First we establish what needs to change and who will own each decision. Recruitment starts only after those points are understood.
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After you get in touch with BlueShores, we explore together what BlueShores can help your company with. If you are looking for people, we define the roles and responsibilities. If you want to outsource IT complexity, we clarify the desired outcomes. BlueShores then prepares a proposal tailored to your organisation.
Once we agree on how to continue, we set up a framework agreement between your company and BlueShores. It covers overarching topics such as intellectual property rights and what you can and cannot expect from BlueShores.
As your team is hired, a Statement of Work comes into effect. It details the services you are currently subscribed to and is updated whenever your team or services package is upgraded or downgraded.
Communication about wishes, requests, roadmaps, releases, and status updates is tailored to what best suits the collaboration between BlueShores and your company.
This is our default process.
We can adapt it when you want more or less involvement in the selection.
With a framework agreement in place and a green light for recruitment, BlueShores starts hiring the people needed to meet your goals.
Our IT professionals work from the Philippines. During European summer time, the Philippines is six hours ahead of Amsterdam; during winter time, it is seven hours ahead. When your workday begins at 9:00, it is already 15:00 or 16:00 in the Philippines.
To optimise collaboration without forcing unfavourable working hours, we ask clients to schedule shared meetings between 9:00 and noon Amsterdam time. Outside that window, professionals can organise their hours around their preference and the needs of the engagement.
Depending on your selected service, your IT professionals may work with or without a BlueShores supervisor managing their day-to-day work. Every professional always has a personal BlueShores manager who supports employee wellbeing and acts as, or works closely with, your BlueShores liaison.
Regular one-to-one meetings help us identify concerns early and address them before they become problems.
We also support our employees with a personal development plan so they can keep developing. Because that also benefits our clients, we ask clients to reserve 5% of working time for it (about half a day every two weeks). That keeps our people engaged and up to date with the latest industry standards.
Clients deal with people who know the European market, while professionals receive local support in the Philippines.
By treating our employees with respect and dignity, and by listening and showing appreciation for their input, we go above and beyond delivering “code monkeys”. Our professionals take pride in their way of working and the quality they deliver, not only for you as their client, but for the end users. That shows in IT professionals who proactively offer input and suggestions, instead of simply nodding yes to everything you say.
We are not hell-bent on a rigid collaboration template. Instead, we look at the needs of your company that brought you to us and tailor our services to those needs. We also understand that, especially for growing companies, those needs can change at any time. When your business needs change, we want to adapt our services to match.
BlueShores was founded out of practical needs by industry veterans. With nearly twenty years of product management and consulting experience between the founders (most of it in the Dutch and German markets, working with hybrid or remote IT teams), we know how to turn remote working into a success.
An attributable reflection from a long-term client relationship.
Thanks to BlueShores, our costs have been strongly reduced without sacrificing speed or quality of development.
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