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Ross Clennett is a high performance recruitment coach committed to raising the ethics and performance of the recruitment industry.

Ross delivers specialist public and internal programs for owners, leaders, and recruitment consultants.

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Rookie Recruiter
Training Program

Agency recruiters in their first
year of recruitment

Next program commences
24 February 2026

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Advanced
Recruiter Program

Agency recruiters with a minimum of two years
recruitment experience

Next program commences
18 March 2026

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Leadership Coaching for High Performance Program

Owners of small agencies, and team leaders of medium to large recruitment agencies

Next program commences
28 April 2026

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Individual
Coaching Program

Tailored programs designed for
owners and leaders

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Conference Speaking

Relevant, stimulating and educational up-to-date presentations for your inhouse or public conference about the labour market, recruitment industry or recruitment skills

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For job seekers it really is who you know

By Ross Clennett | Feb 12, 2026
My youngest son has recently secured a new part-time job. After ‘falling off the roster’ at Zambrero late last year (a topic for a post at another time), he applied for a range of roles via SEEK. He received crickets from almost every advertiser. One of his mates thought there might be a job at…
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xrecruiter cofounder faces long road back after catastrophic injuries

By Ross Clennett | Feb 5, 2026
A recent GoFundMe post (including the photo, above) has publicly revealed the huge human cost of a mental health breakdown that led to the severing of the business relationship between xrecruiter cofounders, Blake Thompson and Declan Kluver, in 2025. The page was established on Tuesday by Angela Smith, a friend of Declan and his wife,…
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The rise and rise of the AI-powered solopreneur

By Ross Clennett | Jan 29, 2026
Two and a half years ago I started working with an owner to help him build his own recruitment agency. He previously co-owned a successful business in the creative sector where he was now planning to recruit in. This type of move within a sector is not unusual – moving from client to vendor. What…
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Vale Nicholas Beames (5 March 1975 – 15 January 2026)

By Ross Clennett | Jan 21, 2026
Astute Payroll founder and former CEO, Nicholas Beames passed away last Thursday, aged 50. Beames was an outgoing and popular figure in the local recruitment industry, although he was rarely sighted at industry events after leaving Astute ten years ago. Like many Australians of his vintage, Beames’s overseas travels in the late 1990s led him…
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Two significant dividing lines were crossed in 2025

By Ross Clennett | Dec 17, 2025
2025 marked my 37th year in the recruitment industry. It also marked the year in which my youngest child turned 18 and finished secondary school. When he was absent for eight days, attending Schoolies, his mother and I were temporarily ‘empty nesters’. After 26 years of being legally and morally responsible for at least one…
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Protech surges into SIA top 10 staffing firms in Australia

By Ross Clennett | Dec 12, 2025
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has just released its ranking of the top 30 staffing firms in Australia by revenue, including year-on-year growth, noting that generalist companies were lagging the performance of more specialised businesses, especially those with a focus on the mining and renewable energy sectors. According to SIA research the five largest staffing firms in Australia, based…
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