Ceek Talent

Ceek Talent is a Malta recruitment agency that builds its work around specialisation rather than volume. Its consultants concentrate on a handful of sectors, with finance and accounting, technology, hospitality and tourism, transport and logistics, and HR and operations as the headline five, and they handle both the employers who need staff and the professionals who want a new job. The office sits in the Central Business District of Birkirkara, in the middle of the island and well connected to the rest of it by road.

Beyond conventional recruitment, the agency runs twelve services that also cover employer of record arrangements, work permit support and outsourced hiring, which makes it relevant to UK companies entering Malta as well as to individuals relocating. Ceek is part of The Remarkable Collective, and it appears on VisitMalta.co.uk in our directory of recruitment agencies in Malta.

How Ceek Talent works

The agency was set up to match the right person to the right job and the right workplace culture in the island's most competitive sectors. Deep sector knowledge, it argues, beats a broad but shallow candidate list. Each sector has a consultant who has worked inside it, and if a vacancy falls outside the agency's areas, you are told so plainly and pointed towards someone better placed to help.

Four working commitments apply to both employers and candidates. Shortlists contain three to five genuinely qualified people, each briefed on why they fit. Every candidate receives a reply and every client receives weekly updates. Salary advice draws on real placements in Malta rather than guesswork. Ceek has made more than 5,000 placements, delivers shortlists in 48 hours on average and sees 94 per cent of its placements stay beyond twelve months.

The Recruit service for employers

Recruit is the core offering, in which one accountable consultant runs a vacancy from brief to start date. The process has three steps. The consultant takes a detailed brief covering the role, the team, the package and what success looks like after a year. They then search the agency's candidate network, advertise on the Ceek jobs site and approach people who are not actively applying. Finally they present a qualified shortlist with consultant notes and manage interviews, feedback and the offer.

Candidates are screened for skills, motivation, salary expectations and notice period before you meet them, and an AI assistant called Milo helps match incoming CVs to the brief. Standard engagements are success based: a fee, calculated as a percentage of salary and agreed in writing before the search begins, is payable only when an introduced candidate starts. There are no advertising charges on standard terms, and senior or hard-to-fill roles may use a retained structure. Every placement carries a rebate or replacement arrangement set out in the terms.

Recruit covers finance, technology, compliance and legal, sales and marketing, hospitality, manufacturing and operations, in Malta and across Europe. Employers in the financial services sector in Malta and in iGaming companies in Malta will find the finance, compliance and technology desks most relevant.

Talent acquisition, search and other services

For companies that hire all year, Talent Acquisition places a dedicated recruiter or small team inside the business. The recruiter works under your employer brand, joins your hiring meetings, builds pipelines ahead of need and reports on pipeline, time to hire and cost. Pricing is a fixed monthly engagement rather than a fee per placement, and the capacity can be scaled down or paused when hiring slows. International RPO extends the same idea to cross-border hiring at scale.

Other services include Find and Hire for individual permanent roles, Contract Management for contractor and fixed-term engagements, Talent Pooling to build lists of pre-qualified candidates, Talent Bridging for interim cover, Market Search for salary benchmarking and talent-market intelligence, JD Construction for writing job descriptions that attract the right people, and Student Placement for internships and graduate roles. Candidates can also use a free salary calculator on the website that shows Malta tax and social security for 2026, 2027 and 2028, which pairs well with our Malta tax guide for UK nationals.

Employer of Record and work permits

The Employer of Record service lets an overseas business employ people in Malta without setting up a local company. Ceek becomes the legal employer, issues a compliant Maltese employment contract, registers the employment, runs payroll and administers tax, social security and statutory entitlements such as leave. You direct the person's day-to-day work and reimburse salary costs plus an agreed service fee. If you later incorporate in Malta, the employment can transfer to your new company, and our guide to the Malta corporate tax structure explains what that step involves.

Immigration Support handles single permit applications for third-country nationals, coordinating with Identità Malta and guiding the candidate through visa steps, travel and registration. Each case is assessed before anything is submitted, and timelines are estimated case by case rather than promised in general. The service works on its own for candidates you found yourself, or alongside any Ceek recruitment service. If you are planning a personal move, read our guide to relocating to Malta, and CLA Malta is our featured partner for company, tax and relocation services.

Sectors Ceek recruits for

Finance and accounting is the broadest desk, running from graduates leaving the large accountancy firms to senior people on the route to a finance director role, with accounting, compliance and risk specialisms. Technology covers engineers, product managers and data scientists for the island's fastest-growing companies. Hospitality and tourism ranges from boutique hotels to large resorts, with hotel, food and beverage and events roles. Transport and logistics spans maritime, aviation and freight, and HR and operations covers everything from heads of people to chief operating officers.

The live vacancy board also lists manufacturing positions, such as process and maintenance roles, and sales, marketing, legal and purchasing roles fall within the wider list of nine sectors. For a visitor curious about the places these employers sit in, our Valletta city guide and the island's things to do give a feel for life outside the office.

Salary advice and honest feedback

Salary conversations are a particular strength. The Market Search service offers benchmarking and talent-market intelligence, and the consultants base advice on pay in live placements, so a candidate or employer knows early whether expectations are realistic. If a role is unlikely to land at the proposed package, or a candidate is not the right fit, you hear it straight away rather than letting the process drift.

The approach is human first, and it applies to every sector the agency covers, whether the vacancy is in a finance team or a hotel kitchen. Technology speeds up the first stage of screening, but people decide who is the right fit, and every shortlisted candidate is interviewed by a consultant before an employer sees them.

Finding a job through Ceek Talent

Candidates can browse live roles on the Ceek jobs site, filtering by sector and by permanent or contract work, or upload a CV once and be matched to vacancies. Alerts arrive by email or WhatsApp, either instantly, daily or weekly. Listed roles at the time of writing include operations, finance, technology and manufacturing positions with Maltese employers.

People working remotely for UK employers, or considering it, should also look at our digital nomad guide for Malta. Those flying in for interviews can compare hotels across Malta and check flights from the UK before booking.

Office and how to start

Ceek Talent's office is on Level 3 of Centris Business Gateway in the Central Business District of Birkirkara, close to the main road network. The agency replies to messages within 24 business hours and offers a twenty-minute introductory conversation with no sales pitch, whether you are hiring, job hunting or just curious about the Malta market.

To get in touch, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Ceek Talent.