Business leaders share their tools for success when leading through challenging times in new guide

Business leaders share their tools for success when leading through challenging times in new guide

Posted October 30, 2024

Talent has spoken with 26 business leaders for a new guide on how they are navigating investment, staffing, and operations within a challenging New Zealand market. The guide, released amidst the ongoing economic challenges that New Zealand is facing aims to help business leaders survive the current market and emerge stronger. You can view the guide here.

Business leaders featured include Nicole Rosie, CEO of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi; Karla Davidson-Brown, Senior Procurement Leader at Ministry of Education of New Zealand; Joanna Saraf, Finance Transformation Programme Manager at Tātaki Auckland Unlimited among others.

The guide highlights a thought-provoking side of leadership and provides a comprehensive overview of what businesses can do to navigate through challenging times. Their insights and the actions they are putting into place provide readers with strategies and knowledge that they can take into their business.

Kara Smith, Country Manager, Talent New Zealand, touched on the need for the guide, “Businesses across Aotearoa continue to navigate an environment marked by longer hiring cycles, cautious spending, and the unfortunate reality of a “brain drain” as many Kiwis seek opportunities abroad. After many discussions with businesses, we felt the need to put together this guide to provide other leaders with the tools, insights and strategies needed to lead effectively during these turbulent times.” 

The leaders touched on many different topics. Highlights included:

“The rise in cyber threats during economic instability is significant. Cybersecurity is not an area where you should look to cut back when reviewing budgets. Reducing investments here can expose your organisation to severe risks and potential breaches.”Dugald Macdonald, former CIO of Harmoney

“Even if you’re not actively hiring, keep telling your story and reinforcing your brand. It’s critical to your ability to hire great people, whether in the short, medium or long term.”Cameron Robinson, Head of Enterprise Solutions at Solve

“As long as you have strong buy-in, trust, respect, and engagement with your stakeholders, you’ll never have an unsuccessful project – even if the project is put on hold, cancelled, or a significant change was required.”Joanna Saraf, Finance Transformation Programme Manager at Tātaki Auckland Unlimited

Shifts within the Government workforce highlight need for effective talent management strategies

Shifts within the Government workforce highlight need for effective talent management strategies

Posted October 25, 2024

The Federal Government hiring market is going through significant change as the Albanese government shift from contractors to permanent workforce. A recent whitepaper Talent has released, details the latest updates on the state of the hiring market for Federal Government and the need for talent management strategies becoming more critical. Please find the whitepaper HERE.

The whitepaper features insights on talent shortages the government is facing, driving efficiencies through AI adoption, challenges currently being faced, strategies for talent management, and the need for increasing indigenous employment outcomes. It also features insights from Talent’s recruitment experts’ team.

Key findings include:

  • The government has already reduced the use of large consulting firms, lowering spending by $624 million compared to the 2021-22 financial year.
  • Non-ongoing engagements, especially in government, are becoming increasingly popular due to budget and salary considerations.
  • There is still a lack of awareness of temporary public sector roles available. Despite the launch of the APSjobs website, agencies are still struggling to communicate the open temporary roles that are available.
  • The Australian government is shifting to agile, project-based delivery for IT projects to optimise technology investments and accelerate the adoption of data and digital capabilities.

Insights from the Talent team include:

Robert Ning, Talent Canberra Managing Director noted, “As someone who has spent nearly 25 years supporting the federal government in navigating various eras of change, I have witnessed the remarkable resilience and adaptability of the public service. As the landscape evolves, talent management and strategies associated with these are no longer just a nice to have but are imperative to success for the future of the Australian public service. Unless we invest time into these strategies, it would be hard to deliver to the community on targets that have been set.”

Talent announces the launch of Solve

Talent announces the launch of Solve

Posted September 25, 2024

Talent has today announced the launch of Solve which specialises in outsourced and embedded recruitment and workforce management solutions.

