Recruitnow!

Staffing and Recruitment Servicesrecruitnow.net.au

Company typePrivate
Founded2009
HeadquartersWickham, Australia
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2B
OfferingServices

Recruitnow! firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Recruitnow!
Legal name: Recruit Now Pty Ltd
Website: https://recruitnow.net.au
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2009
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Recruitnow! industry classification

Industry

Product category: Staffing and Recruitment Services
NAICS: Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320)
SIC: Services-Employment Agencies (7361)
akta.pro primary industry: General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)
akta.pro secondary industries: Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF), Hospitality, Travel & Events Direct Hire (BPACAFAL)

Keywords

Labour hire staffing
Contract recruitment services
Permanent placement agency
Construction industry staffing
Industrial workforce recruitment

Where Recruitnow! is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Wickham
HQ country: Australia
HQ region: Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

Recruitnow! business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

Labour Hire: Temporary agency worker placement for short-term requirements
Contract Recruitment: Fixed-term contract placement services
Permanent Placement: Long-term direct hire recruitment services

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Usage-based	Pay-as-you-go	Labour Hire - temporary agency worker placement
Transaction based/ take rate	Pay-as-you-go	Contract - fixed-term placement
Transaction based/ take rate	Pay-as-you-go	Permanent - long-term direct hire

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Recruitnow! product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Recruitnow! is a specialist recruitment business that places candidates into labour hire (temporary agency worker), contract (fixed-term), and permanent roles across construction, manufacturing, hospitality, warehousing, transport, administration, and mining sectors. The firm operates a mobile, on-site recruitment model from its Newcastle head office, serving clients across the Newcastle, Central Coast, Hunter Valley, Wollongong and South Coast regions of Australia.

Product overview

Recruitnow! is a specialist recruitment business offering a unified platform of staffing services centered on three core offerings: labour hire (temporary agency staffing), contract recruitment (fixed-term placements), and permanent placement (long-term executive search). The company operates across multiple industry verticals including Civil Construction, Building Trades, Construction Management, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Stores & Warehousing, Admin & Reception, Transport, and Mining Maintenance. All services are delivered through their Newcastle-based team without differentiated product tiers or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Labour Hire Services Temporary agency worker placement for short-term assignments ranging from one day to extended periods, serving construction, manufacturing, hospitality, warehousing, transport, and administrative clients.
Contract Recruitment Fixed-term placement services for specialised roles requiring specific expertise or project-based staffing needs.
Permanent Placement Executive and professional search services for long-term direct-hire placements, matching candidates with permanent roles across multiple sectors.

Companies that use Recruitnow!

Customer profile

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Recruitnow! technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recruitnow! partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Recruitnow! competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

WorkPac: Australia's largest privately-owned industrial and mining recruitment company, supplying labour hire and permanent staff to construction, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure clients. Highly comparable to Recruitnow! in vertical mix (civil, building, mining maintenance) and labour-hire-led model, but operating at national scale.
Programmed (PERSOLKELLY): Major Australian staffing and maintenance services provider (now part of PERSOLKELLY) offering labour hire, contract and permanent placement across industrial, construction, manufacturing and government. Direct peer given shared service lines and similar client verticals, but with substantially larger scale and national branch network.
Skilled Group (Programmed): Australian staffing firm (acquired by Programmed) with a long-standing focus on industrial, construction, mining and skilled trades labour hire and permanent placement. Overlaps directly with Recruitnow!'s core verticals and service mix.
people2people: Australian mid-market recruitment firm delivering temporary, contract and permanent placement across office support, industrial, construction, government and professional services. Comparable service mix and multi-vertical approach, with a stronger office-support and government tilt than Recruitnow!.
Rubicor People: Australian recruitment and workforce solutions group with labour hire and permanent placement across industrial, construction, manufacturing, office and professional services. Similar multi-vertical, multi-service model to Recruitnow!, though typically larger and more diversified.

Broad incumbents

Hays Australia & New Zealand: Global recruitment firm with a strong ANZ presence, particularly in construction & property, manufacturing, mining and engineering permanent and contract placement. Competes with Recruitnow! in the same role families but operates at much larger scale with broader service breadth.
Chandler Macleod: One of Australia's largest recruitment companies, providing temporary, contract and permanent placement across industrial, construction, mining, office support and government. Overlaps directly with Recruitnow! on labour hire and admin/clerical placement, but at national scale.

Others

Adecco Australia:

Regional players

Mader Group: Australian specialist provider of mining maintenance and shutdown labour, with growing industrial and construction services. Direct overlap with Recruitnow!'s mining maintenance vertical and similar candidate pool (fitters, boilermakers, trade assistants), though Mader is more specialised and nationally focused.

Emerging players

Sidekicker: Australian digital-first staffing marketplace for hospitality, industrial, retail and events labour hire. Comparable on the temporary staffing model and on hospitality vertical overlap, but differentiates on technology-led candidate matching versus Recruitnow!'s consultant-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Recruitnow! financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Recruitnow! leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Recruitnow! funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Recruitnow! M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Recruitnow!

What does Recruitnow! do?

Is Recruitnow! a public or private company?

Recruitnow! is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Recruitnow! founded?

Recruitnow! was founded in 2009. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Recruitnow! based?

Recruitnow! is headquartered in Wickham, Australia, in the Oceania region.

How does Recruitnow! make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Labour Hire is the primary driver. The others are contract Recruitment and permanent Placement.

Who are Recruitnow!'s main competitors?

Direct peers on record are WorkPac, Programmed (PERSOLKELLY), Skilled Group (Programmed), people2people and Rubicor People. Broad incumbents are Hays Australia & New Zealand and Chandler Macleod. Adecco Australia is listed as an others. Mader Group is listed as a regional player. Sidekicker is listed as an emerging player.

Does Recruitnow! have an API?

No public API is recorded for Recruitnow!.

What industry is Recruitnow! in?

Recruitnow!'s product category is Staffing and Recruitment Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACAFAA, General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry), with a secondary code of BPACAKAG, Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops). Its NAICS code is 561311 and its SIC code is 7361.