Consulting solutions to elevate your talent strategy.

At Bakar Smith, we go beyond recruitment — helping life sciences and aged care organisations improve how they attract, assess, and retain talent.

With experience leading in-house and RPO recruitment functions, we design practical, scalable solutions: from building better processes to launching EVP campaigns, succession planning, and hiring capability uplift.

Ready to transform your talent acquisition model?

Take 5 minutes to reflect…

How well is your recruitment model really working?

  • Are you attracting the right people — or just getting applicants?

  • Is your process helping you build diverse, high-performing teams?

  • How’s the experience for your hiring managers? For candidates?

  • Do you have meaningful recruitment data — and know how to use it?

  • Is your team structure future-ready, or just keeping pace?

If these questions sound familiar, you’re not alone — and we can help.

Why It Matters: Key Insights

📉 Time to Fill
Optimised hiring processes can cut time-to-fill by up to 50%. For critical roles, that could mean faster revenue impact or improved patient outcomes. (Seek)

🎯 Quality of Hire
High-performing companies are 2.5x more likely to have strong recruitment processes. Great hires can improve team performance by up to 20%. (Gallup, Aberdeen)

🌍 Diversity & Inclusion
Diverse companies are 35% more likely to outperform peers. Inclusive hiring expands your talent pool and your impact. (McKinsey, HBR)

📊 Analytics
Companies using recruitment data and analytics are 3x more likely to improve hiring quality. (LinkedIn, Deloitte)

💸 Cost of Mis-Hire
A bad hire can cost up to $17,000 per instance. The right process reduces that risk — significantly. (CareerBuilder)

Our Consulting Approach

Every business is different — and so is every talent model.

We start by understanding your current state: how you hire, where the gaps are, and what success looks like. From there, we co-design a solution that’s scalable, achievable, and aligned with your business needs and maturity.

This could include:

  • TA audits & optimisation

  • Diversity hiring strategies

  • Employer branding & EVP

  • Hiring manager enablement

  • Succession & workforce planning

  • Embedded consulting or project delivery

We don’t just deliver a report and disappear. We want to work alongside you — as your business grows, your strategy evolves, and your team changes shape.

Success starts with the right connections.


Partner with us to build your team or take the next step in your career.