Entrepreneurs at heart

Founded by CEO Ainsley Johnstone, Think Talent’s mission is to connect Australia’s leading businesses with world-class talent.

With qualifications in Organisational Psychology, Ainsley has a track record of building and growing successful businesses. Starting out in the finance and strategy talent markets, Ainsley also spent time at Origin Energy, leading the sourcing strategy for their enterprise transformation program; the largest in Australia at that time.

Responsible for bringing in over 300 program resources, Ainsley was instrumental in building the talent capability required to revolutionise Origin Energy’s retail operations, technology, business processes and people capability.

A natural entrepreneur, this experience highlighted for Ainsley the radical disruption posed by technology, the digital economy, shifting demographics, and renewed focus on customer centricity. Leaning into this trend, Ainsley went on to launch Think Talent in 2014, a specialist talent advisory, connecting ASX-100 organisations and scaling businesses, with exceptional talent across current and emerging segments.

In recognition of these contributions, Think Talent won the Seek Sara award for recruitment innovation in 2017. Think Talent was also featured in Bank of Melbourne’s Business State Magazine and listed as one of LinkedIn’s Top 3 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies in 2018.

Like many businesses, Think Talent faced into the extraordinary challenge of COVID with courage and determination. Over this period, Think Talent has fortified a unique, collegiate business model, embedding agile ways of working and robust technology ecosystems that enable quality delivery at scale.

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