Originally a division of Talent that has operated since 2018 and now launching as its own individual brand, Solve partners with startups, scale-ups, and enterprise brands across the APAC region to transform their talent functions, solve workforce challenges and drive business outcomes through progressive people solutions.

Tom Mackintosh, Managing Director, Solve, said on the launch, “It’s an exciting time as we relaunch our brand into market as Solve. Our division has grown over the years, and we are incredibly proud that we are the go-to partner within the media and tech industries. With the backing of Talent, we are able to stand on our own and bring a whole new level of customer experience to our clients. This marks an important milestone, and I am incredibly proud of the whole Solve team. We are looking forward to sharing our new look and feel with our customers and the market.” 

Solve’s four key service lines include:

  • Embedded recruitment
  • MSP
  • RPO
  • Advisory

Talent Global CEO, Mark Nielsen, commented, “Here at Talent, we embrace change as the new norm and continually raise the bar for growth within our industry. Today is an exciting new chapter as we introduce Solve to the market. Our relationships with clients that Tom and the wider Solve team have built and nurtured is a testament to their hard work and commitment to deliver quality people solutions.”  

To celebrate the launch, Solve invited key clients to an intimate lunch at Shell House restaurant in Sydney with special guest speaker, Alexandra Williamson, Managing Director of ESE The Agency. Williamson played a pivotal role in propelling the Matildas to their historic 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup performance and helped reshape the landscape of women’s sports.

Find out more about Solve here.

Talent releases FY24 results

Talent releases FY24 results

Posted September 4, 2024

For the financial year to 30 June 2024, Talent has continued its track record of profit growth. Following the exit of the UK market for management to focus on its growth regions (ANZ/US), revenue increased 4.4% to $992m (FY23 $950m)* and EBITDA increased 1.2% to $26.1m (FY23 $25.7m)*.

This growth is despite permanent income coming off 27%, in a year which saw the recruitment sector heavily impacted by a global downturn in requirements. Talent’s reduction in permanent income was offset by continued contractor growth, primarily in QLD and WA, and exceptional growth in Talent’s technology project delivery and consulting business, Avec.

For the 2024FY, Avec achieved significant success growing by 48.5% to generate $48.6m in revenue. This success is underpinned by the growth of its team which increased from 47 to 83. Avec will continue to scale organically and through niche acquisitions which complement its service offering.

In FY24, Talent continued to build out its contractor engagement solution, ENGAGE. New functionality includes the ability for 20,000+ ENGAGE members (Talent’s prior contractors) to apply for available positions in seconds and receive priority processing as proven candidates. Additionally, for the first time, ENGAGE is now available on an invitation-only basis to top tier candidates who have not yet been placed. These developments position ENGAGE as an elite talent pool of vetted specialists, offering clients access to high-quality, proven professionals.

Talent’s charitable foundation, Talent RISE, continued to support young people facing barriers to employment in FY24. During the year, Talent RISE expanded its operations to Auckland and successfully placed 61 young people from challenging backgrounds into meaningful employment and put over 500 through training and coaching. This milestone has the potential to be truly life-changing for these candidates, offering them the opportunity to overcome adversity and thrive in the workforce.

Mark Nielsen, Talent’s Global CEO, praised the Talent team on delivering these results, “These results show the grit and resilience of our team and our business. We have now fully embedded a growth mantra into the business. We have done this by embracing change as the new norm, continually raising the bar and uniting the team for growth. We have a strong culture with a world class engagement rate of 90% which goes to show our focus and passion of building a better world of work for all.”    

Talent Global COO, Megan Woodbury, said, “I am so proud of the team for achieving such an incredible result especially after a challenging year for the industry. We continue to invest, innovate, propel efficiency with our stakeholders, and expand our service offering to drive our business operations forward.”  

*Prior year numbers excluding discontinued operations.

