Glossary
Remote hiring, in plain English
The terms that come up when you build a remote team — defined clearly, without the jargon that usually hides behind them.
Asynchronous Communication
A working style where collaboration happens through written, recorded, and documented updates rather than requiring everyone online at once.
Cost to Company (CTC)
The total annual cost of employing someone — salary plus benefits, taxes, and overhead — as opposed to just their take-home pay.
Dedicated Development Team
A team of remote professionals assigned exclusively to your company, working only on your product over the long term rather than splitting time across clients.
Employer of Record (EOR)
An EOR legally employs workers on your behalf in a country where you have no entity, handling payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance while you direct the work.
IP Assignment
A legal clause ensuring that work products created by a hire — code, designs, content — are owned by your company, not the individual or a third party.
Nearshore Development
Building software with a team in a nearby country and similar timezone — trading some cost savings for greater real-time overlap.
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
A contract that legally binds a person to keep your confidential information private — a baseline protection for any external or remote hire.
Offshore Development
Building software with a team located in a distant country — typically for access to a larger talent pool and lower cost than onshore hiring.
Remote-First
An operating model where remote work is the default and processes are designed for distributed teams rather than retrofitted onto an office.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
An AI technique that grounds a language model’s answers in your own documents by retrieving relevant context at query time.
Software Outsourcing
Delegating a defined software project to an external vendor who owns delivery of an agreed scope, rather than extending your own team.
Staff Augmentation
A model where external professionals join and work under your direction as an extension of your in-house team, rather than delivering an outsourced project.
Technical Vetting
The process of verifying a candidate’s real skills through assessments, work samples, and structured interviews before they join your team.
Time to Hire
The elapsed time from opening a role to a candidate accepting an offer — a core measure of hiring speed and process efficiency.
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