placement

Matches your answers

Best when: You want a specialist on your own payroll, one hire at a time.
Who employs the people: You. With contract-to-hire, GECO employs the person during the contract, then they move to your payroll.
How long: Permanent.
What you pay for: No down-payment. A fee only for a successful placement.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Matches your answers

Best when: You have more IT roles to fill than your HR team can handle.
Who employs the people: You, from day one. GECO runs the hiring; you make every hiring decision.
How long: For a hiring burst, or as your ongoing IT recruitment team.
What you pay for: Set out in your proposal, based on the number of roles, the locations and the timeline.

Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)

Matches your answers

Best when: You want your own dedicated IT team or centre in Asia, such as an SAP centre of excellence, and want to own it in the end.
Who employs the people: GECO until the centre transfers to you. Then the team is yours.
How long: Each phase is agreed with you before we start. The transfer comes once the centre reaches a steady state.
What you pay for: A fee for building and running the centre, then the transfer fee.

Where the people work differs by model and is set out on each page. Our delivery centres are in Taguig (Metro Manila) and Iloilo City.

Track record

One partner for every stage, from filling a gap to owning a team

700+
Projects delivered
Across SAP, Oracle, cloud and data engagements since 2006.
50+
Enterprise customers
MNCs and technology firms across the Asia Pacific region.
1,000+
Consultants deployed
Screened, upskilled and placed onto client project teams.
20+
Years in Asia Pacific
Founded in Singapore in 2006 as the Asian arm of Germany’s GECO Group; independent since 2020.

Very responsive and open to engage in a competitive market. GECO Asia provides us with a vital advantage to service our projects. I most appreciate the speed of response to our project requests and GECO’s flexible engagement model. I would definitely recommend GECO to my business partners.

Service Delivery Manager · MNC IT Services Company