Project & Change job seekers receiving 10% response rate in roles applied for

Project & Change job seekers receiving 10% response rate in roles applied for

Posted May 7, 2024

The project services hiring market is fluctuating within different industries and across all states in Australia. A recent whitepaper Talent has released, details the latest trends in project management as well as the skills and experience needed to keep businesses’ projects on track. Please find the whitepaper here.

The whitepaper features in-demand project skills, salary trends, challenges currently being faced in the project services hiring market, and trends and predictions for key project positions in 2024. It also features insights from Talent’s recruitment experts’ team.

Key findings include:

  • Reduction of Project Practitioners, especially in local government, as part of an overarching strategy of reducing contract labour spend.
  • The banking industry has reduced Project Mangers by 8%.
  • Competition for senior roles in Project & Change has increased across all industries with applicants getting a response to less than 10% of roles applied for.
  • The hiring market is correcting salaries post-the boom experienced over the last few years, however in states such as WA there has been a 5% uplift in contract rates which is set to continue throughout 2024.
  • It’s estimated that by 2025, AI will power 95% of customer interactions.

Skills in highest demand are:

  • Data
  • Cybersecurity
  • AI
  • Automation
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Communication
  • Change management skills

Predictions for 2024 and beyond:

  • AI will grow in uptake
  • Hybrid project methodologies are gaining traction
  • Greater focus on cybersecurity projects
  • Greater use of data & data analysis to improve project performance & drive efficiencies

Insights from the Talent and Avec team include:

Matthew Munson, Talent Sydney Managing Director noted, “We anticipate that the market will start to pick up again. The financial services sector, for example, had 12 months of consolidation, cost cutting and projects being put on hold. The initial signs are that hiring growth will return later in 2024 and 2025, with a number of large projects kicking off in Q4 this year.”

Steve Tompkins, Talent Head of Government Sales said, “The traditional project manager role is evolving. Enter the ‘Project Influencer’. The influencer uses EI to build human connections and understand the motivations of their team. They also use data-led logic, critical thinking, and strong communication skills to propose solutions to problems. They don’t just answer to stakeholders, they answer to their team, filling the role of sword and shield for them and fuelling a productive project team where every member feels valued and performs to the best of their ability.”

Talent Perth Managing Director, Paul Mackin Brown observes that, “As a state that plays a pivotal role, contributing around 50% of Australia’s exports, WA continues to rely on minerals, petroleum, specialised manufactured goods, and agriculture. This positive scenario presents a particularly promising landscape for ICT professionals, whose skills are, and will continue to be, in high demand across most industries in WA, especially in areas like cybersecurity, business/data analysis, architecture, and software engineering.”

Talent named ‘Best Managed Company’ for 2023 by Deloitte

Talent named ‘Best Managed Company’ for 2023 by Deloitte

Posted March 22, 2024

Talent has been announced as one of nine leading private Australian companies recognised for their outstanding business performance in Deloitte Australia’s 2023 Best Managed Companies awards. It is the only Australian tech services and recruitment business to be recognised in the winners.

Now in its fourth year – and run in association with Google Cloud and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia – the Best Managed Companies program identifies and celebrates privately-owned and managed companies across Australia that set high standards of business performance and shines a light on the power of private businesses as innovators and major contributors to Australia’s economy.

The program uses a tried and tested framework for determining success, and winners are recognised based on achieving high scores across four key categories: strategy; culture and commitment; capabilities and innovation; and governance and financials.

Global CEO, Mark Nielsen, said the recognition was a testament to the business’ transformation over the past five years.

Five years ago, we set out with a big hairy audacious goal of increasing our global revenue to $1 billion, which we achieved in 2023. In this time, we have strategically expanded our service offering, made difficult decisions about the right markets for us to be in, invested in innovation, consciously improved the diversity of our leadership team, and increased our ESG focus to ensure we are delivering on our vision to build a better world of work for all. Our team here at Talent is exceptional and this recognition reflects their hard work and commitment.”

