People & Talent
General Recruitment Vietnam
Permanent hiring from executive to senior management, Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi
Permanent hiring from first-job contributors through to senior management, run by consultants who each work a defined set of industries rather than covering all of them thinly. Fees are tiered against annual total remuneration and carry a replacement guarantee. Delivered from our Vietnamese office under Licence 6208/2024/20/SLĐTBXH-VLATLĐ and across four other markets in the region.
24+ years
of regional HR experience
Licensed
Recruitment Licence 6208/2024/20/SLĐTBXH-VLATLĐ
15 industries
Specialist sector coverage
5 markets
VN · SG · MY · TH · ID
How it works
1
Scope
Role, team, city, must-have skills, language level and the real decision criteria.
2
Source
Match against an active Vietnamese candidate network across 15 industries.
3
Shortlist
Qualified shortlist with documented assessment and verified right to work.
4
Place + guarantee
Offer support through the Tet question, onboarding handover, replacement guarantee.
General recruitment in Vietnam, built on 24+ years
Vietnamese permanent hiring runs on the Tet calendar. Almost nobody resigns before the thirteenth-month salary is paid, the weeks either side of the holiday are effectively dead, and then a wave of movement arrives in the first quarter. A client who starts a search in January and reads the silence as a weak shortlist has misread the market. The second thing worth knowing early is that candidates rarely relocate between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, so a role in one city is filled from that city's pool and the north and south are effectively two markets. Our team recruits through People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited under Recruitment Licence 6208/2024/20/SLĐTBXH-VLATLĐ, screening against the Labour Code and verifying right to work before anyone reaches your shortlist. If you are weighing agency support against hiring direct, we have set out where a recruitment agency saves time and money in Vietnam.
How our tiered placement fees work
A single tiered placement fee, calculated as a percentage of the annual total remuneration of whoever you hire. Which tier applies, what percentage that means, and how long the matching replacement guarantee runs are all recorded in the engagement letter before any candidate is contacted. None of it should surface for the first time on an invoice.
Tier 1 - Junior
- ✓Lower percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓First-tier replacement guarantee period
- ✓Executive, Associate, and Analyst placements
- ✓Suitable for high-volume seasonal hiring
Tier 2 - Mid
- ✓Mid-band percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓Second-tier replacement guarantee period
- ✓Manager, Senior Manager, and Team Lead placements
- ✓Our most common engagement tier across 15 industries
Tier 3 - Senior
- ✓Higher percentage of annual total remuneration
- ✓Third-tier replacement guarantee period (longest)
- ✓Director-level mandates within General Recruitment scope
- ✓Bridges to our Executive Search practice at C-suite level
Each tier carries a minimum fee and one replacement guarantee. It takes effect once the original invoice is settled in full, applies once per placement, and does not extend to the replacement hire.
What makes a Vietnamese permanent search work
Across fifteen industries and a long run of permanent placements, three things predict fairly reliably whether a search will land.
A timetable built around Tet
A brief that shows what the hiring manager will genuinely decide on. Which skills cannot be taught, what the team feels like from inside, and what would tip a choice between two capable people. A job description yields a shortlist that matches the job description.
One city, one pool
A candidate pool that exists before the search opens. Relationships built across these industries over many years mean the first names come from people we already know, not from whoever replies to an advertisement this week. In a market where the strongest engineers and managers are approached constantly, that gap is the whole difference.
Language scoped honestly
A stated replacement period, set by the fee tier and written into the engagement letter. If the hire does not work out inside it, the replacement search carries no further placement fee.
PERMANENT RECRUITMENT
Shortlists built from the Vietnamese market, screened against the Labour Code
Licensed under Recruitment Licence No. 6208/2024 · Right to work and work permit eligibility checked before shortlist · Replacement guarantee on every permanent placement
Industries & Functions We Cover
Consultants are organised by sector rather than spread across all of them, which is the difference between a shortlist assembled from keyword matches and one assembled from knowing who is worth calling. That comes from years of placing permanently into employers in these industries.
Aerospace & Aviation
Aircraft maintenance technicians, avionics and component specialists, ground operations and aviation supply chain roles around Tan Son Nhat, Noi Bai and Long Thanh.
Automotive
Production and quality engineers, supplier development, sales and aftersales management for assemblers and the growing EV and component base.
Banking & Financial Services
Relationship managers, credit and risk analysts, compliance and AML officers and operations specialists across Vietnamese commercial banks, insurers and securities firms.
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
Regulatory affairs, QA and validation, medical representatives and market access roles for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
Chemical
Process and production engineers, plant supervisors, HSE officers and technical sales across the southern and central industrial zones.
Construction & Civil Engineering
Project and site managers, civil, structural and M&E engineers, quantity surveyors and safety officers on Vietnamese infrastructure and property projects.
FMCG & Retail
Brand and trade marketing managers, key account and modern trade specialists, and retail operations across a fast-growing national footprint.
Healthcare
Clinical operations, nursing leadership, medical representatives and regulatory specialists for private hospital groups and device companies.
IT & Telecommunication
Software engineers, DevOps, product managers and data specialists across the Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang development centres and outsourcing firms.
Logistics & Transportation
Freight forwarding, customs and import-export specialists, warehouse and distribution managers around Cat Lai, Hai Phong and the border crossings.
Marine & Offshore Engineering
Marine and subsea engineers, yard and vessel operations, project managers and HSE specialists across shipbuilding and offshore support.
Media & Publishing
Account management, content and performance marketing, creative and production roles across agencies, platforms and publishers.
Oil & Gas
Process, drilling and project engineers, HSE coordinators and commercial analysts for upstream operators, service companies and refineries.
Real Estate & Property
Development and project managers, leasing and property managers, facilities leads and investment roles for Vietnamese developers and funds.
Semiconductor
Process, test and packaging engineers, equipment and production specialists across the assembly and testing plants in the northern and southern parks.
Frequently asked questions
Who is People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited?
People Profilers Services Vietnam Company Limited is the General Recruitment arm of People Profilers, a Southeast Asia HR group founded in 2002 with Vietnam operations established 2018. We hold Recruitment Licence 6208/2024/20/SLĐTBXH-VLATLĐ and place permanent talent across 15 industries in Vietnam, with regional capability across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.
What roles do you cover under general recruitment?
Permanent roles from junior contributor to senior management across the functions employers here hire into most: finance and accounting, sales and marketing, engineering and technical, operations and supply chain, technology, human resources, and customer-facing roles.
Director and C-suite appointments are a different discipline and go to our executive search practice, which works on retained or success fee terms rather than a tiered placement fee.
How does your fee structure work?
A percentage of the successful candidate's annual total remuneration, banded by seniority, with a minimum fee at each tier. Nothing is payable unless a hire is made.
The band, the percentage and the replacement period that goes with it are recorded in the engagement letter before any candidate is approached, so the cost is known when you decide to engage rather than when the invoice lands.
What does your replacement guarantee cover?
If the person leaves or does not work out within the replacement period for that tier, we run the search again with no further placement fee.
Two conditions attach. The original invoice must be settled in full, and the guarantee is used once per placement, so the replacement hire does not carry a fresh one. Your tier's exact period is stated in the engagement letter.
How long does a typical general recruitment search take?
Where the market is liquid, a first shortlist usually lands within one to two weeks, after which the start date depends mainly on the candidate's notice period, commonly thirty days here and forty-five for indefinite-term contracts.
Scarce skills and narrow candidate pools take considerably longer. In practice, though, the most common cause of a slow search is interview scheduling on the client side, and we will say so rather than let it look like a sourcing problem. In this market a good candidate with two other processes running will not wait three weeks for a second interview.
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