SKILLED Group

Infobox_Company
company_name = SKILLED Group
company_type = Public (ASX:SKE)
foundation = 1964
location = Melbourne, Victoria
industry = Human Resources
revenue = $961.700.000 AUD (2006) - this is expected to be $1.4b in 2007 after recent acquisitions of The TESA Group, Catalyst Recruitment, Damstra Mining Services, Swan Personnel and Pacific Relines
num_employees = 17,000 - comprised of 15,000 field employees and 2,000 internal staff
homepage = [http://www.skilled.com.au www.skilled.com.au]

SKILLED Group (ASX:SKE) is a public Australian company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Its core business is labour hire, also known as supplementary staffing, and it is the market leader in this space in Australia [cite web |url=http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/Staffing%20Review%202005%20Spring.pdf |title=Staffing Sector Review |Date=Spring 2005 |publisher=Deloitte, Australia |accessdate=2007-04-06] . The Australian human resources industry is $10b with SKILLED Group having over $1.4b of this.

SKILLED Group has several brands including Origin Healthcare, Excelior, SEM, PeopleCo, Teamwork, TESA, Waycon and Catalyst.

As of early 2008 SKILLED Group has acquired the trades section of Hudson Recruitment and Longhill Mining / Civil Recruitment.

SKILLED has several locations in Australia and New Zealand. The major processing areas of Skilled are as follows:

VICTORIA:

Box Hill (Head Office)St Kilda Road (Melbourne City)Burwood East (Shared Services & Payroll / Billing)

NEW SOUTH WALES:

Mascot (NSW Head Office)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Hindmarsh (SA Head Office)

QUEENSLAND:

Woolloongabba (QLD Head Office)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA:

Welshpool (WA Head Office)

TASMANIA:

Burnie (TAS Head Office)

Board of directors

* Mr Kenneth Loughnan, AO (Director, Non Exec. Chairman)
* Mr Greg Hargrave (Managing Director, CEO)
* Mr Terence Bernard Janes (Executive Director, CFO)
* Mr Robert Gartside (Non Exec. Director)
* Mr Bob Herbert (Non Exec. Director)
* Mr Kerry Hughes (Non Exec. Director)
* Mr John Dixon (Chief Op. Officer)
* Ms Vickki McFadden (Non Exec. Director)

References

ee also

*Employment agency
*Labour hire
*Recruiter
*Recruitment
*Staffing
*Temporary work

External links

* [http://www.skilled.com.au/ Skilled Group Company website]
* [http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=on&asxCode=SKE ASX announcements]