Talent Global CFO, Megan Woodbury, said the organisation’s agile approach to strategic growth had been crucial in its success.

“The Talent board and leadership team are entrepreneurial, and willing to invest in forward-thinking initiatives. Continuous investment in emerging opportunities, extending to mergers and acquisitions, people investment, and technology projects has allowed the business to remain agile and respond to changing market conditions and expectations. This level of commitment to investment has been crucial for our growth in both depressed and growth markets and is a key factor in us being named a Deloitte Best Managed Company.”

Read more on Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies list here: www.bestmanagedcompanies.com.au

Tech salaries continue to steady out as businesses remain cautious with rising costs of living & inflation

Tech salaries continue to steady out as businesses remain cautious with rising costs of living & inflation

Posted February 13, 2024

The hiring market is experiencing significant change fluctuating between a frenzied candidate-short market and a more cautious employer-driven market according to Talent’s ‘More Than Money Salary Guide 2024’ which was released today. Tech and digital salaries continue to steady out but remain strong for key skillsets such as cybersecurity and AI. The report features key salaries, roles and skills that are in demand for the Australian market. You can find the report here.

The report features salaries and contract rates for key tech positions in 2024, the most in-demand tech skills for 2024, market insights from Talent’s Managing Director team and experienced recruiters, as well as hiring trends and predictions across the regions in which Talent operates across ANZ and the US. Further insights include stats on the local tech talent pool, skills trends, stats on the cost of living across multiple cities, the needs of different generations in the workforce, and the benefits beyond salary that candidates are looking for including observations on the debate around flexible working arrangements.

Key findings include:

  • Salaries have increased by up to 35% across Cybersecurity, Sales & Account Services, Data Analytics, and Development roles since 2023.
  • Contract rates have grown between 10-30% since 2023 for roles in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Cloud Solutions and Infrastructure.
  • Looking at Talent’s hiring data from October 2022 to October 2023, federal and state government layoffs and hiring freezes across Australia have resulted in a 16% decline in contract hiring in this sector.
  • Large companies have increased their offshoring by an estimated 10-40%.
  • Demand for Project Services talent has decreased as many companies have paused their large-scale projects to save on costs.
  • A Talent poll revealed that work flexibility beats out a competitive salary when it comes to what matters most to candidates when looking for a job – 35% noted flexibility as the most important, followed by 29% citing salary.
  • A Talent poll revealed that 78% of workers value remote work the most when it comes to the flexible work arrangements that best align with their preferences, followed by 16% who value flexible hours, 6% compressed work weeks, and 1% job-sharing arrangements.

Demand remains high for the following skills:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Analysis
  • Cloud Computing
  • Software Development

Matthew Munson, Talent Managing Director NSW, weighed in on the flex work debate for 2024, “For technology sales roles, we have seen the market revert to pre-COVID levels in terms of hiring for many go-to-market roles i.e., sales, sales leadership, and for some roles we have seen demand drop well below pre-COVID levels, i.e., customer success, channel/partner and pre-sales. From the job seekers perspective, there is higher demand on wanting more flexibility around working from home and general flexibility – but although this is the case, we are seeing the majority of companies are enforcing a return to the office (3-5 days per week). In a tougher market this may work, but Australia still has a skills shortage, so when the market lifts, we suspect employers that offer less flexibility will suffer.”

Simon Yeung, Talent Managing Director VIC, said there were significant changes to the national landscape, “A significant emphasis will be placed on bolstering network security, cyber resilience, and the safeguarding of cloud-based systems and data. The demand for skilled professionals in cloud computing, data science, and software development is poised to rise as businesses prioritise digital transformation. The persistent trend of remote and hybrid work setups is expected to expand opportunities, attracting talent from diverse geographical locations.”

