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GH Talent

GH Talent is a people centric recruitment agency based in Melbourne, Australia, dedicated to connecting exceptional HR professionals with workplaces that truly value them. Founded and led by director Tiarne McDonald, the firm brings more than fifteen years of HR recruitment experience and a deeply nurtured network across the HR community. Small by design, GH Talent ensures every search receives focused care, clear communication, and genuine partnership, taking time to understand what great looks like in HR functions and leadership. The team specializes in hiring across the HR spectrum, from business partners and talent acquisition specialists to senior HR leaders, and prioritizes alignment on values, culture, and purpose to create enduring matches. GH Talent delivers permanent recruitment, executive search for senior and critical HR appointments, and contract staffing solutions for project driven needs or urgent gaps, always through a human first approach that centers meaningful conversations and long term relationships. Acting as coach, advisor, and confidant to both clients and candidates, the firm looks beyond resumes to uncover motivations, growth drivers, and the conditions where people thrive. Its process combines attentive discovery, market insight, proactive sourcing, and rigorous assessment, with reference and suitability checks conducted transparently and with consent. Known for kindness, authenticity, and practical results, GH Talent partners with organizations of all sizes and sectors that see HR as a strategic lever for performance and culture. Candidates experience thoughtful guidance and honest feedback, while clients gain access to a high quality HR talent network, curated shortlists, and a recruitment experience that is efficient, respectful, and aligned to business goals. Grounded in Australian privacy standards and a commitment to positive experiences for every interaction, GH Talent helps good humans and great teams find each other so both can flourish.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementHuman Resources

HQMelbourne, Australia

ESE Recruitment

Founded in 2002, ESE Recruitment is a boutique Australian recruitment agency headquartered in Ivanhoe, Victoria, that partners with employers and jobseekers across Australia and New Zealand. The firm positions itself as professionals recruiting professionals and is known for simplifying and humanising recruitment through tailored, high touch delivery. ESE Recruitment provides end to end recruitment solutions spanning permanent recruitment, executive search, and temporary and contract staffing, supported by robust HR and payroll capabilities including contractor payrolling, timesheet administration, compliance reporting, and cross border hiring for interstate and New Zealand needs. Clients benefit from consultants who bring real domain backgrounds in science, sales, human resources, construction, and engineering, enabling deeper role understanding and credible engagement with hiring managers and candidates. Beyond core sourcing and selection, the team offers value added services such as salary benchmarking, structured reference checking, psychometric appraisals, interview training, and post placement follow up to ensure retention and performance. ESE Recruitment serves a broad mix of industries with particular traction in construction and engineering as well as professional services functions, and is trusted for supplying both office based professionals and field based casual staff on short and long term assignments. For jobseekers, the agency provides a responsive experience with an active job board, resume upload to a curated talent bank, and career support designed to improve search efficiency and outcomes. The firm embraces diversity, equity and inclusion and promotes a safe, respectful environment where every individual has equal opportunity to succeed. With strong systems, an extensive network, and a values led ethos of integrity, professionalism, and getting the job done with little fuss, ESE Recruitment delivers dependable results and long term relationships for clients and candidates alike.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Chemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQSouthbank, Australia

Melbourne Talent Meetup

Melbourne Talent Meetup is a community-driven forum for talent acquisition professionals, internal recruiters, HR practitioners, and forward-thinking agency partners to connect, learn, and share best practices across the recruiting lifecycle. Described as Melbourne’s largest talent and recruiter community, it exists to break down silos, encourage collaboration, and elevate the craft of recruiting through open knowledge exchange rather than competitive secrecy. The group convenes regular meetups featuring recruitment leaders and practitioners who explore industry trends, practical tools, and evidence-based approaches to sourcing, assessment, employer branding, candidate experience, DEI, talent analytics, and TA technology stacks. Sessions typically blend talks, panels, and peer-led discussions to surface real-world case studies, frameworks, and lessons learned that attendees can apply in their own organizations. Aimed primarily at in-house talent managers and HR leaders but open to agencies eager to share and evolve their practices, the meetup fosters a supportive environment where participants are encouraged to endorse and challenge ideas, swap insights, and build lasting professional networks. Guided by a volunteer organizing team, including community members referenced as Cait, Nat, Matt, and Stefan, the initiative emphasizes practical takeaways, ethical recruiting, and continuous improvement. It does not operate as a staffing vendor; rather, it serves as a neutral platform for community learning across all industries and seniority levels, including discussions relevant to permanent and executive hiring as well as in-house models such as RPO. By championing transparency and collaboration, Melbourne Talent Meetup helps busy, talented people learn from one another, stay current on emerging tools and methods, and collectively raise the standard of talent acquisition in Melbourne’s dynamic market.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementHuman Resources

