Mary Grace
Board Chairperson at Mercy Services
+61 (0)2 4933 4100
“EMERY HR are exceptional recruiters who are highly skilled in sourcing executive leaders. Our Board approached Margo in late 2016 to source candidates for the role of CEO of Mercy Services, a not for profit ministry of the Sisters of Mercy who provide holistic and exceptional care to the frail, the aged, the impaired and their carers in the Hunter community. This role was significant as the previous office-holder had been with the business for 18 years therefore we needed a pool of candidates with senior executive skills, capabilities and attributes necessary to manage fundamental shift in the services sector to Consumer Directed Care.
Margo Emery worked exceptionally hard to provide us with choice. In undertaking recruitment Margo takes the time and has the curiosity to understand her client’s business so that she is able to provide detail to potential candidates as well as certainty to her clients. We have continued to work with Margo to source the new senior management team of Mercy Services supporting the CEO. Margo is talented, hard-working, thoughtful, and a pleasure to work with in the recruitment space.”
“In my role as Director in a number of a different businesses across Australia, partnering with a competent and professional supplier of recruitment services, has been imperative to the success of each organisation. I rely on EMERY HR’s expertise not only for roles based in the Maitland, Newcastle and Hunter regions, but also those further afield and interstate. I have always found Margo and her team to fulfil and often surpass the expectations of my business partners and myself in delivering recruitment services. I understand it is important to have a genuine and professional working relationship with all suppliers and am very pleased – perhaps more accurately – fortunate, to have consistently received such service from Margo Emery over many years in business. It is refreshing to deal with someone that can be trusted implicitly, making life not only easier, but in essence more pleasant. Margo’s guidance, understanding and professional approach have always consistently delivered results for my many and varied businesses and I will continue to recommend her services.”
William Cant
Newcastle Businessman
John Richards
CEO/Managing Director at The Bloomfield Group
“The Bloomfield Group has used the services of Margo Emery since 2004. We have built a long term relationship and find that Margo always delivers a high quality service which provides great value for the company in our recruitment and personnel work. We have always trusted that Margo would operate in line with our values in undertaking work that is often confidential and sensitive.”
“Having worked as a HR professional for over 14 years, I have worked with a number of agencies as the client from the employer perspective. I then had the opportunity to work as the client from the candidate perspective with EMERY HR . I found Margo and her team through the process to be very professional and considerate of the unknown that a candidate is going through during recruitment processes that can take time to complete. I was kept informed of the employer feedback and my progress through the stages. My questions were answered, and what I enjoyed the most with my HR hat on, was that Margo was well representing her client to a point that she was part of that team; more than a consultant.
My experience as the candidate with EMERY HR saw me continue the relationship as the HR Manager for the business that I was successfully appointed to. Given my positive experience, I can be satisfied that our business is getting well represented and the candidates we are looking to join our team are being well looked after.”
Renata Roberts
Chief Corporate Services Officer at The Bloomfield Group
John Gibbs
CEO Pacific Smiles group
“The long-established business relationship between Pacific Smiles Group and EMERY HR is one that I am proud to endorse. EMERY HR and in particular, the founder, Margo Emery, genuinely provide customised client-focused solutions, taking the lead in suggesting innovative solutions suitable to specific requirements. There are a number of key hires at Pacific Smiles that we have successfully secured through our work with EMERY HR . Margo and her team are ethical, professional and responsive and I certainly recommend their services.”
“As Chairman of the Bulbeck Group I acted on behalf of the Board to find a replacement for our Managing Director who was due to retire after more than 45 years with the company. The position we were looking for was that of CEO and knowing it would be a difficult task to find a suitable replacement it was necessary that we engage the most capable recruitment company to handle the selection and engagement.
At that time in early 2013 Margo Emery and her team at EMERY HR came highly recommended and after the initial interview I was convinced Margo was the person to handle the recruitment process and we were not at all disappointed with the process Margo provided and her involvement in the decision making along the way.
Margo is a great communicator and quickly understood the complexities of our requirement and kept us informed every step of the way. The end result is that we have ended up with the most capable and committed CEO thanks to Margo’s involvement.
Should anyone require a personal endorsement I am only too happy to do so. Thank you Margo for all you have done for the Bulbeck Group.”
Norm Baker
Chairman
Steven Ford
Managing Director
“Margo Emery recruited me into the role of CEO of the Bulbeck Group in 2013. I had met Margo a number of years before but had lost contact. What a pleasure it was to re-acquaint myself with Margo and the team at EMERY HR. From our first conversation about the role until I signed my employment agreement, Margo’s honesty, integrity and easy to get along with nature made this whole process painless, seamless and professional. Margo communicated exceptionally well during the whole recruitment process and really helped me understand the culture of the organisation and importantly the accountabilities and expectations of the role. This deep understanding of the role and the organisation really assisted me in determining if this was a potential role for me and helped shape my approach to role when I finally started. Since, joining the Bulbeck Group over two years ago we have also used EMERY HR for other recruitment and I would not hesitate in recommending EMERY HR to any prospective employer or candidate.”
“Recruitment in the modern day requires both alternative service models and relationship based consultancy to be effective for the benefit of candidate and client in a changing world. Having personally been both a candidate and client of EMERY HR, I can attest to the difference in the approach of the firm to others in the marketplace. Through understanding and aligning both candidate values and corporate culture, EMERY HR’S method transcends the short-termism so common in recruitment today and delivers real, long term value and return on human capital.”
Adam Gledhill
Managing Director
Stephen Charles Dawson
Principal Solicitor
“I have been working with Margo Emery as my recruitment partner for over 15 years. During this time she has recruited a range of roles for our Wollongong based legal practice; including Solicitors, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries and Receptionists. Margo and her team understand the needs and culture of our workplace and always find us the right long term fit for our team. The professional manner in which they deliver their service and importantly represent us as a prospective employer, has encouraged us to keep coming back despite the tyranny of distance.
I would highly recommend Margo and her team at EMERY HR to anyone seeking a quality recruitment service.”
“I have engaged Margo and her Team on numerous occasions to recruit for both specific HR roles plus senior and executive roles whilst working in the Private sector and Local Government arena. I would have no hesitation in recommending Margo Emery and her Team for any recruitment requirements. All recruitments were successful appointments – Why? EMERY HR is unique in partnering with you to understand the culture of your business and strive to ensure your candidate person profile is articulated to appoint the ‘right person” for your business and the role.”
Sue Murphy
Principal