The global technology market is evolving and growing. As a $5 trillion global industry, it has significant power in both providing opportunity to the workforce as well as rapidly disrupting the international work landscape. A sense of caution remains prevalent in the hiring market, with a number of job families experiencing slowed demand as a result of company cost cuts. This has seen an increase in layoffs, hiring freezes, and projects placed on pause across the market. However, despite a slow in hiring, there are several jobs where demand and salaries have remained high.

Higher education sector at risk of cyber attacks

Higher education sector at risk of cyber attacks

Posted December 4, 2023

Cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand for the higher education sector as the Australian market continues to struggle with talent shortages. In a recent whitepaper Talent has released, the salaries, skills and experience needed to keep the sector safe is severely lacking. You can download your copy of the whitepaper here.

Following the whitepaper release, industry leaders shared their thoughts at a recent virtual event on what these cyber threats were and explored strategies on how organisations can best protect themselves. Cybersecurity experts Jeff Whitton and Scott Flower joined Steve Tompkins, Talent, Client Relationship Manager to discuss these strategies. Key highlights included:

  • “We can’t leave people behind who can’t afford security. We really need to focus on collaboration.”
  • “We need people who are capable of self-reflection. That are good under pressure, not just people who know how to tick boxes. We need people who can think creatively about what they’re seeing and how to address what they’re seeing.”
  • “Students need to be made aware: if they’re working on sensitive topics, if they’re working on new technology, if they’re working on different areas of innovation, then they are a target, whether they like it or not. Threat actors want to use them as a link in the chain”
  • “AI has enabled more widespread industrialisation of hacking because people can just type in, give me a code to do an SQL injection attack.”
  • “Machines are learning about humans better than humans know about humans. Worrying and interesting at the same time, but that’s the sort of problems that AI is going to give us. They’re going to understand human behaviour. Better than most individuals understand human behaviour and their own behaviour.”

The whitepaper features salaries, skills needed, challenges currently being faced and trends and predictions for tech hiring in higher education in 2023. It also features insights from Talent’s Account Management team.

Key findings include:

  • “Many universities are assessing their enterprise systems including ERP and cloud platforms, student systems, and cybersecurity.” – Majella Sanders
  • “We’ve seen a growing shift in the importance candidates place on a sense of personal value and purpose in their work. The Higher Education industry is one that can provide a real employee community and shared purpose, which will be a big draw card in the coming year.” – Steve Tompkins
  • 91% of surveyed students expect a university’s digital services to be as strong as or stronger than face-to-face offerings. (Great State report)

Talent reaches $1 billion in global revenue for FY23

Talent reaches $1 billion in global revenue for FY23

Posted November 19, 2023

Talent has continued its track record of strong profit growth in the financial year to 30 June 2023. From a modest position in 2018, Talent have grown its revenue 105% from $487m to $1b in the 5-year period to 2023 growing normalised EBITDA fourfold to $27.5m. This success was underpinned by a 14% increase for contracting revenue, on top of its project delivery brand, Avec, growing by 104% year-on-year.

Employee engagement was critical in the five-year journey increasing from 52% in 2018 to a world-class 90% in 2023.  Mark Nielsen, Talent’s Global CEO stated, “Talent’s culture is centred around its #OneTeam mantra underpinned by its core values which are embedded into every area of the business.”  Nielsen further commented, “Talent’s success has been driven by organic investment in its income streams Avec and Solutions which has added real value to the service offerings Talent takes to market.”

Avec has increased its team and will continue to build out its technical expertise through partnering with, and acquiring, suitable deep-tech consulting businesses. Avec expanded its intelligent automation offering in FY23 through the swift employment of the majority of the technology professionals, engagement of customers, and contracting of suppliers from the Reveal Group.

Talent Solutions continued to grow during FY23 with a combination of embedded talent solutions for hyper growth tech scale ups, more traditional RPO solutions for midmarket companies, and MSP for enterprise.

Talent’s charitable foundation, Talent RISE, helps young people facing barriers to employment enter the workforce.  During the year, Talent RISE continued to expand operations with offices in Perth and Auckland. Talent RISE placed 75 young people into meaningful employment in FY23, which can be life changing for those starting their first job.

