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Direct Recruitment and Employer of Record Services
Whether you’re expanding your team or building a remote workforce, we deliver compliant, cost-effective employment solutions – backed by the recruitment expertise of The Key Recruitment Group our South African alliance partner.
RAEORA is your trusted bridge to effective high-performance personnel resourcing through partnership-driven solutions for the UK, the EU and South Africa.
We offer tailored recruitment service options designed to meet different hiring needs, budgets, and levels of engagement. From our Standard Recruitment Terms, providing maximum flexibility, to a Reduced Fee model with a limited sole mandate, and our Strategic Staffing partnership with amortised, retention-aligned fees. Each option is built to deliver high-quality talent, with a tiered approach allowing clients to select a recruitment solution that aligns with cost expectations, and long-term workforce objectives – while ensuring a consistent, specialist-led recruitment experience.
“At Lyons Bowe, we’re proud to partner with The Key Recruitment Group, a leading recruitment and HR specialist service company in business for 50 years, their services extending across South Africa and the UK. Through this partnership, we ensure our South African teams are expertly sourced, fully supported, and given the tools to thrive.
With deep expertise in professional recruitment and Employer of Record (EOR) services, The Key Recruitment Group provides end-to-end support, from sourcing exceptional talent to managing onboarding, HR, and career development. Their multidisciplinary approach across Engineering, IT & Digital, and Commercial sectors allows Lyons Bowe to continue expanding with the right people, built on shared values of quality, integrity, and innovation.”
“Ridgeback Projects has been working with The Key Recruitment Group since early 2025 and has been consistently impressed with their professionalism, responsiveness, and approach. From the outset, they took the time to gain a thorough understanding of our business, our requirements, and the type of individuals who would be the right fit for our team. They made the entire process of identifying our needs and matching them with suitable candidates smooth, efficient, and straightforward.
Throughout our partnership, The Key Recruitment Group has been highly supportive, providing valuable guidance and maintaining excellent communication at every stage. Their ability to deliver quality candidates while adapting to our evolving requirements has played an important role in enabling our business to continue delivering for our clients. We have found them to be a trusted recruitment partner and would not hesitate to recommend them.”
“Key IT and The Key Recruitment Group have been a trusted partner to Acora for several years and have played a key role in helping us successfully build and grow our South African operation.From the outset, they ensured our South African team felt fully integrated into Acora through aligned employment practices, close collaboration with our HR function, and a strong understanding of our company culture. Their support with salary benchmarking and local market insight has also helped us attract and retain high-quality talent in a competitive market.
Beyond Employer of Record services, they have provided valuable guidance on local business practices, operational setup, and ongoing support to both our leadership team and employees in South Africa.
I would highly recommend them to any company looking to establish or expand a team in South Africa.”
“The Gravity Group Limited has been working with RAEORA (Recruitment and Employer of Record Alliance) since 2025 to support our operations in-country. Establishing a back-office presence in a new market is rarely straightforward, and RAEORA have been instrumental in helping us navigate the HR and onboarding requirements with confidence.
Their team has provided invaluable guidance in helping us understand the local employment landscape, manage onboarding processes, and ensure our staff are properly supported from day one with a leading employee experience. We have found them to be knowledgeable, approachable, and genuinely invested in getting things right; qualities that matter greatly when you are building operations in unfamiliar territory.
The relationship has been a positive and productive one, and we would have no hesitation in recommending RAEORA to any organisation looking for reliable recruitment and employer of record support.”
“Africa Events Limited has partnered with The Key Recruitment Group since 2023 to support the development and expansion of our South African team. Throughout this time, they have provided both recruitment and Employer of Record (EOR) services to a consistently high standard.
Their team has played an important role in helping us identify strong candidates, manage onboarding processes, and provide ongoing HR and employee support within South Africa. We have found them to be knowledgeable, reliable, and proactive in their approach, with a strong understanding of the local employment landscape.
The relationship has been a positive one, and we value the support and professionalism The Key Recruitment Group continues to provide to our business.”
“Expo Technologies Limited has been working with Key Recruitment Group and Key IT since early 2025, and the partnership has been invaluable in establishing our South African presence. As our Employer of Record, they have supported us across the full spectrum of what we needed, from recruiting and employing staff, to setting up our office, managing all HR requirements, and assisting with equipment procurement.Their on-the-ground experience has been a real asset, and their professionalism in everything they do gives us confidence that our team is in good hands. We would highly recommend them to any business looking to establish or grow their operations in South Africa.”
Recruiting talent efficiently means employing South African professionals for remote based support services work. This is why using an EOR service is ideal.
Fast-tracking workforce expansion comes with an escalated company risk and requires resources. It can be a timeous process that’s arduous and complicated, especially when it’s abroad. This is how the right EOR service partner can decrease risk, time and costs.
EOR services protect businesses when they expand operations internationally. Partnering with RAEORA decreases risks and costs while increasing efficiencies











