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Cultivating Cultures of Success.

Cultivating Cultures of Success.

As your trusted hiring partner, we immerse ourselves in your world to ensure we’re matching you with the best talent, providing you confidence from day one that you’ve made the right hire. Our unique approach means that we don’t just tell your story, we’re part of it. We provide insights that go beyond a position description by creating a narrative that engages candidates to see each opportunity as a compelling proposition.

Our unique market position means we’re able to anticipate the forces shaping the future of work and ultimately use those insights to help organisations build skilled, resilient teams. Understanding a candidate’s true motivators and capabilities is at the heart of what we do and we’re experts at finding the right fit, every time.

To date, we’ve partnered with over 500 organisations nationwide, connecting top HR talent with businesses of all shapes and sizes.

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Your Trusted Hiring Partners.

Your Trusted Hiring Partners.

Executive Search

Permanent

On Demand Talent

Team Build

In today’s competitive landscape, you simply can’t afford to make a bad hire.

Without the right market insight and benchmarking, finding the right leader within the right time frame is harder than it looks. That’s where we come in. We deliver tailored search solutions for executive and senior People and Culture appointments, backed by deep sector expertise and long standing industry connections. With access to real time market intelligence and trusted networks, we help you hire with clarity, confidence and precision. Our search process is built on care, rigour and access. We meticulously map candidate markets, blending research, warm referrals and high trust sourcing methods to engage the best in the profession, even the ones not actively looking. We go beyond traditional search by acting as an extension of your team, offering honest insight and strategic guidance at every stage. With Samuels Donegan, you stay ahead of the curve with the people, tools and perspective needed to drive lasting success.

Executive Search

Permanent

On Demand Talent

Team Build

In today’s competitive landscape, you simply can’t afford to make a bad hire.

Without the right market insight and benchmarking, finding the right leader within the right time frame is harder than it looks. That’s where we come in. We deliver tailored search solutions for executive and senior People and Culture appointments, backed by deep sector expertise and long standing industry connections. With access to real time market intelligence and trusted networks, we help you hire with clarity, confidence and precision. Our search process is built on care, rigour and access. We meticulously map candidate markets, blending research, warm referrals and high trust sourcing methods to engage the best in the profession, even the ones not actively looking. We go beyond traditional search by acting as an extension of your team, offering honest insight and strategic guidance at every stage. With Samuels Donegan, you stay ahead of the curve with the people, tools and perspective needed to drive lasting success.

On Demand Talent logo, a Samuels Donegan HR recruitment agency service in Australia
  • Meet Antonio

    TA Manager

    Stuck in that weird in-between where your TA process needs a review, but you also need someone filling your hard-to-fill roles?

    Meet Antonio. He’s worked across pretty much every industry, and the same results follow him wherever he goes: lower agency spend, faster time to hire, and a talent process that runs a lot more smoothly. Antonio is available immediately - unless he get's snapped up before you have a chance to reach out.

    Super Skill: Fixing problems

    Charge Rate: $1100 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Tom, a Workplace Relations Specialist holding a notebook.
  • Meet Mia

    Talent Acquisition Advisor

    With a background spanning IT leadership, technical recruitment and employment support, Mia brings a talent for solving problems and building trusted relationships.

    Mia excels at understanding what people need, making sense of complex challenges and finding practical ways forward. Whether sourcing specialist talent, coaching someone through an interview or improving a process, she combines analytical thinking with a supportive, personable approach.

    Super Skill: Connecting technical expertise with people-focused recruitment

    Charge Rate: $80 an hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Lesley, a Talent Acquisition Partner
  • Meet Chris

    Senior HR & Transformation Leader

    Meet Chris - a commercially minded Senior HR & Transformation Leader who’s at her best when there’s complexity to navigate, change to deliver and senior stakeholders to bring on the journey. She brings a strong combination of strategic HR partnering and deep ER/IR capability, with experience spanning organisational design, workforce change, culture and capability, policy reform, HR systems, remuneration and performance.

    Chris is confident operating in complex, highly stakeholder-driven environments, partnering with Executives while staying close enough to the detail to make things happen.

    Super Skill: A true all-rounder!

    Charge Rate: $1,300 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Pippa, HR Administrator carrying stack of files
  • Meet Isla

    Human Resources Coordinator

    Isla brings a strong HR operations and generalist foundation, with experience supporting employee and manager queries, workforce planning, compliance, process improvement and ER matters including performance management, PIPs and disciplinary processes.

    Isla particularly enjoys change and transformation, with exposure to Enterprise Agreements, organisational change and HR systems implementation. She is now targeting HR Advisor opportunities where she can build greater stakeholder ownership and continue developing toward HRBP.

    Super Skill: Leading Cultural Change

    Charge Rate: $78 per hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

On Demand Talent logo, a Samuels Donegan HR recruitment agency service in Australia
  • Meet Antonio

    TA Manager

    Stuck in that weird in-between where your TA process needs a review, but you also need someone filling your hard-to-fill roles? Meet Antonio.

    He’s worked across pretty much every industry, and the same results follow him wherever he goes: lower agency spend, faster time to hire, and a talent process that runs a lot more smoothly. Antonio is available immediately - unless he get's snapped up before you have a chance to reach out.

