About Us
When you engage Harry Maxwell, you are choosing a better and different recruitment experience defined by discretion and delivery.
Our strength lies in elite headhunting, referral farming, and investing in deep networks and curated databases to solve recruitment challenges.
We operate in a high trust environment, we always play the long game with our clients and candidates, and we bring real world executive experience to every search.
In addition to recruitment services, we provide support for the executive journey post the appointment with a range of coaching, onboarding, and consultancy services to empower the executive team to thrive into the future.
Core Industries
Mining
Exploration, open-pit or underground operations.
Oil & Gas
Offshore and onshore, upstream and downstream.
Construction
Resources, civil, infrastructure and renewables.
Education
Private institution executives and corporate support teams.
Defence
Construction, professional services and project management.
Health and Medical
Occupational health, medical and safety.
Services
Executive Search
Harry Maxwell is best placed to source senior executives and talented leaders across Australia. Our approach is fresh, people-focused and grounded in our values. We do not rely on a known list of candidates, but instead use a blend of technology, headhunting, and human judgement to prescribe the best fit.
Whether it be a retained engagement, or an exclusive search, we are best placed to source white-collar talent from the mining, construction, oil & gas, defence, education and healthcare sectors across Australia. Our robust search methodology is complimented by sophisticated client reporting which provides insights and market data relating to the search project, including real-time salary mapping. Personality profiling of shortlisted candidates includes an assessment of motivators, behaviours, and emotional intelligence. This is complimented by rigorous behavioural interviewing conducted by our Directors. For too long, companies have wasted time, energy, and resources hiring the wrong employees, and then attempting to train them to be who they're not. Nothing fixes the wrong pick.
Internal Agency Service
In addition to executive search services, we also partner with clients to deliver a discreet outsourced recruitment solution. Our Director’s become immersed in your business, providing strategic contribution to resourcing, as well as leading hands-on tactical delivery of your recruitment requirements. Over the past few years, this model has consistently delivered better than agency level service for our partnered clients, at a fraction of the cost.
The Internal Agency Service gives your business access to an elite team of recruitment professionals without having to hire, train or manage them yourself. We match our service to the level of demand within your business, ensuring we deliver the talent you need in periods of high demand, and saving you money during quiet times. This outsourced solution involves our team working within your brand to deliver both white-collar and blue-collar talent to support your business.
Consulting
Harry Maxwell offers a range of consultancy-based solutions and services to support the board and executive team. Reach out for a conversation with one of our Directors to discuss how we can help.
- Internal Agency Service (Recruitment).
- Organisational structure audits.
- Strategy development and implementation.
- CEO, Principal and Board reviews.
- Culture and capability audits.
- Mediation services.
- Succession planning.
Coaching
Onboarding
Harry Maxwell is committed to the best outcomes for our clients and we have executive coaches engaged to deliver a truly innovative on-boarding experience for your new employees during the critical first 90 days. This program is designed to complement and support any existing on-boarding and induction processes you may have in place, and here are some of the benefits our clients have seen from more than 500 new employees that have participated in the program since 2013.
- Improved retention and significant savings on costs associated with turnover.
- Your new employee raving about your company and the fantastic first impression.
- Your new employee becoming competent quickly and effectively managing their relationships within the workplace.
- Executive Coaches supporting the Hiring Manager as well as the new employee.
Ongoing
In addition to on-boarding support, our Executive Coaches are available for structured one-on-one C-Suite coaching as well as mentoring of executives and professionals in leadership positions. Structured specifically for new CEO’s and Executive Leadership Teams, our Executive Coaches deliver a range of one-on-one, and team based coaching and mentoring programs. Senior leaders learn how to improve their leadership and develop strategies to have caring and respectful courageous conversations, which empower them to effectively confront poor behaviour. New CEO’s learn how to create board reports, annual reports, strategic and master plans, as well as developing skills to effectively manage the CEO – Chair relationship.
Community
Harry Maxwell is proud to partner with Opportunity International Australia.
Since 2014, we have been acting as Ambassadors for Opportunity International raising money in both Perth and Sydney by organising corporate fundraising events and making regular donations. Every time Harry Maxwell makes a placement with your organisation, we make another donation - you hire one and we help one!
Opportunity is an international aid and development organisation that is ending poverty in developing countries – one family and one community at a time. By providing small loans and other support services to families in need, Opportunity helps them grow their own businesses and generate sustainable incomes so they can lift themselves out of poverty with dignity – creating a new future for generations to come. As businesses grow and employ others, 98% of loans are repaid and recycled, creating a ripple effect that reaches more and more people over time.
Opportunity International Australia supports microfinance, health, education and safety programs in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia.
Harry Maxwell’s corporate donations to Opportunity International Australia has supported:
- 1566 women in Indonesia to receive small loans, which they’ve used to start and grow businesses, in turn generating income that provides food, shelter, education and hope for their families.
- In total, roughly 7830 people have benefited from our support so far.
- 98% of these small loans are repaid, meaning our impact is continuously multiplied and extended.
Shawn Murphy (Managing Director) shares the motivation behind Harry Maxwell’s support for Opportunity International Australia.
“Our purpose at Harry Maxwell is simply to help people to secure their family’s future. This applies to candidates finding the right job to put food on the table, and business owners trying to acquire the right talent to enable them to prosper and employ more people. Our support for Opportunity International which enables women in poverty to secure their family’s future, is a natural extension of our purpose. The fact that 98% of these small loans are repaid enables us to help break the cycle of poverty. We believe we are extremely lucky to live in Australia, and we are grateful to Opportunity International for the work they do to help others in need”.
Success Stories - Recent Highlights
- Chief Executive Officer for a large vertically integrated civil construction company based in Australia and the US.
- Secured a new School Principal and Business Manager for an Anglican Girls School in Perth following a national search.
- Sourced, supplied and mobilised 15 people in 15 days for a mine site decommission project including an EGM, Senior Site Executives, Supervisors, HSE and Paramedics.
- Executive, leadership and professional placements and help to support an ELT rebuild for global Original Equipment Manufacturer.
- Senior Project Manager sourced from the Hague, Netherlands and relocated to Perth to deliver a Bulk Fertiliser Plant in Kwinana.
- Placed 40 executive, professional, technical, leadership and project roles for ASX listed construction company in 12-month period.
- Director Regional Supply APAC from Monterrey, Mexico to Perth for global mining services company.
- Managing Director Hospitals from London to manage 3 Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for leading global health and medical organisation.
- 144 technical, leadership and operational professionals focused on the Ichthys Project Darwin.
- Program Manager to oversight Submarine Rescue System project for Commonwealth Defense Project.
- Engineering Managers in Melbourne and Perth for a leading engineering consultancy.
Case Studies and Testimonials
In line with our focus on discretion, we prefer not to leverage our client list for promotional purposes, however we would be happy to share success stories and case studies that demonstrate our delivery if you would like to get in touch on 1300 093 858.
We are also happy to connect you with our clients for direct feedback should this be of interest.