Partnership
We work as an extension of your team, invested from start to finish.
About Swordfish Search
Specialist expertise.Smarter workforce outcomes.
A senior-led Australian recruitment and workforce solutions partner built around market insight, responsiveness and long-term relationships.
Our purpose
Talent moves possibilities forward.
We help organisations solve complex talent and workforce challenges — from a critical individual hire to an embedded talent function or project team.
With 40+ years of combined Australian recruitment experience, Swordfish Search brings deep market insight, specialist domain expertise and a high-touch delivery model. We stay close to the brief, communicate clearly and focus on the people and capability that create lasting value.
Meet our team →Our philosophy
Specialist Expertise+Talent Intelligence+Technology+Relationships= Better Workforce Outcomes.
Our values
How we work.
Trust
Earned through transparency, consistency and delivering on commitments.
Integrity
Honest advice, clear communication and doing the right thing.
Commitment
We focus on the right fit, never simply the quickest solution.
Resilience
The right hires take persistence. We don’t stop until we get it right.
Talent & workforce solutions
More than recruitment.
Practical delivery models shaped around the capability you already have — and the outcomes you need next.
Recruitment
Permanent · Contract · Executive Search
Specialist search and selection across Technology, AI and Corporate Services, with proactive market mapping and senior-led delivery.
RPO
Embedded recruitment capacity
Dedicated sourcing, end-to-end delivery, hiring-manager support and reporting that augments your internal Talent Acquisition team.
MSP
Contingent workforce management
Structured management of contractors, suppliers, rates, compliance, onboarding, workforce data and supplier performance.
Talent & HR Consulting
Strategy and optimisation
Workforce planning, talent strategy, recruitment optimisation, market intelligence, process improvement and HR transformation.
SOW / Project Delivery
Capability aligned to outcomes
Specialist project teams for programme delivery, change, organisational transformation and time-critical initiatives.
Enterprise AI talent
From product to production
Forward Deployed Engineers, Deployment Strategists, AI/ML Engineers, AI Product, Architecture and Go-to-Market specialists.
A commercial lens
The right model starts with the right questions.
What do you need?
Clarify the capability, outcome and urgency.
Where is the talent?
Map the market and validate availability.
How should you access it?
Choose permanent, contingent or project capacity.
What delivers value?
Align the commercial model to the outcome.