We are absolutely delighted and super proud to today to unveil the launch of Hunter Manning, the newest addition to the Australian recruitment landscape, bringing together 3 exceptional recruitment leaders in Shawn Twomey, Kris McShane and Mitchell Hunt as it’s Managing Partners.

Hunter Manning has been created out of the collective vision, that we can build a company dedicated to fostering superior outcomes for our staff, clients, and candidates by “Investing In People”. Our strategy will provide a recruitment business, centred on an employee-owned structure and a commitment to ensuring our people are well developed, invested in Hunter Manning beyond a pay cheque and deliver exceptional results for our clients and candidates.

Having spent over 50 years collectively in corporate leadership roles, Shawn, Kris and Mitch share their insights below on the launch.

Why launch and why now?

"It's clichéd but I guess there's never a perfect time to launch. It's easy to fear change and convince yourself that the time isn't right (you'll always find an excuse), but as a trio we've had the pleasure of working together for some time now, and during this time we've realised that we share a strong set of shared ideals, especially around business values. It's just an added bonus that I get to do with my best mates"- Mitch

What are you hoping sets you apart from the competition?

"Having worked in recruitment for over 20 years and reviewed the USPs of a number of different recruitment businesses, it's obvious that the number 1 factor that sets you apart from the competition is people. The people who work for the business, the people you know and the people you hire for. That's why every facet of our strategy is focused on "investing in people" from our employee owned model to ensuring we're working with the best talent and businesses in the market, we're hoping HM becomes the employment destination of choice”- Shawn

What impact are you hoping to have in the industry?

“We want to look back on this in 10 years time, having created an organisation that has established itself as a destination of choice for people in our industry. If we can reduce turnover of staff by adopting a structure that retains our people for the long term, we believe that the impact will be felt by our clients and candidates in the most positive way”- Kris

Thanks

Shawn, Kris & Mitch