HQMelbourne, Australia

Careerkind

Careerkind is a Melbourne based, Australia wide talent advisory that makes recruitment and career development more human for small to mid sized businesses and mid career professionals. The firm partners with organisations as an embedded, flexible extension of their team or on a project basis to design and deliver end to end hiring, from talent strategy and sourcing for hard to fill roles through to offers and background checks. For busy or overstretched HR teams, Careerkind provides on demand recruitment support, implements practical tools and technology to streamline processes, and runs hiring training and workshops that lift interviewer capability, improve inclusivity, reduce risk, and enhance candidate experience. When change impacts people, the team also delivers tailored, human centric outplacement support. For individuals navigating a next step, Careerkind combines recruitment know how with coaching to clarify goals, map viable pathways, and build confidence, offering 1:1 career coaching and a jobseeker toolkit that refines professional branding, optimises CVs, refreshes LinkedIn profiles, and strengthens interview and job search strategy. Founded by Natalie Colton, whose background spans talent acquisition and leadership hiring across large organisations such as RMIT University, Telstra, and the Department of Justice, as well as startup and scaleup environments in fractional Head of Talent roles, Careerkind blends empathy with rigor to deliver transparent, structured processes and clear communication. Engagements range from a single critical hire to ongoing recruitment partnership, always tailored to values, culture, and business goals. Clients value measurable outcomes like faster time to hire, stronger quality of hire, consistent and inclusive assessments, and lower overall cost of recruitment, alongside the intangible wins of clarity, calm, and a better experience for every candidate. Above all, Careerkind brings clarity, care, and kindness to every interaction so teams can grow sustainably and people can build work that fits real life.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOSOW/ProjectsAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementHuman Resources

HQMelbourne, Australia

GCC - Global Corporate Challenge

Global Corporate Challenge, widely known as GCC, is a corporate wellbeing initiative that joined Virgin Pulse in 2016, becoming the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge and expanding its reach as part of Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Group. Now delivered within the broader Virgin Pulse platform, the program helps organizations elevate employee engagement, health, and performance through a technology driven experience that combines behavior change science, gamification, and social connection. Employees participate in team based challenges that encourage daily movement, healthy habits, mindfulness, sleep improvement, and resilience, with progress tracked via connected devices and mobile apps that make participation simple and inclusive for a diverse workforce. For employers, the Global Challenge provides a turnkey engagement engine supported by communications toolkits, executive sponsorship playbooks, and intuitive dashboards that track registration, participation, and outcomes to demonstrate measurable impact. The solution integrates with existing HR, benefits, and wellbeing ecosystems, aligns with culture, safety, and productivity objectives, and scales across geographies and languages to support hybrid and distributed teams. Backed by Virgin Pulses global client success resources and enterprise grade security, the Global Challenge offers a reliable, repeatable program cadence that energizes culture, builds community, and reinforces long term healthy routines rather than one off events. Organizations across industries use it as a flagship seasonal activation within a year round wellbeing strategy, leveraging its data insights to refine programs, recognize champions, and sustain momentum over time. As part of the leading provider of employee engagement and wellbeing technology, GCC continues to deliver a compelling, science based experience that helps companies foster healthier, more connected, and higher performing teams at scale.

