Your next hire isright here waiting.
Don’t hire the hard way. With Employment Hero, the talent you need is built into the platform, along with everything you need to employ them.


Skip the search with talent shortlists.
Explore talent shortlists before you’ve even posted a job ad. Find more people like your best people. Click your org chart for candidates with similar skills and experience.
Tell us who you’re looking for.
Search for your ideal candidate based on skills, location, availability and salary expectations. We’ll scan the talent pool for talent who match.
Hire with confidence with verified candidates.
Employment Hero gives you something other hiring platforms can’t: insights from live HR and payroll records to verify a candidate’s work history. You’ll always know you’ve made the right call.
From hired to paid in a few clicks.
With Hiring, HR and Payroll in one system, you can move from first interview to first paycheck in just a few clicks. No more hopping between platforms.
Free to search and shortlist.
Tired of paying and praying for the right hire? With Employment Hero, it’s 100% free to search and screen talent. You only pay when someone’s officially on the team.
Need a hand hiring?
We’ll take hiring off your plate. Our AI recruitment agent is your 24/7 recruitment partner that sources candidates, conducts first-round screening, and finds the perfect fit for you.
I need a weekend barista in Surry Hills. Someone who can open at 6.
Recruitment agent
Done. I screened 12 people who can do early starts. These two fit best:
Sam R.Barista, weekends94% match
Ravi NairBarista, weekends91% match
Don’t just take our word for it.
See how businesses like yours use Employment Hero to find, hire, manage and pay their people.

More time for people, less for process
“Bringing on Employment Hero has been a godsend for us. It allows us to have a fully automated, self-service portal for everything… It means that the management team has more time to be able to focus on the people rather than the process.”
Ryan Kiddle · General Manager, Bunji
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Estimated $500k in annual savings
“With thousands of applications coming in, getting back to every candidate was almost impossible… It acts as a tool that naturally upskills our team to become professional talent acquisition practitioners without actually having to do all the training.”
Michael Oliverio · HR Business Partner, El Jannah
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80 secs to screen 10 candidates
“It used to take a week for us to process and screen a single applicant. Now we can screen 10 candidates in under two minutes. By condensing scheduling, interviewing and note-taking into one workflow, I can make quality assessments in under 30 seconds, freeing up more time to focus on quality shortlisting, face-to-face interviews, candidate assessment and final selection.”
Craig Gillett · Group General Manager, People & Capability, Thermosash
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Proactive sourcing for niche roles
“We’re able to pinpoint candidates with the exact experience we need. It’s like having a recruiter’s assistant that understands what we’re looking for and delivers the best options instantly.”
Bianca · Recruitment Officer, Connecting Families
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One week from match to hire
“The candidate we found through Employment Hero met all the requirements of what we were looking for and is now working at the centre. I contacted her straight away and had an interview organised within a few days. I would say the turnaround for hiring was about one week.”
Ash-lee Kingsberry · Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Sparkways
Read storyTips, templates and tools for hiring.
Practical guides for finding, choosing and hiring great people.

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A new source of untapped talent.
The Hero Foundation helps people facing barriers to employment to get work-ready and connects them with businesses ready to give great people a chance.
The right person is right here waiting. They just need the chance to be seen.











