Steve Gard

Steve Gard is a renowned professional specializing in helping organizations set up, transform, and optimize their in-house recruiting capabilities in Brisbane, Australia.

With a focus on reducing the cost of hiring, enhancing the quality of hire, ensuring on-time recruitment, and fostering an employer brand, Steve excels in recruitment, talent acquisition transformation, and optimization.

His expertise encompasses recruitment attraction, recruitment process improvement, interview skills development, interview design, recruitment campaign management, talent acquisition strategy formulation, and enhancing hiring efficiency.

Steve Gard holds a BA (Hons) in Human Resource Development Technology from Southampton Solent University and studied at Alton College.

He has an extensive background in leadership and strategic roles, having founded BenchmarCX and previously initiated The Circle Back Initiative and Talentrich.

Steve has held prominent positions such as Head of Talent Acquisition at Goodstart Early Learning, Head of Talent Operations at Expert360, Talent Acquisition Director at SMG Talent Solutions, Regional Head of Talent Acquisition at AIG, and Group Head of Talent Acquisition at Chalhoub Group.

His experience also includes roles like Head of Graduate Recruitment and Head of Management Consulting Recruitment at BT, Senior Recruiter at HCL AXON, Recruitment Specialist at Rentokil Initial, Recruitment Consultant at JPA, and Senior Recruiter at Glotel.