Mark Nielsen, Talent’s Global CEO, praised the Talent team on delivering these results. “Five years ago, we set out with a big hairy audacious goal of increasing our global revenue to $1 billion and I’m so proud to announce that we have successfully done this. Our team here at Talent is exceptional and this wouldn’t have been possible without their dedication. We have a strong culture here with a world class engagement rate of 90% which goes to show our focus and passion of building a better world of work for all.”    

Talent Global CFO, Megan Woodbury, said, “After being at Talent for just over a year, it’s evident that the passion and commitment from our teams has been a core reason for us to achieve this goal – which is particularly remarkable given the challenging market conditions. We have a culture of open and honest communication and with that, we’ve been aligned globally on what we want to achieve.”

Aligned to Talent’s goal of being a global tech services business, Talent has recently acquired Wellington based recruitment agency, People&Co. This acquisition reinforces Talent’s commitment to the New Zealand market, and supports the expansion of Talent’s core recruitment business, as well as establishing a platform for it to build out its project delivery, automation and data consultancy business, Avec in the New Zealand market.

Businesses continue to struggle to fill cybersecurity roles

Businesses continue to struggle to fill cybersecurity roles

Posted November 16, 2023

Cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand as the Australian market continues to struggle with talent shortages. In a recent whitepaper Talent has released, the salaries, skills and experience needed to keep our businesses safe is severely lacking.

The whitepaper features salaries, skills needed, challenges currently being faced and trends and predictions for key cybersecurity positions in 2023. It also features insights from Talent’s Account Management team, as well as anonymous insights from cybersecurity professionals across ANZ and the US.

Key findings include:

  • There’s significant demand for cybersecurity talent due to recent high-profile cyber incidents
  • There’s a shortage of qualified and/or skilled cybersecurity talent – Research has revealed that 60% of global IT and cybersecurity leaders struggle to hire qualified cybersecurity candidates
  • Seniors and specialists are in high demand – A Head of Digital at a retail client notes that they are seeking to hire “Cyber Architect and Cyber Consultant professionals who possess technical depth and are able to consult and talk business risk to the internal stakeholder. These are quite senior roles which I see are in short supply within the market”.
  • Salary expectations from candidates are high, even if they don’t necessarily have the experience or qualifications to command these higher salaries

Skills in highest demand are:

  • Cloud computing security
  • Offensive security
  • Security operations
  • Artificial intelligence

Predictions for 2024 and beyond:

  • Regulation will increase
  • AI will present new risks
  • Digital fraud will rise
  • Employee training will be a priority

Insights from the anonymous cybersecurity professionals include:

  • “If I’m hiring tomorrow, it’ll be a junior / mid-level person with a couple years of technical experience with the right attitude and mindset. Good generalists are hard to come by.”
  • “Currently I lead a team of level 1 and 2 security analysts and over the past 6-9 months I’ve had to hire. Given what we do, we tend to look for entry to mid-level experience to fill these roles, and cost is a big factor. What I’ve found is that those entering the market with little to no experience (or at least relevant experience) are commanding more in terms of salary. This is putting pressure on the profitability and competitiveness of the services we deliver.”
  • “A great communicator will achieve more than a brilliant tech in some cyber roles.”

Insights from the Talent and Avec team include:

Michael Megally, Avec General Manager, “Cybersecurity can’t all be left up to your IT team. You can build the biggest cyber defence in the background, but your people are your biggest vulnerability. Training your people is the biggest defence you can have for cybersecurity.”

