Labour Hire and Recruitment

What Labour Hire and Recruitment does

Labour Hire and Recruitment (LHR) is an Australian private recruitment agency providing temporary labour hire and permanent placement services to employers across Australia. The company serves 13+ industry verticals including Construction, Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Food Processing, Retail, Warehousing, Hospitality & Tourism, Mining & Energy, Health & Medical, Administration, Engineering, Sales & Customer Services and Agribusiness, and operates physical offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Malvern. Job seekers engage through a website-based registration, resume upload, and job basket application workflow.

LHR's core platform is a recruitment technology stack supporting applicant tracking, job posting and candidate management, complemented by an online job seeker portal. Service modules stack on top of recruitment and include comprehensive candidate screening (background, police, credit and WHS checks), psychometric and skills testing combined with structured interviews, payroll management, HR technology tooling, and a separately positioned SEO and digital marketing service for employer clients. Industry-verticalised sub-brand pages and downloadable recruitment resources extend the platform surface.

LHR generates revenue from four streams: permanent placement fees (transactional with a three-month replacement guarantee), temporary staffing margins (usage-based), payroll and HR professional-service fees, and SEO/digital marketing engagements. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is hybrid: a field sales team with vertical-specific expertise engages employers directly while job-seeker acquisition relies on self-serve digital channels, an in-house SEO team, blog content and downloadable guides. No disclosed funding, parent company or institutional investors appear in the source material, and the business is described as Australian-owned and independently operated.

Name

Labour Hire and Recruitment

Legal name

Labour Hire and Recruitment

Website

https://labourhireandrecruitment.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LHR is an Australian private recruitment agency providing temporary labour hire and permanent placement across 13+ industry verticals, operating from offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Modules include candidate screening, psychometric testing, payroll, and SEO marketing for clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Services: Fee-based placement of candidates in permanent full-time positions. The company offers a minimum 3-month guarantee on all permanent placements - if the candidate does not work out within 3 months, they will replace the candidate free of charge.
2. Labour Hire / Temporary Staffing: Supply of temporary workers to businesses to fill short-term needs, seasonal fluctuations, or specific projects. Employers are not compelled to commit to time requirements or positions that do not meet their needs.
3. Payroll Services: Payroll management services for placed employees, handling wages, superannuation, and related compliance matters
4. SEO and Digital Marketing Services: SEO services for labour hire and recruitment clients, particularly small businesses. The company guarantees first page Google ranking within 3 months or no invoice until achieved.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LHR is a recruitment agency that supplies permanent and temporary (labour hire) staff to Australian businesses across industries including construction, manufacturing, transport, food processing, retail, warehousing, hospitality, mining and energy, health and medical, administration, engineering, and sales/customer services. Services encompass candidate sourcing, comprehensive screening (background, police, credit, WHS checks), skill and psychometric testing, structured interviewing, placement, and managed payroll for placed candidates. An online platform enables job seekers to register, upload resumes, browse jobs, and apply via a digital job basket system.

Product overview

LHR operates as a recruitment agency offering a core staffing platform that connects employers with temporary and permanent workers across Australia. The primary offering consists of recruitment and labour hire services supported by candidate registration and application management tools. Additional modules include screening services (background checks, police checks, credit checks), skill and psychometric testing, payroll services, HR technology tools, and SEO/digital marketing services. The company provides industry-specific recruitment across sectors including construction, manufacturing, transport, food processing, retail, warehousing, hospitality, mining, health, and engineering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Placement Services Fee-based recruitment service placing candidates in permanent full-time positions across Australian industries, with candidate sourcing, comprehensive screening, structured interviews, and a minimum 3-month replacement guarantee.
• Temporary Labour Hire Services Supply of temporary workers to Australian businesses to fill short-term needs, seasonal fluctuations, or specific projects; employers are not compelled to commit to time requirements or positions that do not meet their needs.
• Candidate Registration and Job Application Platform Online platform enabling job seekers to register accounts, upload resumes, browse job listings, and apply for positions via a digital job basket system across multiple industries and locations.
• Payroll Services for Placed Candidates Managed payroll processing for placed candidates including wages, superannuation, tax withholdings, and related administrative and compliance tasks on behalf of employers.
• SEO and Digital Marketing Services Digital marketing services for employer clients including search engine optimization, website analysis, and content strategy, with a guarantee of first-page Google ranking within 3 months.
• Industry-Specific Recruitment Services Specialized recruitment services delivered with industry-specific expertise across Australian industry verticals including Administration, Construction, Manufacturing, Transport, Food Processing, Retail, Warehousing, Hospitality, Mining & Energy, Health & Medical, Sales/Customer Services, Engineering, and Agribusiness.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-month minimum guarantee on all permanent placements

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Adecco: One of the world's largest staffing firms with deep Australian presence in industrial, office and professional temporary and permanent placement. Comparable to LHR in labour-hire and permanent placement services across multiple industries.
• Robert Half: Global specialised recruiter with Australian offices focusing on finance, accounting, administrative and IT roles. Comparable on the professional permanent and contract placement side of LHR's book.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader operating across Australia in industrial, office, professional and digital recruitment. Directly comparable as a multi-vertical, multi-city labour hire and permanent placement agency.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing giant with significant Australian footprint in light industrial, office and professional temporary and permanent placement. Overlaps directly with LHR's labour-hire service line.
• Hays: Global recruitment firm with a large Australian operation across white-collar and skilled trades verticals. Directly comparable to LHR as a multi-vertical, multi-city Australian recruiter, but at vastly greater scale and brand recognition.

Direct peers

• Chandler Macleod: Australian-headquartered recruitment and labour-hire firm operating across the same industrial, administrative, contact-centre and professional verticals as LHR. One of the closest direct competitors in the Australian mid-market.
• Peoplebank: Australia/NZ-focused IT and digital recruitment firm. Comparable as a multi-city Australian recruiter in the professional segment, though narrower vertically than LHR's horizontal coverage.
• Hudson: APAC-focused recruitment firm with Australian offices in major cities. Comparable in its mix of permanent, temporary and contract placements across professional, IT and office-support functions.
• Programmed: ASX-listed Australian staffing and maintenance services provider with strong presence in blue-collar, industrial, maintenance and administrative labour hire. Highly comparable to LHR in customer base and verticals served.

Others

• Seek: Dominant Australian online employment marketplace. Not a direct agency peer, but a critical channel and competitive substitute for LHR's candidate-sourcing and employer-posting model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lhr---labour-hire-and-recruitment-pty-ltd.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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