HJB Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Recruitment!
30 Years of Excellence!
30 years ago HJB started as a small banking and finance placement firm. Now we have grown to be one of Australia’s best known recruitment companies, with seven offices and over 75,000 permanent and temporary / contractor candidates on our database.
30 Years in the Making
From our humble beginnings as a small executive banking recruitment firm, we expanded across Australia to become the highly respected brand we are today.
Here’s a snapshot of our corporate history.
| 1979 | HJB commenced business as Executive Banking recruiter |
| 1986 | Markham Appointments established focusing on Banking Operations,Secretarial and Administration |
| 1997 | Melbourne office opened |
| 1998 | Parramatta office opened |
| 1999 | Brisbane office opened |
| 2000 | HJB acquired Priority Personnel focusing on Banking, Secretarial and Administration. Markham Appointments (est 1986, focusing on Banking Operations,Secretarial and Administration) acquired by Hamilton James & Bruce Group |
| 2002 | OCG group in New Zealand and Bowden Computer Placements in Queensland acquired by Hamilton James & Bruce Group. |
| 2003 | Introduction of new brand HJB Priority, Specialist Support Recruitment (combing Priority personnel + HJB Business Support) |
| 2005 | Hamilton James & Bruce disposed of 75% of the OCG Group |
| 2006 | IT Resources Group was acquired by Hamilton James & Bruce Group |
| 2007 | Provincial Personnel was acquired by Hamilton James & Bruce Group Hamilton James & Bruce disposed of 25% of the OCG Group |
Ask our staff!
What’s it like to work at HJB? We asked some of our longer serving employees and here’s what they said.
Financial Controller, Belinda Green, 7 ½ years service at HJB:
"Over the past 7 ½ years at HJB I have had great opportunity for growth and development. I have gained experience across a broad range of the financial spectrum and it has been an excellent opportunity for me."
NSW General Manager, Sandy Tuckwell, 22 years serivce at HJB
"One of the things that HJB does really well is maintaining client relationships. All our people here are totally focussed on bringing value to the client and that’s how we maintain our reputation in the market and one of our key differentiators.
We receive great feedback from clients all the time, that we are different to other recruitment companies, offering better levels of service and more expertise, that’s what keeps us motivated to keep improving."
VIC Senior Consultant, Richard Elstone, 8 years service at HJB
"In the technology space it’s critical to maintain good lines of communication with your contractors. We are working with clients who need highly specialised contractors, often at short notice. We make it our priority to know where the good people are and when they are available. Because we have such a good reputation for candidate care, the quality contractors are happy to keep working with us. They know that we deliver on our promises."
ACT General Manager, Michael Horne, 2 years service at HJB
"When I first started at HJB my objective was to develop this ACT office from the ground up. Our key focus is the Government sector, and although we had excellent contacts in other states, we needed a presence in the Canberra market to really cement our reputation as a serious provider to Federal Government. During that time, HJB’s brand and reputation made a big difference to our success. HJB has a great image in the Executive space, and this helped me to open a lot of doors.
We now have presence on some of the key Preferred Supplier Agreements, and solid relationships with key Government representatives. I am really proud about how we’ve grown this office , some important government initiatives and projects we have assisted in and our achievements thus far in a tough market."