The Recruitment Growth Reset

Jessica is an agency owner and recruitment trainer with over 17 years recruitment experience generating $20M in fees throughout her career. Her expertise lies in helping Recruiters with Lead Generation, End-to-End Business Development, and LinkedIn Personal Branding – the essential pillars to bring in new business, and nurture existing relationships.

In 2001 Maarten commenced his career in recruitment at Drake International developing innovative interactive resume technology throughout Australia, North America and New Zealand. After four years Maarten made the decision to build his own recruitment business and in May 2005 SMAART Recruitment came to life.

Saeed specialises in standardising workflows and repeatable delivery, helping recruitment agencies turn what works into consistent, scalable processes.

Alex focuses on management visibility and operational ratios, helping agency leaders track the numbers that drive performance.

Samantha focuses on unlocking tech stack ROI and driving operational adoption across recruitment businesses.

Lesley has had a long relationship with the global recruitment sector dating back to her capacity as Owner of Recruitment Extra magazine which was founded over 20 years ago. Lesley is well respected as having an incredible knowledge of the recruitment sector, maintaining a reputation for being at the forefront of current issues through her management of multiple publications relating to the sector and as founder of the Recruitment Excellence Awards (REA’s) in 2008. She joined APSCo in 2019 as Managing Director and has since taken the Association through a transformation that has led to significant member growth, the launch of a series of successful content channels and a growing reputation for excellence in compliance and operational information across the professional recruitment market.