Marie Holloway

Marie Holloway

Director/Founder

Optio6 Talent Partners

Noosaville · QLD

THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROFILE

Meet Marie

Our Director has spent her career leading internal Talent Acquisition and recruitment functions for large national and global organisations, where she was responsible for developing recruitment strategies and partnering with external agencies to deliver critical hiring outcomes. Having experienced recruitment from the client's perspective, she understands what organisations expect from an external recruitment partner, including transparency, accountability, commercial awareness and exceptional candidate care. This insight has shaped the way Optio6 Talent Partners operates today. Rather than working as a traditional recruitment agency, we integrate with your business, complement your internal recruitment capability and adapt our approach to suit your hiring processes, ensuring a seamless experience for both hiring managers and candidates.

Specialisms & experience

Sales

Six Key Stages

Our recruitment process follows six key stages: Stage One – Discovery We take the time to understand your organisation, role requirements, culture, values and long-term hiring objectives, creating a recruitment strategy tailored specifically to your business. Stage Two – Sourcing Using our extensive talent networks, targeted search methodology and proactive market engagement, we identify both active and passive candidates who meet your requirements. Stage Three – Screening Every candidate undergoes a rigorous screening process, including behavioural interviewing, technical assessment (if required), compliance verification and cultural fit evaluation before being presented. Stage Four – Interviewing We coordinate the entire interview process, preparing both clients and candidates, facilitating feedback and ensuring clear communication throughout. Stage Five – Selection & Offer We manage offer negotiations, salary discussions and acceptance, helping both parties reach an outcome that supports a successful long-term appointment. Stage Six – Post-Placement Support Our partnership continues beyond commencement. We maintain regular contact with both client and candidate throughout onboarding and beyond, supporting successful integration and long-term retention. This end-to-end approach ensures every candidate presented has been carefully assessed, professionally represented and selected not only for their capability, but for their potential to contribute to your organisation's ongoing success.

Generalist Recruitment Services

At Optio6 Talent Partners, we provide tailored recruitment solutions designed to help organisations attract, engage and retain exceptional talent. Whether you're hiring a single specialist or building an entire team, we work as an extension of your business to deliver strategic, people-focused recruitment outcomes. Our recruitment services include: • Permanent recruitment across professional, technical, specialist and leadership positions. • Executive search for senior leadership, management and C-Suite appointments. • Contingent, retained and exclusive recruitment solutions, tailored to your hiring needs. • Targeted headhunting and proactive talent mapping to identify high-performing passive candidates. • Recruitment strategy and workforce planning advice to support long-term business growth. • Market intelligence, salary benchmarking and hiring insights to help you make informed recruitment decisions. • End-to-end recruitment management, including role briefing, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation and onboarding support. • Candidate attraction through targeted advertising, database search, referrals and extensive professional networks. • Comprehensive candidate assessment, compliance checks, reference checking and cultural fit evaluation. • Post-placement support to ensure a successful transition for both client and candidate. Industry expertise Our specialist recruiters work across six core sectors, bringing deep market knowledge and established talent networks within each: • Legal & Compliance • Technology & Digital • Travel & Aviation • Administration & Business Support • Logistics & Supply Chain • Executive & C-Suite Recruitment At Optio6 Talent Partners, we believe recruitment is about more than filling vacancies. We partner with organisations to understand their culture, values and long-term objectives, delivering talent solutions that strengthen teams, support business growth and create lasting success for both employers and candidates.

Working with our clients

At Optio6 Talent Partners, we believe successful recruitment starts with understanding your business, not just your vacancy. Every organisation has its own culture, values, hiring processes and long-term objectives, which is why we tailor our approach to suit your individual recruitment needs. Our Director has spent her career leading internal Talent Acquisition and recruitment functions for large national and global organisations, where she was responsible for developing recruitment strategies and partnering with external agencies to deliver critical hiring outcomes. Having experienced recruitment from the client's perspective, she understands what organisations expect from an external recruitment partner, including transparency, accountability, commercial awareness and exceptional candidate care. This insight has shaped the way Optio6 Talent Partners operates today. Rather than working as a traditional recruitment agency, we integrate with your business, complement your internal recruitment capability and adapt our approach to suit your hiring processes, ensuring a seamless experience for both hiring managers and candidates. Our flexible partnership model allows us to: • Act as an extension of your internal HR or Talent Acquisition team. • Manage the entire end-to-end recruitment process or provide support for specific stages where additional expertise or capacity is required. • Develop tailored recruitment strategies aligned with your hiring objectives, culture and employer brand. • Provide market intelligence, salary benchmarking and hiring insights to support informed decision-making. • Conduct targeted search and proactive talent mapping to identify high-calibre active and passive candidates. • Maintain regular communication and provide transparent updates throughout every stage of the recruitment process. • Represent your organisation professionally, ensuring every candidate has a positive experience that reflects your employer brand. • Deliver post-placement support to assist with onboarding, integration and long-term retention. We understand that recruitment is often one part of a much broader business strategy. Whether you're scaling your workforce, replacing a key employee, building a specialist team or making a critical leadership appointment, we provide a flexible, consultative recruitment service that adapts to your organisation's needs. Our goal is to build long-term partnerships founded on trust, collaboration and consistent delivery. By taking the time to understand your business, your people and your future direction, we help you attract exceptional talent while making the hiring process more efficient, strategic and successful.

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