A full suite of talent solutions, built around your goals. We help companies hire, build and scale teams in Malaysia, from a single role to a complete delivery team.
The world is rethinking where and how work gets done. We help you make that move with confidence.
We are your team on the ground. We move fast, we protect your time and we give you an honest read on the local market.
We help you tap into skilled talent, lower your operating risk and build from a stable base. Whatever the move, we have you covered.
We become your hiring engine. Full or partial RPO embedded in your business, running sourcing, screening and offers end to end. You keep control, we carry the workload.
Build a shared services or delivery centre in Malaysia to support your US, UK or regional operations. We plan it, hire it and help you run it from a stable base.
Interim specialists and project teams on contract, with payroll handled. Scale up for a transformation, an audit season or a system rollout, then scale down when the work is done.
Retained and exclusive search for Director and C-suite roles across various industries. Discreet, thorough and run by the founders themselves.
Hire in Malaysia without setting up an entity. We handle employment contracts, payroll and local compliance so you can start in days, not months.
Salary benchmarks, workforce planning and a clear read on the local market before you commit. Make the move on real numbers.
It is no longer about hiring where you happen to sit. It is about building the right team in the right place.
Partner with the right firm and save 20 to 50 percent more in cost and time.
Skilled talent pool across various functions and industries ready to hire.
Aside from the highly proficient English speaking professionals ready to work, other language skills are also readily available such as Mandarin.
The Malaysian day overlaps with Europe, the wider Asia region and the US, which leads to a smooth handover.
Big firms hand you a process. We hand you the founders. You get senior people who know this market, move fast and tell you the truth.
No call centre and no junior account handler. The people who scope your team are the people who deliver it. Your brief never gets lost in a handover and decisions happen in one call.
Agile by structure. We cut the layers that slow big firms down and get your team built sooner. Faster hires mean your delivery starts earning earlier.
We are based in the market you are moving into. You get local salary data, real candidate access and market knowledge, not a slide deck written from another time zone.
If a role is hard to fill or a salary is off, we tell you early. Straight answers protect your budget and stop you chasing hires that will not land.
One named founder owns your account from first call to final hire
Regular progress updates you never have to chase
Salary benchmarks and a market read before you spend
No long lock-ins. We earn the next brief by delivering this one
Athlan is built by recruitment leaders who spent their careers placing finance, governance, technology and shared services talent across Asia, in agency and in-house environments. We know this market because we built our careers in it.
Four clear stages. No jargon, no surprises and a single point of contact the whole way through.
We learn your goals, the roles you need and the standards your team must meet.
We map the talent, share salary benchmarks and agree a clear timeline and budget.
We recruit, vet and onboard your team, then handle employment and compliance if you need it.
We stay on the ground as your team settles and scales. You always have someone to call.
Our clients build their teams here. That means real roles with international firms, filled by recruiters who tell you the truth about every one of them.
Work with US, UK and regional firms without leaving Malaysia.
We place across Finance, Advisory, Governance, Technology and more, from specialist roles to leadership.
We tell you what a role really pays, what the work involves and where it leads.
Register once. When the right role opens, we call you first.
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