Where merit
meets

Australian recruitment built on real conversations and straight talk.

We help skilled people find work they’re glad to turn up to, and we help employers build teams that get things done.

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Dedicated Consultant

One person who knows your situation and stays on it.

Top-Notch Results

Matches that work out for both sides.

How we can help

Labour Hire

Contract and temporary people, ready to start when you need them. Payroll handled for you.

Permanent Hiring

End-to-end recruitment for permanent roles, matched on skill and fit.

Project-Based Hiring

A team built around your project, scaled up or down as the work changes.

We don’t use forms or online tests. We meet each candidate for a coffee, or a Teams call if that’s easier, and talk about their career for as long as it takes.

Experience

What they’ve done and delivered, in their own words.

Role fit

How their background lines up with the roles we’re working on.

Working style

The kind of team and environment they do their best work in.

Goals

Where they want their career to go, and whether the role moves them forward.

We meet people before we put them forward, and we stay in touch after they start.

Your shortlist comes with a Merit Profile

Instead of a pile of CVs, we send one page per candidate, written by the consultant who met them. It covers their experience, what they want, when they’re free, why they suit your role, and a personal note from us.

Jordan Lee

Senior Cloud Engineer

Relevant experience

Eight years building and running cloud infrastructure for large organisations. Has led moves from on-premises to cloud and mentored junior engineers.

What they’re looking for

A senior technical role in a team that cares about good engineering.

Availability

Four weeks’ notice. Open to contract or permanent.

Consultant’s note

Explains complex things clearly and asked good questions about how your team works. We met over coffee.

Sample Merit Profile. Fictional candidate, for illustration only.

Not your typical recruiter

The usual agency experience

The Meritas experience

A pile of CVs

A curated shortlist with Merit Profiles

Chasing for updates

One dedicated consultant who keeps you posted

Candidates as numbers

Candidates we meet face to face, over coffee or on Teams

Hire and disappear

Dedicated consultant support after placement, for employers and contractors

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