Samuels Donegan

It's an absolute pleasure working with Samuels Donegan, they're friendly and engaging and have an amazing insight and knowledge of the industry. Couldn't recommend them more.

The recruitment experience through Samuels Donegan was exceptional. After establishing a new, senior executive position at our company, we entrusted Samuels Donegan with finding us the right person, with the right experience, to take our organisation to the next level. The team at Samuels Donegan took the time to come out and learn the culture of our business, learn our specific requirements, and then find us the right person. The end to end recruitment experience was fantastic, and I look forward to continuing to work with the team at Samuels Donegan into the future.

Erin and the whole team have been wonderful to work with. Erin found me the perfect role, and I would work with her again.

It is a pleasure dealing with Erin Hogan as she provides a first class service. She is approachable, ethical, responsive and resourceful. Erin understands the HR/People & Culture market and what her candidates are seeking. I have no hesitation in recommending Erin as she is credible, engaging and personable.

It was an amazing experience being supported by Samuels Donegan! Rachel provided a wonderful candidate experience and was able to match me to a role and organisation based on both my expertise and personal values.
I would highly recommend this amazing org and team!

Rachel Ezzat helped me find a great opportunity at the City of Greater Geelong. She is a thorough professional and was very supportive. She went above and beyond to challenge the process and was able to tweak it to save time for both client and me. The advertisement that she posted was well written and was a fabulous demonstration of her skills in attracting talent.

Samuels Donegan are unique recruiters with unmatchable professional skills. I am glad I got this opportunity to connect with them and have them on my professional network.

Highly recommend working with the Samuels Donegan team, both Rachel and Sarah were perfect partners in helping build my new team!

Over my many years of working in the People and Culture space I have been in touch with (probably) hundreds of recruitment and search organisations. This is from a candidate and client point of view. Wow Samuels Donegan you are one of the easiest and best I have worked with!

Quick, effective, no nonsense but the most important thing is that you treat human resources people as humans. You know your stuff and your clients.

I first met Samuels Donegan when I moved to Aus in late 2019 and I was looking for a role. Even though there was nothing right for me at that time, you nurtured our relationship - many search firms drop you as soon as you are no longer 'useful' to them. Your long term approach to your connections has paid off and when I recently found myself looking for another role, I only wanted to deal with you.

5 stars

I’ve worked closely with the SD team and they are nothing but the best I’ve met soo far. The one thing that makes them stand out is the candidate experience, they follow up with the candidate giving them regular updates and that’s something I take away from my experience with Sarah, Rachel and Evelina. Even though I did not get the opportunity to work with them longer I would definitely jump at one in the future and highly recommend them to anyone who is in the market looking for opportunities.

I had the pleasure of working with Rachel from Samuels Donegan in securing my next career opportunity.

From my first encounter to the last, Rachel constantly went above and beyond. Her genuine and supportive approach in taking the time to truly understand what a candidate is seeking for is reflective in her ability to perfectly match a candidate to their next opportunity.

I would highly recommend Rachel to any HR professional who is looking to take the next step in their career.

I’ve had the great pleasure of partnering with Evelina and Sarah as both a candidate and hiring manager. My experience on both fronts has been exceptional.

Yes, they know the market and have fantastic relationships that they leverage to achieve exceptional outcomes however; it is their genuine care that sets them apart. In every interaction, I’ve found them to be authentic and focused on the unique needs of their stakeholders.

They’ve built their business on relationships and achieving amazing long term results. What this means is that they consult, they challenge, and they achieve results that genuinely enrich the people, teams and organisations who are fortunate enough to partner with them.

It was such a pleasure working with Rachel in securing a role. From the first encounter to the last, you can really tell that she cares about her clients and makes sure that values are aligned in both sides. She is amazing at providing information to clear confusion and helps with easing nerves. She is transparent, friendly, and respectful in her approach and those characteristics are a true asset for a company.

Erin and the team were amazing. Erin reached out to me via LinkedIn about and opportunity, and the team were super informative, helpful and engaged throughout. The experience was also very personalized. Would recommend to anyone actively looking for a role.

Thank you Erin for guiding me through the application and interview process. While I didn't get the job, I really appreciate the time and effort you took in keeping me informed along the way. You have set the gold standard for recruitment. Well done!

Evelina was a amazing to deal with, a seasoned and professional recruiter, who was all about understand our team, the business and culture intimately to ensure we got the right person. She made my experience as a hiring manager easy and seamless, and now I have a wonderful new team member coming on board. I had comfort that our Employment Brand was in very capable hands and that any candidate she was dealing was also having a great experience throughout the journey. Thank you Evelina for all your support on this hire.

Rachel did an amazing job of finding me a role that was exactly what I was looking for. My new job is only 5 mins away from my home and the efficiency and preparation Rachel offered me throughout the onboarding and interview process was second to none. Highly recommend Rachel to anyone looking to work with a recruiter!

Thank you to Evelina and the team for finding a great match and quick turnaround for our Talent Acquisition role. Your quality of service is second to none!

I had the pleasure of meeting with Evelina last year for a role that I applied for. The interaction and experience has stuck with me ever since. Evelina was different from other recruiters in the best way, she was a breath of fresh air when I met with her towards the end of a job hunt that lasted a couple of months. I was quite jaded with the process of applying for roles as I had had a number of roles be cancelled and some recruiters and interviewers had even ghosted me. This was not the case with Evelina, she kept me up to date the whole way through the process and even sent SMS updates when things were delayed.

Ultimately, I wasn’t offered a role via Samuels Donegan due to changes in the company that they were representing. But I was treated in such a respectful way and Evelina was transparent the whole way through the process, she provided feedback and even checked in the following months. I would not hesitate to apply for a role Samuels Donegan is advertising and they will be my first point of contact next time I am in the market for a new role.

(Experience via LinkedIn) - Sarah D.has a genuine human touch during conversations, truly reading/listening to your context. That, in my experience, is (unfortunately) not as common in this industry, and therefore is highly appreciated.

I met Evelina and Sarah and WOW! Extremely knowledgeable and true experts in their field. They shared very valuable information with me such as current market trends, advice around salary benchmarking, and gave me good information about the roles I should be looking for. I have met many recruiters and must say my experience with Samuels Donegan truly stood out from the rest! I highly recommend this professional service.