SKILLED Group
Encyclopedia
SKILLED Group is a public
Australia
n company headquartered in Melbourne
, Victoria
and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
. Its core business is labour hire
, also known as supplementary staffing, and it is the market leader in this space in Australia. The Australian human resources
industry is $10b with SKILLED Group having over $1.9b of this.
SKILLED Group has several brands including Origin Healthcare, Excelior, SEM, PeopleCo, Teamwork, TESA, Waycon, ATIVO Maintenance & Project Services and Catalyst.
As of early 2008 SKILLED Group has acquired the trades section of Hudson Recruitment and Longhill Mining / Civil Recruitment.
SKILLED Group has over 170 locations in Australia and New Zealand
. The major processing areas of SKILLED Group are as follows:
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Tasmania
Public company
This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n company headquartered in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
Australian Stock Exchange
The Australian Securities Exchange was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2006. It is the primary stock exchange group in Australia....
. Its core business is labour hire
Labour hire
Labour hire is the term applied to provision of outsourced skilled and unskilled blue-collar workers hired for short- or long-term positions....
, also known as supplementary staffing, and it is the market leader in this space in Australia. The Australian human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
industry is $10b with SKILLED Group having over $1.9b of this.
SKILLED Group has several brands including Origin Healthcare, Excelior, SEM, PeopleCo, Teamwork, TESA, Waycon, ATIVO Maintenance & Project Services and Catalyst.
As of early 2008 SKILLED Group has acquired the trades section of Hudson Recruitment and Longhill Mining / Civil Recruitment.
SKILLED Group has over 170 locations in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The major processing areas of SKILLED Group are as follows:
Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
- St Kilda Road (Corporate Head Office)
- Box Hill (Shared Services)
- Kew (VIC Head Office)
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- Mascot (NSW Head Office)
South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
- Hindmarsh (SA Head Office)
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
- Woolloongabba (QLD Head Office)
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
- Welshpool (WA Head Office)
Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
- Burnie (TAS Head Office)
Board of directors
- Mr Kenneth Loughnan, AO (Director, Non Exec. Chairman)
- Mr Greg Hargrave (Managing Director, CEO)
- Mr Terence Bernard Janes (Executive Director, CFO)
- Mr Robert Gartside (Non Exec. Director)
- Mr Bob Herbert (Non Exec. Director)
- Mr Kerry Hughes (Non Exec. Director)
- Mr John Dixon (Chief Op. Officer)
- Ms Vickki McFadden (Non Exec. Director)
See also
- Employment agencyEmployment agencyAn employment agency is an organization which matches employers to employees. In all developed countries there is a publicly funded employment agency and multiple private businesses which also act as employment agencies.-Public employment agencies:...
- Labour hireLabour hireLabour hire is the term applied to provision of outsourced skilled and unskilled blue-collar workers hired for short- or long-term positions....
- RecruiterRecruiterA recruiter is someone engaging in recruitment, or the solicitation of individuals to fill jobs or positions within a corporation, nonprofit organization, sports team, the military, etc. Recruiters may work within an organization's human resources department or on an outsourced basis...
- RecruitmentRecruitmentRecruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job. For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.The recruitment...
- Temporary workTemporary workTemporary work or temporary employment refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time. Temporary employees are sometimes called "contractual", "seasonal", "interim", "casual staff", "freelance", or "part-time"; or the word may be shortened...