The Recruitment Skills Academy was established with a simple belief.
Recruitment is one of the most important business capabilities, yet one of the least formally developed.
Every hiring decision shapes organisational performance, culture and future success. Yet many hiring managers have never received formal recruitment skills training, and many Talent Acquisition professionals have built their capability through ad hoc on the job experience rather than structured professional development.
We believe organisations and candidates deserve better.
That’s why we created Australia’s specialist Recruitment Skills Training provider.
Our purpose is to help organisations build confident hiring managers, and highly capable Talent Acquisition teams, knowing and applying modern recruitment practices that improve candidate attraction and hiring outcomes.
Founded by Rachel Hill, The Recruitment Skills Academy brings together more than three decades of experience across Human Resources, Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Organisational Development and Learning.
Throughout Rachel’s career, one issue appeared consistently across every organisation.
Recruitment was often treated as an operational admin activity rather than a strategic leadership capability.
Hiring managers were expected to recruit without training.
Talent Acquisition teams were expected to influence senior stakeholders without structured capability development or strategic thinking.
Recruitment processes varied significantly between managers, and even divisions or vacancies, creating inconsistent candidate experiences and variable and poor hiring outcomes.
The Academy was created to address these challenges by providing practical, hands on, evidence-based learning designed specifically for today’s recruitment environment and Australia’s tight labour market.
Rachel Hill is one of Australia’s leading Talent Acquisition capability specialists.
Rachel’s approach combines strategic thinking with practical implementation, ensuring organisations achieve sustainable improvements rather than simply attending another training course.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, she has worked with organisations across government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors to improve recruitment capability, redesign hiring processes and strengthen Talent Acquisition functions.
Rachel is Managing Director of Hill Consulting HRS and a recognised thought leader in Recruitment, Talent Acquisition and Hiring Manager capability in Australia.
Her work includes:
We believe recruitment capability can be learned.
The best recruiters and hiring managers are not born – they are developed.
By combining structured learning, practical application and continuous improvement, organisations can create recruitment functions that are more consistent, efficient and candidate focused.
When organisations invest in recruitment capability, they improve far more than just hiring outcomes. Good hiring decisions impact the bottom line and the organisation’s ability to deliver on the corporate strategy.
Good recruitment strengthens leadership capability, employer reputation, workforce engagement, values and behaviours and workforce quality as well as long-term organisational profit and performance.
The Recruitment Skills Academy is committed to leading the professionalisation of Talent Acquisition in Australia.
Through national qualifications, industry research, short form professional development programs, practical resources and partnerships with employers, we are helping shape the future capability of the recruitment profession.
Whether you’re training a group of hiring managers or transforming an entire Talent Acquisition function, we’re here to help you recruit with greater confidence, consistency and impact.
With a combined experience of over 80 years across TA, HR and recruitment, our team of trainers have real world experience across a wide variety of industries.