Total Talent MgmtSOW/ProjectsMSPAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalData ScienceIT InfrastructureTelecommunications

HQSouth Melbourne, Australia

Tailor Executive

Founded in 2012, Tailor Executive is an Australian search and recruitment firm established in Melbourne with a strong presence across Melbourne and Sydney. The firm focuses on identifying exceptional mid to senior management talent and the next generation of business leaders, combining a boutique, high touch approach with wide reaching national networks. Tailor Executive partners with clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including Financial and Professional Services, FMCG and Retail, Pharmaceutical, Technology and Telecommunications, Transport and Logistics, Engineering, Building and Construction, and Government. Its service offering spans executive search for critical leadership hires, permanent recruitment for pivotal specialist and management roles, and select contract appointments where organizations require experienced professionals to drive key initiatives. The team brings deep functional expertise in Human Resources, business transformation and change management, business improvement, corporate affairs, and communications. Representative placements include roles such as Group Manager, Organisational Development; Director of Corporate Communications; Manager, Remuneration and Benefits; General Manager, Shared Services; Head of Performance and Reward; National Learning and Development Manager; Manager, Transition; Manager, Sales Capability; Training Specialist; and Recruitment Manager. Tailor Executive applies rigorous research, proactive talent mapping, structured assessment, and careful cultural fit evaluation to ensure every shortlist is relevant and diverse. The firm is known for building long term partnerships with clients and candidates, providing honest market insight, salary benchmarking, and pragmatic advice on organizational design and capability. By concentrating on quality over volume and maintaining close ties to professional networks in Melbourne and Sydney, Tailor Executive consistently delivers leaders and specialists who can accelerate transformation, strengthen people and communications functions, and sustain performance across complex, regulated, and customer facing environments.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData Science

HQMelbourne, Australia

alignr

alignr is a modern Australian recruitment partner built for small to mid sized businesses that want better hiring outcomes without the traditional agency pain. The firm combines targeted headhunting, data driven alignment strategies, and hands on talent advisory to reduce hiring costs, shorten time to hire, and secure people who thrive long term. With a white collar focus, alignr hires across HR and Talent, Sales, Business Development and Account Management, Finance, Customer Experience, Admin, and Operations, presenting shortlists that balance skills with cultural and attitude fit. Clients benefit from fixed, transparent pricing that is up to 30 percent more cost effective than conventional agencies, a 6 month standard replacement guarantee, and flexible monthly payment plans to support cash flow. Beyond filling roles, alignr provides embedded talent acquisition support including employer brand positioning, talent engagement and advertising, structured shortlisting, interview scorecards and interview tactics, and a 12 month post placement coaching and peer network program to strengthen retention. Results include a fill rate around 98 percent, 12 month retention near 96 percent, over 300 placements, and an average time to hire of about three weeks, supported by one recruiter managing each engagement for consistent quality. For both permanent and contract needs, alignr uses modern sourcing technology, rigorous screening, and clear communication to remove guesswork, surface only well matched candidates, and give founders and hiring managers confidence to scale. By focusing on quality over quantity and aligning interests with clients through transparent pricing and guarantees, alignr helps Australian SMEs build confident, capable teams while saving time and money and protecting each hiring investment with meaningful post placement support.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementHuman Resources

HQMelbourne, Australia

weave. Recruitment

weave. Recruitment is an Australian based search and recruitment partner headquartered in Melbourne, focused on crafting careers and building teams across Investment Management, Technology, Accounting and Finance, and People and Culture plus Executive Support. Founded by five experienced recruiters, the firm positions itself away from transactional hiring, favoring deep, long term relationships built on trust, market expertise, and consistent delivery. Its consultants operate with agility in candidate short markets, leveraging modern tools and data to surface hard to find talent and to advise clients on workforce planning, capability, and culture. weave. supports clients from start ups to large enterprises and boutique investment and private wealth firms, supplying leaders and specialists on a permanent, contract, and executive search basis. In technology, coverage spans CIO and CTO mandates, software engineering, web development, QA and testing, cyber security and technology GRC, data analytics, data engineering and data science, DevOps and cloud, IT infrastructure, AI engineering, architecture, projects, change and transformation, and product, delivery and agile. In people and culture and executive support, the team recruits across CPO and GM People roles, business partners, talent acquisition and recruitment, learning and development and talent and capability, organisational development, remuneration and reward, diversity, equity and inclusion, HR advisory and operations, employee and industrial relations, workforce planning and people analytics, workplace experience and wellbeing, as well as executive assistants, chiefs of staff, board and governance support, office managers and team assistants. The firm emphasizes approachability and versatility, with a clear promise to employers and candidates alike: we have got you. As part of its 1 percent with purpose initiative, weave. donates 1 percent of every placement fee to charity, inviting clients to direct the contribution, and currently partners with Flying Fox, a not for profit creating inclusive social opportunities for young people with disability.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceFinTechManagement ConsultingLegal

