Recruitment Agency in Tunisia: Hire Engineers, IT and Multilingual Talent
Tunisia is one of the Mediterranean’s best-kept hiring secrets. Its engineering schools produce strong IT, electrical and mechanical talent; automotive and aerospace suppliers operate around Sousse, Bizerte and Tunis; and multilingual customer service centres serve France and the wider EU from a nearby time zone.
Alliance Recruitment Agency works as a recruitment agency in Tunisia for employers: local companies, European firms building nearshore teams, and international employers hiring Tunisian professionals. We source, screen and shortlist candidates for your roles, and if you don’t have a Tunisian entity, we can employ them for you through our employer of record service.
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350+ Expert Teams
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Sectors We Recruit For in Tunisia
How to Hire in Tunisia: Your Options
If you’re hiring in Tunisia for the first time, there are three common routes:
- 1. Hire through your own Tunisian entity. You employ staff directly under the Tunisian Labour Code, register them with the national social security fund (CNSS) and run local payroll.
- 2. Use Alliance as your employer of record. We employ your staff in Tunisia on your behalf, handle payroll, CNSS and tax, and you direct their work. This suits small teams, nearshore set-ups and market testing.
- 3. Hire contractors. Suitable for genuine short-term projects; ongoing, full-time work under your direction can be treated as employment, so take local advice first.
Already working with long-term contractors in Tunisia? We can move them onto compliant employment contracts through our EOR service.
Whichever route you choose, we handle the part that decides success: finding and screening the right people. If you plan to employ foreign nationals in Tunisia, they need a work permit and approved employment contract, so build that time into your plan.
Building a team in Tunisia?
We’ll recruit your people and, if you have no local entity, employ them for you through our EOR service.
Employer of Record in Tunisia
Want to hire employees in Tunisia without setting up a company? With our employer of record service, Alliance becomes the legal employer of your Tunisian staff, while they work full time for you.
What our EOR service covers:
– Employment contracts that follow the Tunisian Labour Code
– Monthly payroll, payslips and salary payments in Tunisian dinars
– CNSS registration and social security contributions
– Income tax withholding and statutory reporting
– Onboarding, leave records and compliant offboarding
What you control: the day-to-day work, goals, schedules and team management.
EOR suits European firms building a nearshore IT or customer service team in Tunisia, companies testing the market, and businesses converting long-term contractors into compliant employees. Combine it with our recruitment service and we find the right people and employ them for you. See our employer of record service.
Hiring Tunisian Talent for the Gulf and Europe
Tunisian engineers, IT professionals, healthcare staff and hospitality workers are in demand with employers in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and across Europe. We source and screen Tunisian candidates for your overseas roles; you, as the employer, obtain the work visa in your country. Tunisia regulates recruitment for work abroad, so we’ll confirm the deployment steps that apply to your hire before you make an offer.
How We Recruit in Tunisia
1. Brief
Role, headcount, city, languages, salary range, start date, and whether you’ll employ directly or through our EOR.
2. Sourcing
Job boards, professional networks, engineering school alumni, referrals and direct headhunting.
3. Screening
Technical and language assessments, experience and qualification checks, references.
4. Shortlist
Interview-ready candidates, usually within 24-48 hours for single roles; volume hiring to an agreed schedule.
5. Interviews and offer
Video or in-person interviews, offer support and salary benchmarking.
6. Onboarding and follow-up
Direct hire or EOR onboarding, check-ins after joining, and if a hire leaves within 90 days, we replace them.
Recruitment Across North Africa
Hiring in neighbouring markets? See our recruitment agency in Morocco and recruitment agency in Libya. We also offer employer of record in both Tunisia and Morocco.
Why Employers Choose Alliance in Tunisia
- Recruitment and employer of record from one partner
- 16+ years in recruitment, 500+ clients, 36+ countries
- 4.8 client rating and 95% repeat business
- Screened shortlists in 24-48 hours
- 90-day replacement guarantee
- ISO 9001 certified processes
- Recruiter Awards 2023 (Highly Commended) · HRM Asia Readers’ Choice 2022
What Our Clients Say
“Alliance understood our hiring needs and provided qualified, well-screened candidates who matched our roles and business requirements.”
“Alliance helped us source skilled professionals quickly and managed the recruitment process smoothly from screening to interviews.”
“We needed professionals for multiple roles in Tunisia, and Alliance provided suitable candidates with responsive and professional support.”
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Meet Our Leadership Team
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Franchise Lead | Recruitment Franchise
Alex George
General Manager | RPO & Enterprise Recruitment
Nikki Miller
Head of Recruitment | Recruitment & Staffing
Frequently Asked Questions
It sources, screens and shortlists candidates for your roles in Tunisia, including engineers, IT staff, BPO teams and managers, and supports you through interviews and offers.
Use Alliance as your employer of record. We employ your staff in Tunisia on your behalf, run payroll, register them with CNSS and handle tax withholding, while they work full time for you. We can also recruit them for you.
Employment contracts under the Tunisian Labour Code, monthly payroll in dinars, CNSS contributions, income tax withholding, onboarding and compliant offboarding. You manage the day-to-day work.
IT and software, automotive and aerospace, BPO and customer service, engineering and energy, finance and shared services, and tourism and hospitality.
Yes. We recruit developers, QA and support engineers, and French-, English- and Arabic-speaking customer service teams, then employ them through our EOR service, so you don’t need to open a local company.
Yes. We source and screen Tunisian candidates for overseas employers. You obtain the work visa in your country, and we confirm the Tunisian deployment steps before you make an offer.
Most single roles get a shortlist within 24-48 hours. Offer-to-start time depends on notice periods and, for foreign hires, work permit approval.
Recruitment is quoted per hire for specialist and senior roles, and per head for volume hiring. EOR is a monthly fee per employee. We confirm all fees in writing before we start.
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