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Building your APAC team: contractor, employee, or both?

If you’ve tried to hire a senior engineer or designer in Australia lately, you’ll know the squeeze: competition for good people is fierce. A growing number of Australian startups are looking north, to the rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC), where a wealth of talent works, often within a few hours of our time zones. The post Building your APAC team: contractor, employee, or both? appeared first on SmartCompany.

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10 August 2026|1 min read|SmartCompany
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