Our Mission

We specialize in navigating HR hurdles for businesses, so talent in Asia can thrive and companies can focus on growing. At heart, we’re striving to make meaningful, successful links between the Asian professional world and the rest of the globe. That’s why we take a bespoke approach to every client, give honest advice, and use the needs of our clients and our candidates as our guiding stars.

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Our Values

Our clients’ success is our success. We create practical hiring strategies, find outstanding candidates, and build firm foundations for great partnerships.

Trust grows from honesty and integrity. We only recommend productive hires and exceptional candidates.

Great matches are the only ones worth making. Seeing candidates and companies succeed together is our primary goal.

Our Consultants

Our consultants are Westerners based in Asia, so their understanding of Western businesses is complemented by their immersion in the Asian market.

Our local recruitment specialists create genuine and exclusive connections to candidates, bringing an unrivalled knowledge of relevant cultures, laws, and processes.

Know you need to hire in Asia but not sure where to start? Get in touch – we can advise you on who to hire, when to hire them, and how to get started.

Our Promises

We’re passionate about giving local people the tools to achieve their goals. That’s why we’ve committed to donating a percentage of our billings to charities in the thirteen regions we cover. Our charity partners include:

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Saigon Children

Helping disadvantaged children get the education and support they deserve for the best start in life.

CARE Philippines

Providing emergency relief and long-term recovery strategies for areas hit by natural disasters.

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Greeneration

Creating a harmonious environment through the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Indonesia.

Goonj

Headquartered in New Delhi, Goonj provides disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development across 23 states in India.

Meet our team

It’s always been pretty simple for us. Great people make great work. Meet our team of world-class problem solvers, helping clients and candidates achieve their potential.

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Jayous Mata

Founder & Managing Director

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Senior Regional Recruitment Manager

Get in Touch

If you want to talk about expanding your business into Asia, we’re here to help.

Helping you succeed in Asia and beyond. Learn more about us.

Jayous Mata

Founder & Managing Director

Jayous is our Founder and Managing Director. She has over 14 years’ experience in business development and recruitment & human resources, having helped countless companies in Europe and Asia with their recruitment goals.

Jayous assists our clients to penetrate and enhance their presence in the Asia market. She has worked with businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to Fortune 500 companies, providing professional support to them on how to streamline their hiring process, attract and retain talent, and save money in the process.

Having worked in the recruitment and human resources industry for many years, she felt dissatisfied with the old-school approaches used both in-house and within recruitment agencies. As a result, she founded Career Pond in 2021 to bring a fresh perspective to the market and a renewed approach to how people deal with a recruitment company.

Jayous holds an Executive Master’s in Human Resource Management from IRL Cornell University in the United States.