Why Hire Well exists
Small businesses do much of the country's hiring, mostly without a human resources team.
Small business and jobs, in the official figures
people were employed by small businesses in 2023-24.
of the private sector workforce worked in a small business in 2023-24.
of surviving self-employed businesses became an employing business in 2023-24, the lowest rate since these records began in 2007-08.
Source: Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Contribution to Australian Employment, July 2025 (opens another site). Based on ABS Australian Industry 2023-24 and ABS Counts of Australian Businesses 2023-24. Small businesses are those employing 0 to 19 people. Private sector figures exclude financial and insurance services.
Figures as published by the Ombudsman; we have not re-analysed them.
Why Hire Well exists
Most small businesses do not have a human resources team. The owner writes the ad, runs the interviews and does the paperwork, usually around everything else. Hire Well puts the basics in one place: a job ad writer that checks your wording, interview questions built from your own must-haves, onboarding checklists and simple templates, with links to the official sources.
What it is not
It is not legal, tax or migration advice, and it is not a recruitment agency. It does not place or supply workers. When a hire is bigger than a kit can handle, we pass your enquiry, with your agreement, to CAQA Recruitment in the same group.
Who is behind it
Hire Well is part of the Career Calling family, within CAQA Groups, and is operated by Career Calling International Pty Ltd (ABN 53 162 651 238). The guides, checklists and templates were written for this site.
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