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Dakin Partners - Career Transition & Outplacement | Executive Search & Recruitment

Dakin Partners is Australia's longest-established privately owned career transition and outplacement provider, offering executive search and recruitment.

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Dakin Partners - Career Transition & Outplacement | Executive Search & Recruitment

Business Description

Dakin Partners is Australia's longest established, privately owned career transition and outplacement provider, operating since 1986.

Participants work with a dedicated senior consultant through the CareerConnect online portal, accessing a full career transition program remotely, with a strong focus on health and wellbeing alongside practical resources for job searching.

Best for: organisations needing outplacement, career transition or executive search support.

Service & Expertise

Outplacement and Career Transition

Outplacement Programs

Dakin Partners provides Outplacement Programs across Australia, as the nation’s longest-established privately owned career transition specialist since 1986.

  • 38 years of experience supporting thousands of departing or redeployed employees across corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors.
  • Offers the CareerConnect Online Portal with 15 modules and over 100 resources including skills evaluation, resume preparation, networking strategies, interview techniques and self-employment guidance.
  • Combines face-to-face and online delivery with dedicated Senior Consultant support focused on participant health, wellbeing and resilience during career transition.
  • Serves a broad client base including government agencies, leading corporates and not-for-profit organisations across all Australian states.

Best for: organisations supporting redundant or redeployed staff who need structured outplacement combined with online resources and one-on-one consultant guidance.

Talent Acquisition and Recruitment

Executive Search and Headhunting

Dakin Partners offers Executive Search and Headhunting for middle management, senior executive, C-Suite and board positions, with 38 years’ expertise placing quality candidates across Australia.

  • Uses research-backed methodologies combining advertised recruitment, confidential executive search and hybrid approaches to identify candidates aligned with organisational culture.
  • LinkedIn specialists with diverse industry networks confidentially approach and assess potential candidates.
  • Serves corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors including major listed companies, government departments and leading community organisations.

Best for: organisations seeking quality executive talent retention through placements aligned with their culture and strategic needs.

Operational Coverage

  • ACT (Hybrid) Local presence: Staff based locally
  • External Territories such as Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands (Hybrid) Local presence: Staff based locally
  • Tasmania (Hybrid) Local presence: Staff based locally
  • Victoria (Hybrid) Local presence: Staff based locally 525 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
  • Western Australia (Hybrid) Local presence: Staff based locally

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