Consider it handled.

Exceptional virtual staff for exceptional operators. Sourced, vetted, and placed beside you within 14 days — so you can finally step back from the front line.

re·lève
French — the relief shift; the changing of the watch

You've stood every watch since the day you opened. Relève exists for the moment someone capable steps up, takes the keys, and says: rest — I have it from here.

Who We Place

Any seat you need filled. One standard of talent.

We place experienced offshore professionals in the roles that consume your week — and any role beyond them. If it can be done remotely, we can staff it.

I

Executive Assistants

Calendar, inbox, travel, and the hundred decisions a day that never needed you.

II

Client Care & Front Desk

The voice your clients hear first — warm, polished, and reliably yours.

III

Lead Follow-Up & Sales Support

Every inquiry answered, every lead nurtured, no opportunity left cold.

IV

Social & Marketing

Content scheduled, newsletters sent, presence maintained — without your hands on it.

V

Operations & Admin

Systems run, records kept, loose ends tied. The quiet engine of the business.

VI

The Role You Have in Mind

Describe the seat. If a great remote professional can fill it, we'll find them.

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The Process

From first call to first day — in 14 days.

01

Tell us the role

A focused conversation about the seat, the standards, and the person you'd trust in it. No fees to begin.

02

The search begins

A $500 deposit opens the search — the only payment until your hire starts.

03

Meet the shortlist

We interview widely and present only the few worth your time.

04

The watch changes

Your qualified hire is placed within 14 days — and guaranteed after that.

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The Relève Standard

Guaranteed. In writing.

14-Day Placement

A qualified candidate for your role within fourteen days of the search opening.

Replacement Guarantee

If the fit isn't right, we replace them. Your seat stays filled.

No Upfront Fees

Nothing to start. A single $500 deposit when the search begins — that's all until placement.

Investment

One flat retainer. Everything handled.

From $2,500 per month, fully managed — sourcing, vetting, payroll, and support included.

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Your relief is ready.

Tell us the role. We'll take the watch from there.

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Talent

The people behind
"consider it handled."

Experienced, English-fluent professionals from the world's best offshore talent markets — selected for judgment, not just skill.

Roles We Place

Built around how you actually work.

Executive Assistant

Your right hand. Inbox and calendar ownership, travel, meeting prep, personal admin, and the discretion the role demands. This is our signature placement.

Client Care & Front Desk

Phones, scheduling, reminders, and follow-through. For practice owners and client businesses, this is the seat that shapes every first impression.

Lead Follow-Up & Sales Support

Speed-to-lead, nurture sequences, appointment setting, and CRM upkeep. The revenue you're currently leaving on the table.

Social Media & Marketing

Content calendars, posting, newsletters, community replies, and light design. Consistent presence without your daily involvement.

Operations & Administration

SOPs followed and improved, reporting, data, vendor coordination — the connective tissue of a business that runs without its owner.

Specialized & Senior Roles

Bookkeeping support, project management, tech-savvy roles, or a seat unique to your business. If it's remote, it's within reach.

The Vetting

We interview many. You meet few.

I

Proven Experience

Real work history in the role you're hiring for — not potential, precedent.

II

Fluent Communication

Written and spoken English at the level your clients expect from your own desk.

III

Judgment & Discretion

Screened for how they think, decide, and handle what they see. The rarest trait, and the one we filter hardest for.

Describe the seat.

We'll find the person who belongs in it.

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Process

Fourteen days to relief.

A search built to respect your time: one conversation from you, one shortlist from us, one guarantee behind it all.

Day 0

The Role Conversation

We start with a focused call: the responsibilities, the tools, the hours, and — most importantly — the kind of person you trust. You pay nothing to begin, and you'll leave the call knowing exactly what happens next.

Day 1

The Search Opens

A single $500 deposit opens your search. From here our recruiting team sources across our talent network, screening for the experience and judgment your role demands.

Days 2–10

Vetting & Shortlist

Skills verification, live interviews, communication assessment, and reference checks. You never sift résumés — you meet only the finalists we would hire ourselves.

By Day 14

Placement & Handover

You choose. We handle the offer, onboarding logistics, and payroll. Your new hire starts — and the watch officially changes.

After Placement

We stay on watch.

Fully Managed

Payroll, compliance, and ongoing support are ours to carry. You get the work; we run the employment.

Replacement Guarantee

If your hire isn't the right fit, we restart the search and replace them. The guarantee doesn't expire at placement.

A Direct Line

One point of contact at Relève for anything, anytime. No ticket queues. No phone trees.

Day 0 is one call away.

Start the conversation today. Meet your shortlist within two weeks.

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Pricing

One retainer.
Zero surprises.

Flat monthly pricing that covers your professional's compensation and everything it takes to keep them excellent.

Essential

Core roles
$2,500–$3,000
per month, flat
  • Executive assistant, client care, admin & support roles
  • Full-time dedicated professional
  • Sourcing, vetting & placement in 14 days
  • Payroll & management handled by Relève
  • Replacement guarantee
  • No upfront fees — $500 deposit at search start
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Executive

Senior & specialized roles
$3,000–$4,500
per month, flat
  • Senior EAs, operations leads, specialized & technical seats
  • Deeper search across a narrower talent pool
  • Extended skills verification for complex roles
  • Payroll & management handled by Relève
  • Replacement guarantee
  • No upfront fees — $500 deposit at search start
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Why Flat Pricing

Because "it depends" is not a price.

Hourly billing rewards slowness. Percentage fees reward inflation. A flat retainer rewards exactly one thing: a placement so good you never think about it again.

Know your number before you commit.

One call, an exact quote for your role, and no obligation to proceed.

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About

Named for the moment
the watch changes.

In French, la relève is the relief shift — the crew that arrives so the one on duty can finally stand down.

The Idea

You were never meant to stand every watch.

Most owners build a business to buy their freedom — and end up owning a job with better letterhead. Every call, every follow-up, every loose end still routes through them.

Relève was founded on a simple conviction: the ceiling on your business is the number of hours you personally stand watch. Lower the hours. Raise the ceiling.

"I built my companies around one rule: the business must run beautifully without me in the room. That took the right people — and finding them was always the hardest part."

"Relève is the company I wish had existed then. You describe the seat once. We deliver someone you'd trust with the keys. That's the entire promise."

— The Founder, Relève

How We Operate

Three commitments. No fine print.

I

Simplicity

You come to a staffing partner to make hiring simple. One conversation, one shortlist, one flat retainer. Complexity is our job, not yours.

II

Talent, Treated Well

Our professionals are paid well and supported fully — because people who are valued do work worth valuing.

III

Standing Guarantee

Fourteen days to a qualified candidate, replacement if the fit fails, and no fees before the search begins. In writing, every time.

Hand over the watch.

The relief shift is standing by.

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Book your role conversation.

Thirty minutes, no fees, no commitment. Pick a time below and tell us about the seat you need filled — we'll take the watch from there.

Prefer email? Tell us the role, the hours you have in mind, and the one task you'd most love off your plate.

14-day placement · Replacement guarantee · No upfront fees