PeopleStart HR

PeopleStart HR delivers Generalist HR Consulting from Perth, with a further team in Melbourne, supporting businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

• Offers outsourced HR support across four areas: HR audits and compliance, recruitment, HR foundations (Fair Work advice, contracts, policies) and strategic and complex HR such as workforce planning and culture and change management.
• Conducts HR audits covering Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards and industrial award compliance, alongside best practice, performance and competitiveness reviews.
• Founded in 2016 by directors Dayna Edwards and Rob Gallacher, whose consultants bring backgrounds in industrial relations, employee relations, recruitment and organisational design.
• Engagement models include ad hoc support, a retainer with rolled over hours, or fixed project scopes such as labour market analysis and competency framework development.

Best for: small to mid sized Australian businesses wanting an outsourced HR department for compliance, contracts and day to day employee relations support.

PeopleStart HR also provides Executive Search and Headhunting for organisations across Australia from its Perth base.

• Runs a dedicated executive search process including interim executive recruitment and board recruitment, alongside standard candidate screening.
• Supplements search assignments with a suite of psychometric and aptitude tests, including cognitive ability, behavioural profile and safety assessment tools.
• Donates to community charity partners for every recruitment placement made, having contributed over $10,000 to date since starting the program in 2017.

Best for: organisations needing senior leadership, interim executive or board level hires alongside their broader HR support.