    Super Skill: Fixing problems

    Charge Rate: $1100 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Tom, a Workplace Relations Specialist holding a notebook.
  • Meet Chris

    Senior HR & Transformation Leader

    Meet Chris - a commercially minded Senior HR & Transformation Leader who’s at her best when there’s complexity to navigate, change to deliver and senior stakeholders to bring on the journey. She brings a strong combination of strategic HR partnering and deep ER/IR capability, with experience spanning organisational design, workforce change, culture and capability, policy reform, HR systems, remuneration and performance.

    Chris is confident operating in complex, highly stakeholder-driven environments, partnering with Executives while staying close enough to the detail to make things happen.

    Super Skill: A true all-rounder!

    Charge Rate: $1,300 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Pippa, HR Administrator carrying stack of files
  • Meet Mia

    Talent Acquisition Advisor

    With a background spanning IT leadership, technical recruitment and employment support, Mia brings a talent for solving problems and building trusted relationships.

    Mia excels at understanding what people need, making sense of complex challenges and finding practical ways forward. Whether sourcing specialist talent, coaching someone through an interview or improving a process, she combines analytical thinking with a supportive, personable approach.

    Super Skill: Connecting technical expertise with people-focused recruitment

    Charge Rate: $80 an hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Lesley, a Talent Acquisition Partner
On Demand Talent logo, a Samuels Donegan HR recruitment agency service in Australia
  • Meet Antonio

    TA Manager

    Stuck in that weird in-between where your TA process needs a review, but you also need someone filling your hard-to-fill roles? Meet Antonio.

    He’s worked across pretty much every industry, and the same results follow him wherever he goes: lower agency spend, faster time to hire, and a talent process that runs a lot more smoothly. Antonio is available immediately - unless he get's snapped up before you have a chance to reach out.

    Super Skill: Fixing problems

    Charge Rate: $1100 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Tom, a Workplace Relations Specialist holding a notebook.
  • Meet Mia

    Talent Acquisition Advisor

    With a background spanning IT leadership, technical recruitment and employment support, Mia brings a talent for solving problems and building trusted relationships.

    Mia excels at understanding what people need, making sense of complex challenges and finding practical ways forward. Whether sourcing specialist talent, coaching someone through an interview or improving a process, she combines analytical thinking with a supportive, personable approach.

    If you're looking for someone who can connect with people, work through challenges and turn understanding into action, Mia is ready to make an impact!

    Super Skill: Connecting technical expertise with people-focused recruitment

    Charge Rate: $80 an hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Lesley, a Talent Acquisition Partner
  • Meet Chris

    Senior HR & Transformation Leader

    Meet Chris - a commercially minded Senior HR & Transformation Leader who’s at her best when there’s complexity to navigate, change to deliver and senior stakeholders to bring on the journey. She brings a strong combination of strategic HR partnering and deep ER/IR capability, with experience spanning organisational design, workforce change, culture and capability, policy reform, HR systems, remuneration and performance.

    Chris is confident operating in complex, highly stakeholder-driven environments, partnering with Executives while staying close enough to the detail to make things happen.

    Super Skill: A true all-rounder!

    Charge Rate: $1,300 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Pippa, HR Administrator carrying stack of files
On Demand Talent logo, a Samuels Donegan HR recruitment agency service in Australia
  • Meet Antonio

    TA Manager

    Stuck in that weird in-between where your TA process needs a review, but you also need someone filling your hard-to-fill roles?

    Meet Antonio. He’s worked across pretty much every industry, and the same results follow him wherever he goes: lower agency spend, faster time to hire, and a talent process that runs a lot more smoothly. Antonio is available immediately - unless he get's snapped up before you have a chance to reach out.

    Super Skill: Fixing problems

    Charge Rate: $1100 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Tom, a Workplace Relations Specialist holding a notebook.
  • Meet Mia

    Talent Acquisition Advisor

    With a background spanning IT leadership, technical recruitment and employment support, Mia brings a talent for solving problems and building trusted relationships.

    Mia excels at understanding what people need, making sense of complex challenges and finding practical ways forward. Whether sourcing specialist talent, coaching someone through an interview or improving a process, she combines analytical thinking with a supportive, personable approach.

    Super Skill: Connecting technical expertise with people-focused recruitment

    Charge Rate: $80 an hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Lesley, a Talent Acquisition Partner
  • Meet Chris

    Senior HR & Transformation Leader

    Meet Chris - a commercially minded Senior HR & Transformation Leader who’s at her best when there’s complexity to navigate, change to deliver and senior stakeholders to bring on the journey. She brings a strong combination of strategic HR partnering and deep ER/IR capability, with experience spanning organisational design, workforce change, culture and capability, policy reform, HR systems, remuneration and performance.

    Chris is confident operating in complex, highly stakeholder-driven environments, partnering with Executives while staying close enough to the detail to make things happen.

    Super Skill: A true all-rounder!

    Charge Rate: $1,300 per day

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

    Samuels Donegan Australia On Demand Talent profile featuring Pippa, HR Administrator carrying stack of files
  • Meet Isla

    Human Resources Coordinator

    Isla brings a strong HR operations and generalist foundation, with experience supporting employee and manager queries, workforce planning, compliance, process improvement and ER matters including performance management, PIPs and disciplinary processes.

    Isla particularly enjoys change and transformation, with exposure to Enterprise Agreements, organisational change and HR systems implementation. She is now targeting HR Advisor opportunities where she can build greater stakeholder ownership and continue developing toward HRBP.

    Super Skill: Leading Cultural Change

    Charge Rate: $78 per hour

    Looking for: Full-time or Part-time

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