A global workforce solutions partner
Not a job board. Not a local manpower agency. Zarya connects employers across the world with reliable, vetted talent, through an international network of recruiters and partner agencies, with full support for screening, documentation, visas and mobility.
Maritime at the core, every collar under one roof
Zarya began in maritime crewing, the most documentation-heavy, most compliance-sensitive corner of international recruitment. That is still our flagship discipline, and it shaped how we do everything else.
Crewing teaches you that a placement is not finished when a candidate says yes. It is finished when the right person, with verified certificates and a valid medical, joins the right vessel in the right port on the right date. Everything after the CV is where recruitment actually succeeds or fails: the trade test, the attestation, the visa, the flight, the person who answers the phone after arrival.
We took that standard into construction, healthcare, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, IT and renewable energy. Today one partner can cover a 6G welder for a Gulf shipyard, an ICU nurse who needs council registration, and a cloud engineer on an EOR contract, without any of them being treated as an afterthought.
Mission
To connect employers with talent across borders in a way that is fast for the employer, fair to the candidate, and legitimate at every step of the chain.
Vision
To be the workforce partner international employers call first, and the one candidates in our source markets trust because they have never been asked for a fee they should not pay.
Our brand pillars
- Global reach, local delivery. We recruit from many source countries and place into many destination markets, with people who understand each region.
- Maritime at the core. Deep, credible specialisation in crewing and shipping, extended into a broad multi-industry offering.
- Vetted & compliant. Rigorous screening, verified documents, medicals, certifications, and an explicit anti-fraud stance.
- One partner, every collar. Blue-collar, white-collar and new-collar hiring under one roof.
- A true partner network. A structured programme that turns independent agents into an extended global sourcing arm.
How we got here
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Founded in maritime crewing
Zarya started by supplying officers and ratings to ship owners and managers, building the documentation discipline that still underpins the business.
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Expansion into the Gulf construction market
Volume mobilisation for projects taught us to run trade testing in-country and batch documentation as a cohort, the practice that now defines our project hiring.
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Multi-industry practice
Healthcare, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing and IT were added as clients asked us to solve the same problem in new sectors.
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The partner network
Rather than opening offices everywhere, we built a programme that turns licensed agencies in source markets into an extended sourcing arm, with transparent commissions.
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Workforce services beyond recruitment
Staff leasing, payroll and Employer of Record, for clients who want the workforce complexity carried rather than just the hiring done.
Licensed sourcing partners where the talent is, delivery teams where the work is.
Where we operate
Licensed sourcing partners across South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa and Europe; delivery into Europe, the Gulf, Türkiye and Asia.
We recruit from
Offices. Our office is at Ørestads Blvd. 106, 2300 København, Denmark. Our company registration details will be published here and in the footer once confirmed.
Credentials, standards and our anti-fraud stance
In cross-border recruitment, trust is the conversion. We would rather publish what we work to than assert credibility we cannot evidence.
Standards we work to
- Licensed recruitment in every source market we source from, through our own registration or a licensed partner agency
- MLC 2006 and STCW compliance for all maritime placements
- Destination-country medical, attestation and permit requirements verified per role and nationality
- GDPR-style consent handling for candidate data, with CVs never circulated without naming the employer
- No illegal candidate fees anywhere in our chain, including partner agencies
Our anti-fraud commitment
Zarya never charges candidates illegal placement fees, not for registration, not for shortlisting, not for “releasing” a visa. Where a genuine third-party cost applies, we state the amount and who receives it before anyone spends anything, and we never collect it through an individual’s personal account.
This applies to our partner agencies too. Charging candidates is the fastest way to lose a place in our network.
Read the full policy & verify a recruiter