--- title: Insight By HHMC - M&A, Business Advisory Blog for Recruitment Industry description: Keep you updated with our trending articles related to M&A in recruitment & Staffing businesses by our expertise. --- [Skip to content](https://blog.hhmc.com.au#main-content) [![logoHHMC.jpg](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/logoHHMC.jpg?width=200&height=177&name=logoHHMC.jpg)](https://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Home](http://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Services](http://www.hhmc.com.au/services/) - [About](https://www.hhmc.com.au/about-us/) - [Events](https://www.hhmc.com.au/upcoming-events) - [Blog](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](http://www.hhmc.com.au/) - [Services](http://www.hhmc.com.au/services/) - [About](https://www.hhmc.com.au/about-us/) - [Events](https://www.hhmc.com.au/upcoming-events) - [Blog](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/) - [Contact us](https://www.hhmc.com.au/contact-us/) [Contact us](https://www.hhmc.com.au/contact-us/) ![HHMC-2](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC-2.png?width=600&height=70&name=HHMC-2.png "HHMC-2") [![](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shortlist-370x190-1.jpg)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2013/05/specialise-caution-recruitment-company-vendors-warned__trashed) ### [Specialise with caution, recruitment company vendors warned](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2013/05/specialise-caution-recruitment-company-vendors-warned__trashed) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Signature/HHMC-logo-signature.png?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC-logo-signature.png) [Source Material](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/source-material) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy)[Acquire](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/acquire)[Buy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/buy)[HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/hhmc)[Sell](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/sell)[Valuation](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/valuation)[Divest](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/divest)[cat:M&A](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/catma)[Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment)[Leadership](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/leadership)[Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rod-hore)[Shortlist](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/shortlist)[NPA](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/npa) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:01 Acquirers looking at the Australian recruitment SME market increasingly want highly specialised busi... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2013/05/specialise-caution-recruitment-company-vendors-warned__trashed) ### [BE PREPARED](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/be-prepared) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Economy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/economy)[The Global Recruiter](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/the-global-recruiter)[cat:Marketplace](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/catmarketplace)[Recruitment industry](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-industry)[Recruitment agency](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-agency)[Economic Growth](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/economic-growth) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:00 For most recruitment agencies there has been 10 years of economic growth and it is easy to forget th... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/be-prepared) ### [Management and Leadership in Recruitment – It’s Harder than it Looks](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2012/10/management-and-leadership-in-recruitment-its-harder-than-it-looks__trashed) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy)[HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/hhmc)[Valuation](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/valuation)[Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment)[Risk](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/risk)[Staffing](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/staffing)[Leadership](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/leadership)[Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rod-hore)[Director](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/director)[Marketing](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/marketing)[Certex](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/certex)[Dianne Gibert](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/dianne-gibert) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:00 This month Rod Hore of HHMC and Dianne Gibert of Certex International have put their heads together ... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2012/10/management-and-leadership-in-recruitment-its-harder-than-it-looks__trashed) ### [Technology In Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2012/08/technology-in-recruitment__trashed) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy)[HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/hhmc)[Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment)[Risk](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/risk)[Staffing](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/staffing)[Leadership](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/leadership)[RIB Report](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rib-report)[Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rod-hore)[Technology](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/technology)[Nigel Harse](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/nigel-harse) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:00 Rod and Nigel recently got together and the topic turned to technology in recruitment. Nigel: It see... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2012/08/technology-in-recruitment__trashed) ### [Open book management](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2011/10/open-book-management__trashed) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy)[HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/hhmc)[Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment)[Risk](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/risk)[Staffing](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/staffing)[Leadership](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/leadership)[RIB Report](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rib-report)[Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rod-hore)[Director](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/director)[Nigel Harse](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/nigel-harse) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:00 Nigel Harse, RIB REPORT Business improvement through financial transparency or open-book management ... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2011/10/open-book-management__trashed) ### [What does the future hold for niche agencies?](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2011/08/what-does-the-future-hold-for-niche-agencies__trashed) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Strategy](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/strategy)[HHMC](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/hhmc)[Recruitment](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment)[Risk](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/risk)[Staffing](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/staffing)[Leadership](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/leadership)[RIB Report](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rib-report)[Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/rod-hore)[Technology](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/technology)[Nigel Harse](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/nigel-harse) 31 Jul 2026, 06:45:00 ROD HORE I am often perplexed by niche recruitment agency owners who claim their main competitors ar... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/2011/08/what-does-the-future-hold-for-niche-agencies__trashed) [![](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/3.9%20scott-graham-5fNmWej4tAA-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/deal-structure-the-most-important-conversation) ### [Deal Structure: The Most Important Conversation](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/deal-structure-the-most-important-conversation) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Recruitment industry](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-industry)[Recruitment agency](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-agency) 9 Jul 2026, 06:22:59 We have regularly commented that recruitment agency owners spend too much time discussing valuation ... [Read more](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/deal-structure-the-most-important-conversation) [![](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hubfs/3.8%20vitaly-gariev-LS5dCL0NkhE-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/a-valuation-and-a-transaction-are-different) ### [A Valuation and a Transaction are Different](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/a-valuation-and-a-transaction-are-different) ![Author avatar](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg?width=100&length=100&name=HHMC%202013%20Rod%20180x180.jpg) [Rod Hore](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/author/rod-hore) [Recruitment industry](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-industry)[Recruitment agency](https://blog.hhmc.com.au/tag/recruitment-agency) 2 Jul 2026, 06:23:00 One of the more common conversations we have with recruitment agency shareholders is around what the... 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