Talent Recruitment

Providing expert talent recruitment to Melbourne’s West, Geelong and South West Victoria region since 2009

To us, talent recruitment is about unearthing the very best person. We take into account your needs, your brand, culture and what makes you unique. We aren’t in the business of finding you the first person – we’re in the business of finding you the best person.

We are Melbourne’s West, Greater Geelong and South West Victoria’s experts in providing bespoke and tailored talent and recruitment solutions including permanent recruitment, contracting or interim appointments.

We partner with SME’s, start-ups and large organisations to place executive and specialist talent through advertising, desktop and database search and executive search activities.

Our track record across corporate services, finance, legal, governance, marketing, people and culture and technology sees Harvest as the go to specialist recruitment firm with deep talent pools that have been developed over time.

We do what we do best so that you have more time to do what you do best.

And really, what’s not to like about that?

Friendly & professional staff

Friendly and skilled in getting the job done, greatly appreciated their assistance in finding a role for me. Highly recommend Harvest.

Ian

Interviews and offers in a week!

Interviews and offer in a week!! Amazing process where I was able to be interviewed internally by Harvest HR and then externally two days later, and got offered the role 12 hours after that. Attentive, supportive and above all very professional.

Jason

Friendly & professional staff

Friendly & professional staff. The process has been well managed and have been well informed along the steps of the job application process.

Fantastic approach

Fantastic approach: From first engagement, through to the end process, the team at Harvest Talent Recruitment and People exceeded my expectations. Their personal yet professional approach was outstanding and second to none.

Sarah Weisse

Totally recommend

Totally recommend Harvest…most helpful & fantastic to deal with. Thank-you!

Julie Carson

So helpful in a time of uncertainty

So helpful in a time of uncertainty. Very timely to be so organised with cooperative professionals.

Damian

Our talent recruitment services

Board and Executive

We identify and attract the right Executives, leaders and/or Directors to help drive businesses forward. Our expert Executive search and selection methodologies are innovative, leading and rigorous. Harvest has direct access to global and national networks and are not limited by existing non-approach agreements. Roles we have recruited for include CEO, C-suite, Directors, General Managers, Executive Officers and Non-Executive Directors. Find out more about Harvest Executive Recruitment.

Business Enablement

Harvest will partner with you to source and place across the whole-of-business core, corporate and enablement functions. Our focus is on delivering you the right people into the right roles to help drive your performance higher. We have significant experience in recruiting permanent and contracting positions including Accounting & Finance, Governance / Compliance & Risk, Human Resources & Recruitment, Administration & Office Support, Marketing & Communications, Sales, IT & Digital and Legal Services.

Technical & Specialist

We are in the business of identifying and attracting the region’s brightest technical experts. Our team has deep experience in placing candidates across industries including Oil & Gas, Engineering, Construction, Resources, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Petrochemical. Find out more about Harvest Industrial, click here or download our Brochure.

Diverse Industry Sector Capability

We have a wealth of experience recruiting for the private sector, public sector, community sector and government. Our recruitment expertise covers Accountancy Firm, Local Government, Banking & Financial Services, Education & Training, Legal, Marketing & Communications, Membership Bodies, Not for Profit / Community Sector, Healthcare, and Industrial Sectors.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

RPO is a form of business process outsourcing where you outsource all or part of your recruitment function to an external service provider. The benefit of this is the engagement of an expert and scalable team who can deliver you the very best talent straight into your company. Harvest RPO solutions provide on-site recruitment functions which draw on our extensive experience across Executive, Technical and Corporate roles.

Projects and Start-ups

Harvest can design fit-for-purpose on-demand solutions that can help you with short-term talent recruitment needs. Our team can help you build or scale-up teams due to relocation, new office/store/factory opening, new product launch or organisational realignments. We can also help you out with graduate recruitment, interim resources and contract recruiters.

Talent Attraction & Candidate Activation

Facing Recruitment Challenges? We’ve Got You Covered with a Cost-Effective Solution to Boost Your Recruitment Pool or Drop the Right Talent into your Internal Process.

Need more qualified candidates without paying full recruitment fees? Harvest HR expands your talent pool by sourcing and engaging active and passive candidates through LinkedIn, SEEK and our database of 25,000+ professionals.

Our team qualifies candidate interest and alignment before introducing them into your recruitment process, delivering a stronger pipeline of talent at a fraction of the cost of traditional recruitment services.

Discover more about how we can help—download Harvest’s Talent Attraction and Candidate Activation Service Brochure!

Candidate Screening

Drowning in applications but struggling to identify the right candidates?

Many organisations are receiving more applications than ever, yet too many are unsuitable for the role. Reviewing hundreds of résumés, managing applicant communications and identifying genuine talent can consume valuable time and resources, while automated screening tools can inadvertently overlook quality candidates.

Harvest HR’s Candidate Screening Service puts experienced recruiters in the process. We don’t hand off to AI or algorithms in the first instance. We review, filter and categorise every application, professionally manage candidate communication and deliver a curated long-list of candidates aligned to your requirements, saving your team hours of administration while ensuring talent isn’t overlooked.

Discover more about how we can help—download Harvest’s Candidate Screening Brochure

Value-add

If you just need some support and guidance, the Harvest team is happy to help you out with any stage of your recruitment cycle. This includes everything from crafting Position Descriptions, advertisements and sourcing strategies, screening applications, identifying great candidates, telephone screening and shortlisting, interviewing and reference checking.

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Connecting Geelong businesses with
the best talent.

We are people helping other people. This is the centre of everything we do at Harvest. And, we will never give up; we will push for results and strive for perfection. We won’t stop until it’s done.

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