International Hires for EA or CPA openings?

We have posted jobs on LinkedIn and Indeed, but we're still finding the same old things. Brand new EAs and CPAs thinking they deserve enormously high pay, or ones who have no experience.

Spoke to another firm owner, and his EAs are all from India, and his admin is from the Philippines. He directly hired them instead of using a service that takes 50% of the pay for overhead.

Do you know of anyone who has experience with this?

I am a retired US Marine, so I am struggling with the idea, but when I look at the bottom line, it does not sound too bad. These would be our remote contractors who would be tasked with resolution duties.