HQMelbourne, Australia

Liana Taylor

Liana Taylor is the Mindful Luminary behind the Mindfulness Centre, a boutique psychology and leadership development practice based in Adelaide that partners with high performing leaders, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals to cultivate clarity, wisdom, and joy. For over two decades she has worked at the intersection of Western psychology, mindfulness, and embodied enlightenment, founding the Australian Institute of Applied Mindfulness and pioneering practical frameworks that translate inner awareness into outward impact. As a Clinical Psychologist and Executive Advisor, Liana synthesizes positive psychology, neuroscience, leadership theory, NLP, functional medicine, and contemplative traditions, even drawing on Argentine tango and music as living metaphors for presence, attunement, and influence. The Mindfulness Centre delivers intensive, bespoke programs for a small number of clients who seek meaningful transformation, from one to one advisory and private group immersions to curated retreats in extraordinary locations such as Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef, and Tasmanian rainforests. Signature offerings include The Resonant Leader, The Leadership Threshold, Relational Wisdom, The Art of Influence, and the Vision and Impact Masterclass, a nine month integration journey that turns insight into instinct and anchors lasting change. Bespoke experiences such as the Mindfulness Adventure Day, Epic Blueprint strategy sessions, and Deep Immersion Retreats help seasoned founders and executives resolve complex challenges, expand creative range, and build legacies without burnout. Clients include innovators, social entrepreneurs, humanitarians, and ethical business leaders who want to show up with emotional courage, relational wisdom, and embodied presence in the moments that matter. Emphasizing integration over inspiration, the work blends rigorous psychology with somatic practice and health optimization to sustain high performance and deep wellbeing. Through a trusted, confidential partnership, Liana helps accomplished people reconnect with purpose, elevate influence, and design the next chapter of an inspired, joyful life while creating outsized positive impact in their organizations and communities.

SOW/ProjectsTotal Talent MgmtExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsBiotechnology

HQWayville, Australia

R2 Recruitment (Australia)

R2 Recruitment (Australia), part of the R2 Recruitment Group, is a specialist recruitment firm focused on two complementary practices: recruitment to recruitment (R2 Recruitment) and technology recruitment (R2 Technology). Operating across Australia, the firm partners with high calibre businesses and professionals to deliver permanent and contract hiring solutions backed by first class research and a deep network. Led by Director Patrick, who brings more than 25 years of recruitment experience, R2 Recruitment (Australia) blends market insight with disciplined search to solve talent needs quickly and accurately. Its recruitment to recruitment practice works with boutique executive recruitment consultancies, specialist agencies, and larger scale recruitment businesses, placing talent across the executive and non executive markets. The team recruits at all levels, from graduates and trainees to resourcing specialists, recruitment consultants and managers, through to directors and general managers, with a strong emphasis on discretion, market mapping and long term fit. The technology practice provides contract and permanent IT recruitment locally and nationally, partnering primarily with startups and small to medium sized businesses, with a core focus across Melbourne and Victorias South East Suburbs. It covers critical technology disciplines including Architecture, Project Services, Development, Infrastructure, Security, Management, and Senior Leadership, and has a track record of placing senior ICT executives as well as highly skilled consultants and technical professionals. Clients benefit from a consultative approach, rigorous shortlisting, and a commitment to transparent communication that reduces time to hire while improving quality of hire. Candidates gain access to targeted opportunities, interview preparation, and career guidance informed by real time market intelligence. By combining specialist Rec2Rec expertise with deep coverage of key IT domains, R2 Recruitment (Australia) offers a precise and reliable talent solution for organizations seeking to scale their teams and for professionals looking to advance their careers.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Human Resources

HQMelbourne, Australia

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