According to our Sydney cybersecurity recruitment expert, Elliott Howard, large consultancy firms and banks rolling out cyber graduate programs to grow internal teams has had a strong impact on salary expectations. “While these programs have had a positive impact in increasing the pool of cyber candidates in the market, they have also resulted in candidates with only a couple years of industry experience asking for very high salaries which does not correlate to their experience. However, strong competition for cyber resources has meant that these less experienced candidates are able to attract the higher salaries and rates, resulting in enterprise sized companies with large cyber teams and strict salary bandings struggling to match these salaries. They have therefore been unable to attract candidates, resulting in vacancies and extended periods of time to recruit.”

You can download a copy of the report here.

Talent acquires Wellington based recruitment agency People&Co

Talent acquires Wellington based recruitment agency People&Co

Posted November 1, 2023

Talent has announced it has acquired Wellington based recruitment agency, People&Co, effective immediately. The acquisition comes off the back of a highly successful financial year for Talent with the business cracking $100 million in gross margin and boosting EBITDA by more than 10% to $27.5 million.

This acquisition reinforces Talent’s commitment to the New Zealand market, and supports the expansion of Talent’s core recruitment business, as well as establishing a platform for it to build out its project delivery, automation and data consultancy business, Avec.

Speaking on the acquisition, Mark Nielsen, Global CEO, Talent, touched on the strong business and cultural alignment between the two companies. “When the opportunity to acquire People&Co arose, we believed it would be great fit for Talent. In addition to significant growth potential, we recognised a strong affinity in terms of culture and vision between the two organisations, and our shared commitment to the New Zealand market.”

Sam Collins, Managing Director, People&Co, will be joining the Talent Group as part of the acquisition will be responsible for scaling Avec’s business in New Zealand. “It’s a new era for the People&Co brand and for me personally. We are excited about the opportunities Talent and Avec will deliver for our sales team and our customers, candidates and contractors. Our culture that we have built is aligned with Talent’s which was a non-negotiable, and we resonated with the growth mindset of the leaders and their teams,” Sam said.

Kara Smith, Country Manager, Talent New Zealand commented. “We are incredibly excited about the acquisition of People&Co. Talent’s commitment to further expanding and investing in Aotearoa is an exciting time for all our team members, clients, candidates and contractors, and this growth begins a new chapter for us.”

Sam and Kara will work closely with Talent Wellington’s Managing Director, Nik King-Turner, Talent’s Global CEO, Mark Nielsen, and the wider Talent team, focusing on the growth of the New Zealand company.

People&Co is a proud Māori-owned organisation, and a member of the All-of-Government (AoG) External Recruitment and Consultancy panels. Through co.star they offer OD, HR and business consulting to individuals and organisations looking to drive change or results.

Talent wins at the APSCo Awards for Excellence

Talent wins at the APSCo Awards for Excellence

Posted October 31, 2023

Talent has taken out two wins in the 2023 APSCo Awards for Excellence; Best Brand and RPO of the Year.

In the Best Brand category, Talent was recognised by APSCo for excellence in upholding and communicating its brand values; Lead the Way, Strive for Better, Give a Damn; and delivering exceptional experiences for contractors and clients through resources.

In the RPO of the Year category, Talent was recoginsed by APSCo for excellence in promoting and demonstrating a commitment to best practice in the RPO sector. Talent’s outsourced recruitment experts showcased their commitment to designing, building and managing Talent Acquisition functions that differentiate their clients from their competition.

Talent Managing Director, Marketing, Chloe O’Toole, commented on what this award means to the company. “Over the past five years, our brand has undergone a transformative journey, driven by our values: Lead The Way, Strive For Better, and Give A Damn. These values have become much than words on a page. From delivering exceptional experiences to contractors and providing hiring managers with resources for building successful teams, to our work supporting young people who face challenging employment barriers, our values guide everything we do, and we are so proud to have this recognised.”

Tom Mackintosh, Talent Solutions Managing Director, commended the team on their brilliant work. “Our deployed Talent Acquisition partners do the research and put in the work to design, build and manage Talent Acquisition functions that differentiate our clients from their competition. It’s about so much more than outsourcing for us, we become part of their teams and take on their challenges as our own.”