David Owens, the Sydney based managing director of Digby Morgan’s Australian subsidiary, HR Partners, reports on an excellent start to the new relationship following HR Partners’ acquisition by Digby Morgan in 2007.

I’m delighted to report a great first full quarter since we officially become a part of the British HR specialist recruiter, Digby Morgan. We have seen great client retention as well as a high level of candidate referral and business has been so good that we have recruited new staff in each of our three Australian offices to take our original team of 17 to 22 today. And we’re certainly not resting on our laurels. We’re planning further growth and start 2008 with a real opportunity to build on our already strong market position.

As summer has arrived down here, it’s not just the weather which is warming up. The market for specialist and generalist HR professionals is exceptionally strong with professional services, investment banking and general commerce sectors leading the way in terms of demand.

International and regional growth is in much evidence and HR Partners, alongside our Digby Morgan colleagues in the UK, is supporting clients not only in Australia but also across the Asia Pac region with burgeoning opportunities, in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as in the Middle East, with Dubai very much in our line of sight now.

Excellence in Australian HR

As ever, HR Partners is extremely proud to once again be associated with recognising excellence in Australian HR and were delighted to once again be the official sponsor of the Best HR Leader Award at Human Resource Magazine’s glittering annual awards ceremony. This year, the well deserving winner of the award was Dr Brett Wright, Group Executive HR, at St George Bank. One of Australia’s top five banks, St George Bank also won the Best HR Team Award on the back of an excellent reputation for attraction and retention strategy.

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I'm delighted to report that HR Partners has just been ranked in 4th place in a national survey of recruiters conducted by Human Capital Magazine. I think this is a real credit to our teams in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. We are a relatively small firm with 20+ people so, to be regarded so highly and to compete so successfully against some of the biggest global recruitment brands is a real achievement. I believe that we've done so well because we're a strong brand with strong values that are grounded in long term client and candidate relationships and quality service - and, of course, we're also pretty successful when it comes to finding top HR talent!

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