About Crew

Hello

I’ve sat in the Product pods at Zendesk, MessageMedia, Xplor, and Cuttable as their internal recruiter, responsible for getting product hires right. I’ve been to the stand-ups, understood the tech stack decisions, watched how teams navigate competing priorities between engineering, design, and the business. I know what makes product people effective in different environments because I’ve been accountable for those hires.

Now I bring that understanding to you as an external partner. You get the insight and care of someone who’s done this from the inside—someone who knows the questions to ask, the trade-offs that matter, and what actually predicts success in your context—combined with agency-level execution.

You’re not getting someone who’ll send you a stack of CVs. You’re getting someone who’ll understand your team first, then find people who’ll contribute from week one.

Safe hands. Clear thinking. Product people who actually fit.

Simon McSorley, Owner/Founder

Values

Start with Kindness

Every human interaction starts somewhere. We think this is the best place.

Fair

Treat people how you want to be treated, and be fair to everyone.

Open

Open communication, no B/S. Open to ideas and conversations.

Results

Clients engage us to achieve outcomes, that’s what we focus on.

Work directly with Crew

Get product hiring help from someone who’s been inside the teams you’re trying to build.

Why companies choose to work directly with Crew

Bespoke Service

We give the alternatives you need to address the problem you’ve got, whether it’s a deployed team, one specialised recruiter helping your current team, or one of our delivery team finding you that one exceptional someone.

Bring it on we say.

Strategic Partnership

We’re not a flash in the pan. We’ll be with you as long as you need us. Our assistance can evolve as your challenges do. We’re the Crew to depend on for anything from the most up-to-date pay information to being more visible with diversity.

We’re your thinkers and doers.

Industry Expertise

Our heritage comes from in-house recruiting and people-oriented positions. Our members have built worldwide tech teams, taken tech organisations to $Bn mergers, and entirely rebranded iconic Australian employer brands.

You could say we’ve done a bit.

What makes Crew a leading recruitment agency?

Simon has a refined approach to recruitment that makes him a pleasure to work with. His genuine, light-hearted and honest demeanour is treasured by job seekers.

Crew helped us define our hiring process, our sourcing plan and assisted in interviews and debriefs. We could have used a traditional agency, but I would still have had to maintain a close hand in the process for every hire.

Crew is essentially an extension of the HR team, they've worked really well with the HR team and the business to understand what we need.

Their service has been also been highly cost-effective and they have become an extension of our HR function, that is there when we need it.

I was very impressed by the level of care and attention to detail he displayed and would definitely recommend Simon and Crew Talent Advisory to anyone.

Should the opportunity come to work with Simon and the Crew team again, I won't hesitate, they are easy to collaborate with, proactive in their approach and, for the service they provide, highly competitive too.

Crew has added significant value to our business here in Australia. What were we looking for in a partner was someone that could find the very best talent in the Melbourne market.

As a hiring manager, Simon was able to effortlessly get up to speed on what we were looking for in a candidate, and then utilize his extensive experience to advise on best practice techniques to find the right people, faster.

We’ve managed to hire some amazing people and I was able to focus on our other challenges knowing recruitment was in safe hands. My hiring managers are also really pleased because they’ve got the outcome they wanted aswell

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